Rose Napoli
Rose Napoli | |
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Canadian | |
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| Notable work | Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) |
Rose Napoli is a Canadian playwright and actor. Napoli is an alumnus of Nightwood Theatre's Write From the Hip Program where she developed her play Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells).
Career
Acting
In 2016, Napoli was nominated for
Outstanding Individual Performance in the Theatre for Young Audiences division of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards for her performance in Roseneath Theatre's The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh.[1] In 2017, Napoli starred as math teacher Gabriella in Rob Kempson's Trigonometry.[2] In 2018, Napoli was Celia in the St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It.[3] Napoli played Beatrice in the 2019 Shakespeare in High Park production of Much Ado About Nothing as directed by Liza Balkan.[4][5] In Nightwood Theatre's 2019 premiere of Grace, Napoli played the titular Grace's older sister Sarah.[6]
Playwriting
Napoli's play Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of your Cremains premiered at the 2017
Peter Pan Generation".[9]
Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) premiered in October 2017 as part of Nightwood Theatre's Consent Event double-bill alongside
Dora Award for Outstanding New Play
in 2018.
Napoli's play, Mad Madge, about Margaret Cavendish, is set to premiere with Nightwood Theatre in April 2024.[13]
Plays
- A Death and the Marias
- Legacy
- Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells)
- Oregano
- Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of your Cremains
- That's Amore
- Mad Madge
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Dora Mavor Moore Awards - Theatre for Young Audiences
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Outstanding Performance - Individual | The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh | Nominated | [14] |
| 2018 | Dora Mavor Moore Awards - General Theatre | Outstanding New Play | Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) | Nominated |
References
- ^ "2016 Dora Mavor Moore Awards Nominees & Recipients" (PDF). Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA). p. 9. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ Bimm, Jordan (2017-03-22). "Trigonometry is well acted but needs a lesson in narrative logic". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Langston, Patrick (2018-08-16). "New Artistic Director Shakes Up The St. Lawerence Shakespeare Fest With A Season Of Love". The Theatre Times. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Teodoro, José (2019-07-16). "Much Ado About Nothing in High Park is an uneven outdoor offering". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "This Much Ado About Nothing gives Shakespeare a 1990s romcom sensibility". Toronto Star. 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Fein-Goldbach, Debbie (2019-01-15). "Grace sheds a powerful light on the effects of childhood sexual abuse". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Sumi, Glenn; Bimm, Jordan (2017-06-28). "10 Fringe artists to watch". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Sumi, Glenn (2017-07-08). "Fringe review: Ten Creative Ways To Dispose Of Your Cremains". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Wheeler, Brad (2017-06-28). "Actor-playwright Rose Napoli is one of the young stars to see at Toronto Fringe". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Cole, Susan G. (2017-10-04). "Two new plays complicate the conversation about consent". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ ""Consent, Growing Up & Telling Difficult Stories" In Conversation with Rose Napoli, playwright of LO (OR DEAR MR. WELLS)". In The Green Room. 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Campbell, Trevor (2017-11-01). "Lo (Or Dear Mr. Wells) delivers uncomfortable truths we need to face". NOW Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe (2024-02-07). "Nightwood Theatre to Present MAD MADGE This Spring". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Nominees". TAPA. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
External links
- Rose Napoli at IMDb