Rose Napoli is a Canadian playwright and actor. Napoli is an alumnus of

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'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

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division of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards for her performance in Roseneath Theatre's ''The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh.'' In 2017, Napoli starred as math teacher Gabriella in Rob Kempson's ''Trigonometry.'' In 2018, Napoli was Celia in the St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival's production of ''

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''. Napoli played

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in the 2019 Shakespeare in High Park production of ''

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'' as directed by

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. In

's 2019 premiere of ''Grace'', Napoli played the titular Grace's older sister Sarah.

Playwriting

Napoli's play ''Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of your Cremains'' premiered at the 2017

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with Napoli in the lead role of Lucy. The 2017 production was directed by Carly Chamberlain and co-starred Jakob Ehman as Bennett. Napoli described ''Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of your Cremains'' as "millennial love letter to the misfits of the Peter Pan Generation". ''Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells)'' premiered in October 2017 as part of Nightwood Theatre's Consent Event double-bill alongside

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's ''Asking For It''. Napoli developed ''Lo'' as part of Nightwood's Write From The Hip script development program in 2014. The play is a two-hander that follows 25 year old Laura as she revisits a relationship she had with her English teacher, Mr. Wells, when she was 15. The 2017 premiere was directed by

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and starred Vivien Endicott-Douglas as Laura and Sam Kalilieh as Mr. Wells. The play was inspired by Napoli's experiences working as an educator. ''Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells)'' was nominated for a 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.

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Napoli, Rose 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian stage actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Year of birth missing (living people)