Jane Yonge

Jane Yonge is a New Zealand theatre director of Fijian and Chinese descent.[1][2]

Biography

Yonge 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

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

1. "Chinese-Kiwi identity explored on stage". Asia Media Centre | New Zealand. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
2. "Meet the Makers: Jane Yonge". Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
3. Yonge, Jane. "Loose Canons: Jane Yonge". Pantograph Punch. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
4. Tang, Eda (3 June 2022). "Asian cast changes the lens on the New Zealand theatre scene". Stuff. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
5. "Jane Yonge – Fulbright New Zealand General Graduate Awards". www.fulbright.org.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
6. International Society for the Performing Arts. "Fellowship Participants".
7. "Jane Yonge | Auckland Theatre Company". www.atc.co.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
8. "THE BASEMENT TAPES". Zanetti Productions. Retrieved 11 June 2022.