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Rose Weaver
Occupation(s ) Actor, playwright, director, songwriter, vocalist Years active 1973–present Website roseweaver.com
Rose Weaver is an American actress, singer, director and writer in Rhode Island. Weaver is described as a "major figure in Rhode Island entertainment,"[1] Poetic Justice
Early life [ edit ]
Weaver grew up in McDonough outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Her family were sharecroppers . She was one of the first black people to attend Joseph Emerson Brown High School , an all-white high school in Atlanta, Georgia [2] Emory University Upward Bound program in her youth.[3]
Weaver began singing in Boston and Rhode Island clubs in the 1970s.[2] Wheaton College in 1973 and was awarded a three-year fellowship by Trinity Repertory in 1973.[4] Two Gentleman of Verona ,[5] Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ,[6] [7] Into the Woods [8] Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill .[9] WJAR TV in the 1980s.[10]
In 1993 she played Aunt Audrey in the film Poetic Justice Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur .
Weaver continues to act, sing, write and direct. She performed at the state inauguration in Rhode Island, 1999.[11] Brown University .[12] Rites and Reason Theatre in 2015 where she developed her play about Alzheimer's disease and memory, Skips The Record .[13] Menopause Mama , which she wrote, directed and starred in toured internationally and earned her a fellowship in play writing at the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts in 2017.[14] Silhouette of a Silhouette , a semi-autobiographical play, received its world premiere at the Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence . [15]
Awards and distinctions [ edit ]
2019, Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame [16]
2018, Rhode Island Woman of the Year, GoLocalProv[17]
2018, Wheeler School Community Spirit Award[17]
2018, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Wheaton College [18]
2016, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Providence College [14]
2002, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Marymount Manhattan College [14]
2001, Rhode Island Historical Society History Makers[19]
2000, Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts [14]
1991, "Who's Who in Rhode Island Jazz"[20]
1973, Miss Massachusetts - Miss Congeniality[2]
1973, Miss Foxboro[2]
Selected film and television roles [ edit ]
A Snow White Christmas, 2018, Mrs. Woods
Brotherhood , 2006, Mrs. Lynch
Poetic Justice , 1993, Aunt Audrey
Tales From The Crypt , "Mute Witness to Murder", 1990, Desk
The Accused , 1988, Nurse
Go Tell It On The Mountain , 1984
In the Heat of the Night , 1989
Brother to Dragons, Great Performances , 1975, Family Slave
Published works [ edit ]
"Mama's Helper" and "Chips on My Shoulder", Monologues for Women by Women , Tori Haring-Smith ed., 1994[21]
NuMuse: an anthology of plays from Brown University's New Plays Festival , 1994[22]
References [ edit ]
^ Wye, Sara (November 9, 1980). "The blooming of Rose Weaver". Providence Journal . pp. 20–28.
^ a b c d "Rose Weaver: Her life story is like a movie melodrama" Providence Journal . October 21, 1973. p. D-12. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .
^ "ROSE GOES She's taking her act and her life to L.A.". Providence Journal . November 18, 1984. p. H-09.
^ "Preservationist, PawSox owner among R.I.'s 'history makers'Providence Journal . April 29, 2001. p. C-05.
^ Safford, Edwin (3 January 1976). "Trinity's Verona a Love of a Show" Providence Journal . p. 31 . Retrieved 21 September 2019 .
^ GALE, BILL (20 January 1988). "Theater/Dance: Rose Weaver's back in town, for a while" Providence Journal . p. B-11. Retrieved 21 September 2019 .
^ "This woman's not done: Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama returns" . Cranston Herald . 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-21 .
^ GALE, WILLIAM K. (31 January 1997). "THEATER REVIEW Trinity's 'Woods' is rougher but more solid" Providence Journal . p. E-01. Retrieved 15 October 2019 .
^ Gray, Channing (26 July 2015). "Rose rising - Following a string of heartbreak, Rose Weaver is back in R.I. to heal and perform" Providence Journal . p. 1 . Retrieved 15 October 2019 .
^ "Outdoor Concert to Feature Rose Weaver, Wardson Trio" . Providence Journal . 22 July 1980. p. 71 . Retrieved 21 September 2019 .
^ BAKST, M. CHARLES (10 January 1999). "Cianci, Almond inaugurals sound good - now let's see results" . Providence Journal . p. D-01. Retrieved 21 September 2019 .
^ Isenberg, Robert (May 2009). "The Show Goes On" . East Side Monthly : 12–13.
^ Blankenship, Tim (2015-05-20). "Volunteering with WaterFire | Rose Weaver at Rites and Reason Theater | Gendo Taiko" . The WaterFire Ignites Rhode Island Radio Program . Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-05 .
^ a b c d Flanagan, Mollie (2017-09-12). "Meet The Autism Project and Rose Weaver" . RISCA Blog . Retrieved 2019-10-05 .
^ "Silhouette of a Silhouette" . thewilburygroup.org . Retrieved 2023-05-15 .
^ "Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: Dr.Rose E. Weaver, Inducted 2019" . www.riheritagehalloffame.org . Retrieved 2019-10-05 .
^ a b Fenton, Josh. "RI's Woman of the Year" . GoLocalProv . Retrieved 2019-10-05 .
^ "Honoring Rose Ella Weaver '73" . Wheaton College Massachusetts . 19 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-05 .
^ "Preservationist, PawSox owner among R.I.'s history makers" Providence Journal . 29 April 2001. p. C-05. Retrieved 5 October 2019 .
^ Kaplan, Lloyd S. (1991). Who's who in Rhode Island jazz, c. 1925-1988 . Petteruti, Robert E. West Greenwich, R.I.: Consortium Pub. ISBN 094013926X OCLC 27938754 .
^ Monologues for women by women . Haring-Smith, Tori. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 1994. ISBN 0435086308 OCLC 29703968 .{{cite book }}: CS1 maint: others (link )
^ Rahman, Aishah (1997). NuMuse: An Anthology of Plays From Brown University . NuMuse Press.
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