Aaron Coates
Instructor
Aaron is an actor, playwright, director, and teacher. He studied acting at Mount Royal College and at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Aaron co-founded Trepan Theatre and has co-written and performed in their productions of La Mexicaine de Perforation, The Cat Lady Show, and Matadora. Other acting credits include: 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. His directing credits include: 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 (DFTC/Vertigo Theatre). Aaron is a co-producer and director for Calgary’s live, improvised soap opera Dirty Laundry.
