PAUL R. COATE
ACTOR, VOCALIST, DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR
Paul R. Coate is a Twin Cities-based theatre artist and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Paul is as comfortable in the director’s chair as he is acting on the stage or singing in the concert hall.
Theatre performance credits include Theater Latte Da (where he appeared in the Minneapolis production, North American tours and PBS’s national broadcast of All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914), Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, History Theatre, Park Square Theatre, Artistry, Theatre Elision, Sidekick Theatre, and the Duluth Playhouse, where he performed the title role in Sweeney Todd. Opera and concert credits include Opera Omaha, Omaha Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Skylark Opera, Lyric Opera Of The North, and Minnesota Orchestra, and has been conducted by maestros Sarah Hicks, Osmo Vanska, Andrew Litton, Neil Gittleman, Courtney Lewis, Andrew Sewell, and Hal France. Paul has also appeared in a variety of film and television projects, including APRIL SHOWERS (2009). Paul’s has directed stage productions for Normandale Community College, Stages Theatre Company, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Lakeshore Players Theatre, and at St. Paul Conservatory For Performing Artists and Breck School, where he also taught theatre. Paul worked for ten years as a radio announcer and manager in Omaha, NE at KVNO Classical 90.7 FM, and has contributed his voice to many recording projects.
Paul received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Theatre from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He lives in Bloomington, MN where he was appointed by the City Council to serve on the City of Bloomington’s Creative Placemaking Commission.
Paul R. Coate
grand knowing you
Paul’s 2018 album release features 8 tracks from opera and musical theatre, as well as an original piece called “I Remember The Moon” written with composer Jason Hansen.
Other tracks include: “Mr. Cellophane” from Chicago,
“Grand Knowing You” from She Loves Me, “The Impossible Dream” from Man Of La Mancha, “I’m Off To Chez Maxime” from The Merry Widow, “Amarilli, Mia Bella” by Giulio Caccini, “Take Me To The World” from Evening Primrose (a duet with Sara Ochs), and the traditional Scottish tune “The Parting Glass”.