Rosa Labordé’s plays have been produced across Canada. She has been nominated for the Dora Mavor Moore Award, has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama and was the 2012 recipient of the KM Hunter Artist’s Award for Theatre. Rosa continues to be playwright-in-residence at Tarragon Theatre as well as Toronto’s Aluna Theatre. Also an actress, Rosa continues to work regularly on stage and screen and has been nominated for both a Gemini Award and a Dora Award for performance. Rosa is a graduate of the Oxford School of Drama in Oxford, England and is a 2012 graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Primetime Television Writing Program.

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.