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Aaron Coates

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Aaron is a director, actor, playwright, and teacher. He studied acting at Mount Royal College and at École Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Aaron co-founded Trepan Theatre and co-created and performed in their productions of La Mexicaine de Perforation, The Cat Lady Show, Matadora, and SHE.  His directing credits include: The After Party, The Way of All Fish (Lunchbox Theatre), Ticket to Love, The Bat, Archibaldo, The Bachelor, La Bohème, The Phantom of the Opera Sing-Along (Cowtown Opera), L’Elisir d’Amore, The Scorpions’ Sting, Hansel and Gretel, Hannaraptor (Calgary Opera), Dying City (Pangloss Productions), The Old Neighborhood (Rogues Theatre), Iraq & Back (Ghost River Theatre), Refuge, The Zoo Story, Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (Dark Forest Theatre Company) and The End of the Rope (Vertigo Theatre).  Acting credits include: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare—Abridged (Lunchbox Theatre/The Shakespeare Company), John and Beatrice (Verb Theatre), Man Out of Joint (Downstage), Moliere (ATP), Much Ado About Nothing and Good (Theatre Junction), The Comedy of Errors and Richard III (Shakespeare in the Park).  Aaron has written numerous plays including Pratfall, The End of the Rope (shortlisted for the Writers Guild of Alberta Award for Drama), The Pants, Down to the Ground, The Frozen Limit and collaborated with UK-based Aitherios Theatre on their production of Tin Soldier, a new adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story, which premiered in the Courtyard Theatre in London, England. He was Co-Artistic Director of Calgary’s long-running improvised soap opera Dirty Laundry for nine seasons, directing over 150 episodes.

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