Rose added hugely to the arts in Fort Worth.
Any idea how much hard work, dedication, and grit it takes to make a theater last - thrive! - for 35 years? It's a BIG accomplishment. A good memorial.
Throughout the fifteen years I've been privileged to work at Circle, Rose's influence was always strong in her theater, but what I'll remember best was how, even when she was very ill, she remained closely involved - coming in for important board meetings, meeting visiting playwrights, or working by phone when she could. She even used her too-up-close view of the hospital experience to inform a production by making suggestions on the privacy curtains around the only-pretend-patient's bed. Art uses everything.
A woman of amazing strength.
Her theater? Much saddened, but continuing on under the guidance of her husband and Circle co-founder Bill Newberry.
Courtesy of Circle Theatre
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