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 Theatre for Young Audiences division of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards for her performance in

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'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

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's production of ''

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''. Napoli played

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in the 2019 Shakespeare in High Park production of '' Much Ado About Nothing'' 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 Toronto Fringe Festival 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 Ellie Moon'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

Andrea Donaldson Andrea Donaldson is a Canadian theatre director and dramaturge. She is the current artistic director of Nightwood Theatre and was formerly the program director of Nightwood's Write From the Hip program. Early life Donaldson attended the Claude ...

and starred

Vivien Endicott-Douglas Vivien Endicott-Douglas (born December 10, 1990) is a Canadian actress on stage and screen. Career Endicott-Douglas is best-known for her role as Marnie in the television series ''Shoebox Zoo'' (2004-2005), when she was 14 years old. Her works ...

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.

Plays

* ''A Death and the Marias'' * ''Legacy'' * ''Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells)'' * ''Oregano'' * ''Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of your Cremains'' * ''That's Amore''

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)