Adena Jacobs

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Adena Jacobs (born June 1982) is an Australian theatre director. [1] [2] She has worked in Australian independent theatre with her company, Fraught Outfit, of which she is artistic director, and has also directed for various mainstage companies. She was "Female Director-in-Residence" at Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne in 2012, [3] and in 2014–15 was Resident Director at Belvoir, Sydney.

Jacobs adapted the 1966 film Persona for theatrical performances at Theatre Works in Melbourne in 2012.

Jacobs graduated with a Bachelor of Creative Arts (honours) from Melbourne University (2004), and with a Masters of Theatre Practice from Victorian College of the Arts (2008) where she received the Yvonne Taylor scholarship for a female director. In 2011, Jacobs was awarded the Melbourne International Arts Festival’s Harold Mitchell Fellowship. She is a member of Lincoln Center Directors' Lab.

Jacobs is Jewish and has dual US-Australian citizenship. Her sister is singer-songwriter Ariela Jacobs. She is openly gay and her partner is actress Luisa Hastings Edge. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Usher, Robin (8 August 2015). "Adena Jacobs takes on Greek tragedies Antigone and The Bacchae". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Holden, Kate (10 June 2017). "Theatre director Adena Jacobs". The Saturday Paper . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Female Director in Residence -Adena Jacobs (2012)". Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne . Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Where is all the theatre for queer women?". SBS. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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