Rosa Laborde is a critically acclaimed Chilean-Canadian playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A finalist for Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Award, a Dora Mavor Moore award and a Canadian Screen Award, she has also received the K.M. Hunter Award for Theatre. Rosa is a graduate of both the Oxford School of Drama in England and the Canadian Film Centre and is currently playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre and Aluna Theatre. Her plays have been produced throughout Canada and include: True, Like Wolves, Hush, Leo, Sugar and The Source. Rosa’s most recent television writing credits include HBO Canada’s Sensitive Skin and Five Eyes (a one-hour CBC intelligence thriller created by Paul Gross and John Krizanc) and Killing It, with creator Susan Coyne, also on CBC.

Richard Rose is the Artistic Director of Tarragon Theatre. Prior to joining the Tarragon in 2002, Richard was Founding Artistic Director at Necessary Angel (a position he held from 1978–2002), Associate Director for Canadian Stage Company, Director of the Stratford Festival Young Company, and spent ten seasons directing at the Stratford Festival.

He has directed plays across Canada, the United States, and in London’s West End in styles ranging from the environmental to the classical. Richard is well known for developing new work, including four plays that won the Governor General’s Literary Award and nine other nominated plays. He is a four-time Dora award winner for direction and production and has had numerous nominations.