Paul R. Coate

Moore Creative Talent
Paul Bunyan Playhouse
Bloomington Theatre and Art Center
Theater Latte Da
Classical Actors Ensemble
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival
Nebraska Repertory Theatre

Omaha Entertainment Awards (nom) - Best Actor in A Musical (for Don Quixote in MAN OF LA MANCHA)
KC/ACTF Region V - Classical Acting Award

NOW:
THE SORCERER (Alexis) - Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company/ Doug Scholz-Carlson (thru March 28)

UPCOMING:
PRACTICALLY GROWN UP: A CABARET - NEO CABARET @ Bloomington Theatre & Art Center (April 10-11)
CLASSICAL ACTORS ENSEMBLE fundraiser event TBA (May 21-23)
MAME (Lindsay) - Minneapolis Musical Theatre/ Steven Meerdink (June 11-27)

PAST EXPERIENCE (most recent first):
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Signor Naccerelli) - BCT/ Joe Chvala
THE FULL MONTY (Harold Nichols) - Theater Latte Da/ Peter Rothstein
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, a Presented Reading (Bertram) - Classical Actors Ensemble/ Bruce A. Young & Joseph Papke
THE WHO'S TOMMY (Captain Walker) - Paul Bunyan Playhouse/ Zach Curtis
DAMN YANKEES (Benny Van Buren) - Highland Summer Theatre/ Paul Finocchiaro
THE DESERT SONG (Ensemble) - Skylark Opera/ Randy Winkler
THE MUSIC MAN (Oliver Hix) - BCT/ John Command
BELLS ARE RINGING In Concert (Jeffrey Moss) - Burnsville PAC/ Jon Cranney
FIORELLO (Poker Player/ Zapatella) - Bloomington Civic Theatre/ John Command
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Friar Francis) - Nebraska Shakespeare/ Cindy Melby Phaneuf
THE LAST FIVE YEARS (Jamie) - Nebraska Repertory Theatre/ Jennifer Hubbard
METAMORPHOSES (Apollo, Orpheus, others) - Nebraska Repertory Theatre/ Virginia Smith
MAN OF LA MANCHA (Don Quixote)- UNO Theatre/ D. Scott Glasser (graduate thesis)
OMNIUM GATHERUM (Terence) - Nebraska Repertory Theatre/ Virginia Smith
WINGS starring Kathleen Chalfant (Doctor) - Great Plains Theatre Conference/ Susann Suprenant
OTHELLO (Gratiano) - Nebraska Shakespeare/ D. Scott Glasser
THE TENDER LAND (Mr. Jenks) - Opera Omaha/ Rhoda Levine
THE TEMPEST (Trinculo) - Nebraska Shakespeare/ D. Scott Glasser
LA BOHEME (Customs Guard) - Opera Omaha/ Rhoda Levine
CYRANO (Lebret) - Living Picture Project/ Amy Lane
CAMELOT in Concert with Lee Merrill (Merlin/ Mordred) - Omaha Symphony Orchestra/ Norman Moses
MAN OF LA MANCHA (Guitar Player) - Opera Omaha/ Dottie Danner
MY FAIR LADY in Concert with Lee Merrill (Alfred Doolittle) - Omaha Symphony Orchestra/ Norman Moses
ART (Serge) - Living Picture Project/ Kim Clark-Kaczmarek

DIRECTING:
THE MIDLIFE CRISIS OF DIONYSUS - UNO Theatre
THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER - UNO Theatre
(as A.D.) ARABIAN NIGHTS - UNO Theatre (D. Scott Glasser, dir.)

FILM*:
APRIL SHOWERS (2009 release) (Philip Hall)
TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR (Dancer)
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER: FRESH AIRE 8 DVD (DaVinci's Apprentice)
*numerous commercials and industrials (list available upon request)

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Primary telephone: (952) 406-8549
Secondary telephone: (402) 218-9937
Web site: http://www.paulrcoate.com

BA in Dramatic Arts - University of Nebraska at Omaha (2000)
MA in Theatre - University of Nebraska at Omaha (2007)

Acting: D. Scott Glasser, Cindy Melby Phaneuf, Doug Paterson
Voice: Melissa Hart, Cina Crisara, Anne Foradori
Stage Combat: Terry Doughman, SAFD Rumble In The Rockies
Radio DJ- 10 years experience
Opera Omaha chorus member- 9 years experience
Acoustic Guitar- 15+ years experience
various dialects

To do good hard work with good hardworking people, and to make sure that my young children are always surrounded by art.

71" tall
Plays ages:   20s   30s   40s  
Slender build

Actor

Singer

British London
British Cockney
U.S. Brooklyn
U.S. Southern

Voice over
Mask
Character Voice

Classical
Comedy Situational
Comedy Sketch
Shakespeare
Viewpoints
Music Theater Experimental
Music Theater Opera
Music Theater Broadway
Music Theater Cabaret
Brecht
Stanislavski (Method)

Jazz
Broadway and show dance

Guitar Acoustic

Musical Theater
Rock n' Roll
Folk Styles
Choral
Blues
Opera

Management / Admin
Education Manager
Audience Services
Box Office