American dramatist
Rose Weaver
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Occupation(s)
| Actor, playwright, director, songwriter, vocalist
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Years active
| 1973?present
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Website
| roseweaver.com
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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]
and she is known for her role in the film
Poetic Justice
.
Early life
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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]
and participated in the
Emory University
Upward Bound
program in her youth.
[3]
Career
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Weaver began singing in Boston and Rhode Island clubs in the 1970s.
[2]
She graduated from
Wheaton College
in 1973 and was awarded a three-year fellowship by
Trinity Repertory
in 1973.
[4]
She spent 11 seasons acting at Trinity, including roles as Silvia in
Two Gentleman of Verona
,
[5]
Dussie Mae in
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
,
[6]
and Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues.
[7]
In 1994, she returned to Trinity in 1994 for another 11 seasons, taking roles such as the Witch in
Into the Woods
[8]
and Billie Holiday in
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
.
[9]
In addition to her time at Trinity, Weaver was the producer and host of the television program "Sunday Sunday" on
WJAR TV
in the 1980s.
[10]
In 1993 she played Aunt Audrey in the film
Poetic Justice
alongside
Janet Jackson
and
Tupac Shakur
.
Weaver continues to act, sing, write and direct. She performed at the state inauguration in Rhode Island, 1999.
[11]
In 2000, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from
Brown University
.
[12]
She was an artist in residence at Brown University's
Rites and Reason Theatre
in 2015 where she developed her play about
Alzheimer's disease
and memory,
Skips The Record
.
[13]
Her play
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]
In 2022, her play
Silhouette of a Silhouette
, a semi-autobiographical play, received its world premiere at the
Wilbury Theatre Group
in
Providence
.
[15]
Awards and distinctions
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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
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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
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"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
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Wye, Sara (November 9, 1980). "The blooming of Rose Weaver".
Providence Journal
. pp. 20?28.
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a
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c
d
"Rose Weaver: Her life story is like a movie melodrama"
.
Providence Journal
. October 21, 1973. p. D-12
. Retrieved
October 5,
2019
.
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"ROSE GOES She's taking her act and her life to L.A.".
Providence Journal
. November 18, 1984. p. H-09.
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"Preservationist, PawSox owner among R.I.'s 'history makers'
".
Providence Journal
. April 29, 2001. p. C-05.
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Safford, Edwin (3 January 1976).
"Trinity's Verona a Love of a Show"
.
Providence Journal
. p. 31
. Retrieved
21 September
2019
.
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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
.
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"This woman's not done: Rose Weaver's Menopause Mama returns"
.
Cranston Herald
. 3 March 2017
. Retrieved
2019-09-21
.
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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
.
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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
.
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"Outdoor Concert to Feature Rose Weaver, Wardson Trio"
.
Providence Journal
. 22 July 1980. p. 71
. Retrieved
21 September
2019
.
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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
.
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Isenberg, Robert (May 2009).
"The Show Goes On"
.
East Side Monthly
: 12?13.
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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
.
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"Silhouette of a Silhouette"
.
thewilburygroup.org
. Retrieved
2023-05-15
.
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"Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: Dr.Rose E. Weaver, Inducted 2019"
.
www.riheritagehalloffame.org
. Retrieved
2019-10-05
.
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a
b
Fenton, Josh.
"RI's Woman of the Year"
.
GoLocalProv
. Retrieved
2019-10-05
.
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"Honoring Rose Ella Weaver '73"
.
Wheaton College Massachusetts
. 19 May 2018
. Retrieved
2019-10-05
.
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"Preservationist, PawSox owner among R.I.'s history makers"
.
Providence Journal
. 29 April 2001. p. C-05
. Retrieved
5 October
2019
.
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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
.
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Monologues for women by women
. Haring-Smith, Tori. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 1994.
ISBN
0435086308
.
OCLC
29703968
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Rahman, Aishah (1997).
NuMuse: An Anthology of Plays From Brown University
. NuMuse Press.
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