Rose Weaver is an accomplished actress, playwright, director, and educator with over 40 years of experience in theatre. She holds an MFA from Brown University and a BA from Wheaton College. She has taught at several colleges and universities and received many honors including honorary doctorates. Her original plays have been produced nationally and internationally.

1. ROSE WEAVER
CURRICULUM VITAE
137 Dexterdale Rd, Providence, RI 02906
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EDUCATION
Graduate Brown University, English/Creative Writing, MFA 2000
Undergraduate Wheaton College Norton, MA, English, Theatre, BA 1973
TRAINING
Writing Nonfiction UCLA Extension with Jennie Nash 2013-2015
Acting Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI, 1973-75
Screenwriting American Film Institute, Hollywood, CA
Acting for the Camera MaryJo Slater, Hollywood, CA
Advanced Acting Howard Fine, Los Angeles, CA
Television Production Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Voice Anna Maria Saritelli, Doug Sushu Magu, Los Angeles
HONORS Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Providence College 2016
YWCA-RI Women of Achievement Award 2016
Providence International Arts Festival Grand Marshall 2016
Honorary Doctor Fine Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, NY 2002
Wheaton College, Jane Ruby Lecturer in Humanities 1996
AWARDS Business Volunteers in the Arts/RI Individual Achievement 2001
Rhode Island History Maker Hall of Fame - RI Historical Society 2001
New Works/Play Development Award Rhode Island Foundation 2001
Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts 2000
YWCA-RI Outstanding Woman of the Year in Arts Education 2000
FELLOWSHIPS Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Playwriting Fellowship 2003
Antonio Cirino Memorial Fund Fellowships, RI Foundation 1998, 1999
Teaching Assistantship, Brown University 1999-2000
Lucille Lortel Playwriting Fellowship, Brown University 1998
GRANTS Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities: Researched and created the
booklet The Cultural Significance of Menopause, 2002, in collaboration with
Professor Ann Dill, Professor of Sociology, Brown University, Margot
Jackson and Rebecca Fiek, her students in Sociology 141, who were
instrumental to my research.
RESIDENCIES Brown University, Rites and Reason Theatre, 01/26/15 through 02/15/15,
a two week playwriting residency with Director/Dramaturge Professor Elmo
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2. Terry-Morgan and three actors to deepen, develop and explore my play, Skips
in the Record, about a family coping with Alzheimer’s Disease. The goal was
to develop the Skips in the Record script in a workshop and present staged
reading performances to the community at large with a Folk-thought at the
end of the residency. It was a successful collaboration with a standing room
only audience for Folk Thought.
Providence Public School Department, Artist-In-Residence 1996-1998
Provided lecture-demonstrations; utilized original dramatic vignettes,
costumes, props, jazz, blues, and prose to encourage self-esteem, build
community awareness; theatre appreciation in young people. Visited twenty
public schools, elementary through secondary, over the course of a year.
Trinity Repertory Company, Acting Fellowship 1973-75
THEATRE SELECT ROLES
Trinity Repertory Company, Providence RI: 22 seasons
Bernice, August Wilson’s, The Piano Lesson
The Witch, Stephen Sondheim’s, Into The Woods
Billie Holiday, Lanie Robertson’s, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
The Courtesan, Shakespeare’s The Boys From Syracuse
Sylvia Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona
Perishable Theatre, Women’s Center-Bermuda, Churches, Senior
Centers, Hospitals, Conferences - New England, Los Angeles,
Bermuda: Menopause Mama, Author/Performer/Producer
Mark Taper Forum, Czechoslovakia, Los Angeles, Tintypes, Susannah
Arkansas Repertory Theatre, If These Shoes Could Talk, Rev Ruby
Globe Theatre, San Diego, Mary Mgubi, Rebel Armies Deep Into Chad
National Theatre Company, Feelin' Good, 189 Cities, Off Broadway
FILM/TV/RADIO SELECT ROLES
The Brotherhood, Showtime Television, Philip Noyce, Dir.
The Accused, with Jodie Foster, Paramount Pictures, Dir., J. Kaplan
Poetic Justice, with Tupac Shakur, Paramount Pictures, Dir., J. Singleton
In The Heat of The Night, with Carroll O'Connor, NBC-TV
The Young and The Restless, Guest Star, recurring role, NBC-TV
L.A. LAW, Co-Star
Tales from the Crypt, Guest Star
Not In My Family, Guest Star, CBS Movie of the Week
WJAR NBC-TV 10, Host/Producer 300 ½ hour public affairs programs
Mother Washington, Go Tell It On The Mountain, PBS WNET-TV
SELECT CONCERTS
Marion Anderson String Quartet, Brown-Tougaloo Partnership 50th
Anniversary Celebration - Soloist 2014
RI Philharmonic Orchestra - Soloist, 1997, 2000, 2001
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - State Days Series, Soloist1998
Smithsonian Jazz Orchestra - Soloist, Providence, RI 1996
Duke Ellington Orchestra, Soloist, Providence, RI 1995
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3. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre and Dance
Assistant Professor of Theatre – Full-time one year replacement
for Chair 2004-2005
Taught eight courses, maintained regular office hours, coached
students on individual basis, coordinated off-campus theatre excursions
and guest speakers. Courses based on Stanislavski System and proponents
of “the method” including:
Character Study: Developed syllabus that included cross-cultural texts;
taught complex and eccentric characterizations with an emphasis on
transformation as a character style; taught characterization from the point
of view of autobiography, physicality, vocal characterization, objectives,
motivation, subtext, beats, transitions, energy. Study based on
Stanislavski System and proponent of the method, Stella Adler.
Beginning Directing: Taught script analysis and the five major
fundamentals of play directing: composition, picturization, movement,
rhythm and pantomimic dramatization; basic play interpretation, casting,
rehearsal procedures, and other directorial duties. Also prepared syllabi
and taught:
Oral Interpretation Period Styles of Acting
Playwriting Graduate Seminar: Business Plan for Artist
MFAActing MFA Movement
BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, RI 1999-2000
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Playwriting: Created syllabus; solely responsible for
curriculum design, lectures, grading; taught theatre appreciation; the art
and fundamentals of dramatic playwriting; integrated types of plays,
styles; emphasized the creation of character
Intermediate Playwriting: Designed curriculum; taught brief history of
theatre; focused on character driven playwriting, the
collaboration between actor, director, design team; required completion of
One-Act plays 40-50 pages; several plays written in 48 hours; maintained
regular office hours; coached students on individual basis
WHEATON COLLEGE, Norton, MA 1996-1997
Visiting Instructor of Theatre: Hired as one year proxy for department
chair’s sabbatical leave.
Beginning Acting: Developed and implemented curriculum for
undergraduates - freshman through seniors; covered Aristotle’s Six
elements of drama, The Stanislavski Method, improvisation,
acting nuances, scene study, table work, yoga-based movement,
physicalization in acting; the monologue; cold reading, stage lexis.
Musical Theatre Practicum: Accountable for course design, lectures,
grading, theatre excursions; concentrated on singing technique for stage;
open to juniors & seniors; emphasized song preparation; lyric & libretto
interpretation; authenticity; used Stanislavski method combined with
yoga to free body; brief history of musical theatre; maintained regular
office hours; advised students individually.
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BROWN UNIVERSITY, RITES & REASON THEATRE, 1979-80
Acting Workshop Instructor
Improvisation: Explored method acting as foundation for various
components of acting; yoga-based movement, recruited community
members into company; exclusively responsible for workshop design,
lectures, implementation.
Scene Study: Studied monologues, staged reading technique
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, Providence, RI, 1980-81
Adjunct Professor of Theatre
Singing Technique: Included basic singing technique for stage, libretto
interpretation; developed course outline, lectured, graded; held regular
office hours; assisted students on personalized basis
RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
MOSES BROWN SCHOOL, Providence, RI 2000-2001
Upper School Teacher, Director (one year position proxy for chair)
Beginning Playwriting: Lectured on theatre history & appreciation;
trained sophomores, juniors and seniors to write short plays utilizing
familiar incidents; coordinated off-campus theatre excursions
African-American Drama: Designed curriculum; taught juniors &
seniors; covered prominent African-American playwrights of 20th century
DIRECTORIAL EXPERIENCE
Rhode Island Hospital, Managing the Unthinkable: A Deadly Fire
Tests Rhode Island's Readiness for Disaster
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille, Providence Black Repertory
Company, 2004 Broadway Wannabes Workshop, Perishable Theatre,
Providence, RI 2004
Skips in the Record, Retirement Communities, Rhode Island, 2002-2004
West Side Story, Moses Brown School, Providence, 2001
The Wiz Kids, Gilbert Stuart Middle School, Providence , 2001
ORIGINAL WORKS/PUBLICATIONS
Menopause Mama, a one-woman play with music
Chips on My Shoulder, Momma’s Little Helper, in Monologues for
Women by Women, Edited by Tori Haring-Smith, Heinemann
Skips In The Record, Winner of Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Fellowship in Playwriting 2003, Brown University Thesis Play;
Nantucket New Plays Festival - Semi-Finalist, One-Act Play
Competition-2001; New Plays Festival, The Garde Theatre, New
London, CT, 1999
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5. Well Water Blues, Weaver in NuMuse: An Anthology of Plays from Brown,
University, Aishah Rahman, Editor, NuMuse Press, Providence, RI;
Brown University New Plays Festival, Staged Reading, Perishable
Theatre, Providence, RI 2001
Silhouette of a Silhouette, Brown University New Plays Festival,
Production Workshop, Mac Wellman, Brown University, 2000
Through The Mirror, Iowa Literacy Resource Center, March edition; The
Change Agent, New England Literacy Resource Center, February edition;
to explore issues of self-esteem, 1998
Chips On My Shoulder; Momma's Little Helper, Weaver in Monologues
For Women By Women, Tori Haring-Smith, Heinemann Company, 1994
PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS
Founder/Artistic Director, Waterspill Junction, Inc., a nonprofit education
through the arts, 1995-to present
Actor's Equity Association, 1975-to present
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, 1978-to present
Screen Actor's Guild of America, 1978-to present
APPOINTED POSITIONS
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts Board (TAPA) 2014-present
Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI, Board Member, 2002-2005
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Board Member, Executive
Committee, 1997-2001
City Year Rhode Island, Advisory Board, 1996-1998
Los Angeles Black Women’s Forum, 1990-92
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Music Advisory Panel, 1983
Screen Actor’s Guild, Boston Branch, Board Member, 1979-82
REFERENCES Upon Request
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