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Rose Weaver | |
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| Occupation(s) | Actor, playwright, director, songwriter, vocalist |
Rose Weaver is an African 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
editWeaver grew up in and outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Her family were sharecroppers. She was one of the first black people to attend an all-white high school in Atlanta, Georgia [2] and participated in Upward Bound programs in her youth. [3]
Career
editWeaver 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 addition to her time at Trinity, Weaver was a host of the television program "Sunday Sunday" on WJAR TV in the 1980s.[8] In 1993 she played Aunt Audrey in the film Poetic Justice alongside Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur.[9]
Weaver continues to act, sing, write and direct in Rhode Island. She performed at the state inauguration in Rhode Island, 1999.[10] In 2000, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Brown University[11]. 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.[12] 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.[13]
Awards and distinctions
editRhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, 2019[14]
Rhode Island Woman of the Year, GoLocalProv, 2018[15]
Wheeler School Community Spirit Award, 2018 [15]
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts,Wheaton College, 2018 [16]
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts,Providence College, 2016 [13]
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Merrymount Manhattan College [13]
2001 Rhode Island Historical Society History Makers [17]
Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2000 [13]
1973, Miss Foxboro [2]
Miss Massachusetts, Miss Congeniality, 1973. [2]
"Who's Who in Rhode Island Jazz" 1991[18]
Selected Film and Television Roles
editA 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
Brother to Dragons, Great Performances, 1975, Family Slave [9]
Published Works
edit"Mama's Helper" and "Chips on my Shoulder", Monologues for Women by Women, Tori Haring-Smith ed., 1994 [19]
NuMuse: an anthology of plays from Brown University's New Plays Festival, 1994 [20]
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. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- ^ "Outdoor Concert to Feature Rose Weaver, Wardson Trio". Providence Journal. 22 July 1980. p. 71. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Rose Weaver". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-09-21.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "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. 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.