ABOUT
SILHOUETTE
OF A SILHOUETTE
world premiere play by Rose Weaver
directed by Don Mays
This semi-autobiographical story from acclaimed and award-winning Rhode Island actress Rose Weaver, tells the story of how her late brother met the devil one night in Georgia, and how he sought redemption for his poor life choices. Told through humor, rousing songs, spoken word, and southern mythology of her Silhouette of a Silhouette is a mini saga of a family's painful struggle out of cycles of self-destruction and an attempt at deliverance.
PRODUCTION PHOTOS:
CAST + CREATIVE TEAM
Rudy Cabrera
Cilla Julia Bento
Jessie March
Jason Quinn
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Brianna Rosario
Helena Tafuri
Teddy Lytle
Daria-Lyric Montaquila
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Niara Cruz
Jomo Peters
Maggie Papa
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SILHOUETTE
OF A SILHOUETTE By Rose Weaver Directed by Don Mays Intimacy Direction by Jackie Davis Costume Design by Jaimy Escobedo Set Design by Max Ponticelli Light + Sound Design by Andy Russ Stage Management by Kathy Moyer Asst. Stage Management by Natalie Rosario Costume Assistance by Arianna Davey Production Photos by Erin X. Smithers Press / Media Inquiries: Niki Healy |
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
This is Rose Weaver’s 49th year as an actor, singer, and playwright.
She began her career at Providence's Trinity Repertory Company in 1973 as an Acting Fellow. Earning her Equity card in 1975, Rose appeared as Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean, Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille, Dussie Mae in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Bernice in The Piano Lesson, the Witch in Into the Woods, The Good Times Are Killing Me, The Waiting Room, Another Part of the Forest, Measure for Measure, Side by Side by Sondheim, Brother to Dragons, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Aimee, A Christmas Carol, Jonestown Express, Tintypes, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Boys from Syracuse, School for Scandal, and From the Mississippi Delta.
Work with other theatres includes roles at The Mark Taper Forum, The Walnut Street Theatre, Old Globe San Diego, Arkansas Rep, National Theatre Company. In film and television she's had roles in In the Heat of the Night, Poetic Justice, LA Law, Tales From the Crypt, The Accused, Not In My Family, Lady in White, Go Tell It On the Mountain.
As a playwright Rose is the author and actress of the one-woman play Menopause Mama, and Black Women Taking Off the Masks. She received a recent Papitto POC award to write a play about slavery in Rhode Island. Rose is published in Monologues for Women by Women, Heinemann, and NuMuse: An Anthology of Plays from Brown University. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College (Massachusetts), a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brown University at the age of 50, and holds three Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees from Wheaton College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Providence College.
Awards include The Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts 2000, R. I. Heritage Harbor Hall of Fame, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowships in Playwriting, Lucille Lortel Playwriting Award, GoLocal Providence’s R.I. Woman of the Year, Rhode Island Foundation Fellowships and New Works Awards, Business Volunteers in the Arts/R.I. Achievement in the Arts, YWCA Woman of the Year Awards in Arts, and The RI Historical Society History Maker Award.
Previous work with Wilbury Theatre Group includes acting as "Voice of God" in seasons 1 + 2 of the audioplay God Talks to An Agnostic - now available for streaming.
She began her career at Providence's Trinity Repertory Company in 1973 as an Acting Fellow. Earning her Equity card in 1975, Rose appeared as Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean, Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grille, Dussie Mae in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Bernice in The Piano Lesson, the Witch in Into the Woods, The Good Times Are Killing Me, The Waiting Room, Another Part of the Forest, Measure for Measure, Side by Side by Sondheim, Brother to Dragons, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Aimee, A Christmas Carol, Jonestown Express, Tintypes, Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Boys from Syracuse, School for Scandal, and From the Mississippi Delta.
Work with other theatres includes roles at The Mark Taper Forum, The Walnut Street Theatre, Old Globe San Diego, Arkansas Rep, National Theatre Company. In film and television she's had roles in In the Heat of the Night, Poetic Justice, LA Law, Tales From the Crypt, The Accused, Not In My Family, Lady in White, Go Tell It On the Mountain.
As a playwright Rose is the author and actress of the one-woman play Menopause Mama, and Black Women Taking Off the Masks. She received a recent Papitto POC award to write a play about slavery in Rhode Island. Rose is published in Monologues for Women by Women, Heinemann, and NuMuse: An Anthology of Plays from Brown University. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheaton College (Massachusetts), a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brown University at the age of 50, and holds three Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees from Wheaton College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Providence College.
Awards include The Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts 2000, R. I. Heritage Harbor Hall of Fame, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Fellowships in Playwriting, Lucille Lortel Playwriting Award, GoLocal Providence’s R.I. Woman of the Year, Rhode Island Foundation Fellowships and New Works Awards, Business Volunteers in the Arts/R.I. Achievement in the Arts, YWCA Woman of the Year Awards in Arts, and The RI Historical Society History Maker Award.
Previous work with Wilbury Theatre Group includes acting as "Voice of God" in seasons 1 + 2 of the audioplay God Talks to An Agnostic - now available for streaming.
2022/23 Memberships
Join us at Providence's home for groundbreaking artists and adventurous audiences. Membership includes admission to all our 2022/23 productions, including the world premiere of Rose Weaver’s Silhouette of a Silhouette, the 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Play, The Humans by Stephen Karam, Obie Award winner We’re Gonna Die by Young Jean Lee, Indecent from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, the world premiere of the new musical Off With Their Heads by Darcie Dennigan, and more.
Become a Member for our 2022/23 Season today and never miss a thing.
Become a Member for our 2022/23 Season today and never miss a thing.
ABOUT
An award-winning*, not-for-profit professional theatre company, the Wilbury Theatre Group engages our community in thought-provoking conversation through new works, reimagined classics and adventurous playmaking. We are idealistic, ambitious, and stubborn in our resolve to create theatre that entertains, enlightens, and inspires.
*WINNER of the 2018 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing (The Tony Awards).
*WINNER of the 2018 National Theatre Company Grant from the American Theatre Wing (The Tony Awards).
