Jane Yonge is a New Zealand theatre director of Fijian and Chinese descent.[1][2]
Biography
editYonge grew up in Auckland.[3][4] Her father is Fijian and her mother was Chinese-Fijian.[1] Yonge's mother died when she was 23 years old and Yonge travelled to China to explore her mother's culture.[3]
Yonge graduated from the University of Auckland in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in drama.[5] In 2013 she moved to Wellington and studied theatre at Victoria University of Wellington and Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, graduating in 2015 with a master's degree of theatre arts in directing. In 2019 she studied in New York under a Fulbright Program award, graduating with a master's degree in arts politics from New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[6]
Career
edit| Year | Production | Company | Role | Awards and nominations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Scenes from a Yellow Peril | Auckland Theatre Company | Director | [4] | |
| 2021 | Slay the Dragon, Save the Dragon or Neither | BATS Theatre, Wellington | Director | [1] | |
| 2019 | A Fricken Dangerous Space-mas | Basement Theatre, Auckland | Director | [7] | |
| 2018 | At the Wake | Circa Theatre, Wellington | Director | ||
| 2017-2018 | The Basement Tapes | Co-creator and director | Fringe First, Week One (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018)
Best Performance Award - The Stage (Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018) Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award (New Zealand Fringe Festival 2017) Best Director (Wellington Theatre Awards, 2017) |
[8] | |
| 2017-2018 | WEiRdO | BATS Theatre, Wellington and Basement Theatre, Auckland | Director | [7] | |
| 2016 | Hetero-perfomative | Basement Theatre, Auckland | Director | [7] | |
| 2016 | Page Turners | New Zealand Festival | Director | [7] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Chinese-Kiwi identity explored on stage". Asia Media Centre | New Zealand. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Meet the Makers: Jane Yonge". Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ a b Yonge, Jane. "Loose Canons: Jane Yonge". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ a b Tang, Eda (3 June 2022). "Asian cast changes the lens on the New Zealand theatre scene". Stuff. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Jane Yonge – Fulbright New Zealand General Graduate Awards". www.fulbright.org.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ International Society for the Performing Arts. "Fellowship Participants".
- ^ a b c d "Jane Yonge | Auckland Theatre Company". www.atc.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "THE BASEMENT TAPES". Zanetti Productions. Retrieved 11 June 2022.