Ramblin' with Rose: Acting Credits

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Acting Credits

One of my favorite roles has been playing Gov. Blanco in the Voices of Louisiana. Probably that's because I get to read my lines off cue cards.

I was fortunate to play Mickey the cop in the female version of the Odd Couple at Luke's Brisket and Broadway, working with Suzanne Parsons and Grace Marshall.

I've had ensemble roles in Voices of Louisiana, Shine After Dark, and Star Crossed.

It was lots of fun to play Nona in The Altos, and Gymnasia in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

I've finally found out why I was always buying clothes that looked like costumes, long before I found my way onto the stage.

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Another thing

I've come to know that we carry home in our hearts, and no hurricane can change that.

Hurricanes, those damnable natural acts-of-godlessness, changed my life several times. First was 1965, when I met my husband, Milton, at a hurricane shelter during Betsy. "Met him in a hurricane, life will never be the same." That's a line from a song that Bud Tower wrote several years later for a play called "An Evening with Betsy, Voices from the Storm." The song is called "Rose Marie, Marry Me," and tells the story of young lovers finding each other in the pouring rain.

And that helps explain the next change - in telling my story about meeting my husband, I became partnered in a theatrical production company called Shine. Building that company in our home town of Chalmette was one sweet ride. So many talented people, and so many incredible community experiences were born.

Taking me to this last hurricane of 2005. That one left us hurting and struggling, as we are slowly rebuilding our lives once again. I'm so proud of the progress in St. Bernard parish, and of the dedicated educators, business owners and residents to have worked the front lines. And I am proud of my adopted city of Slidell, and the welcoming arms of these courageous people who have rebuilt their town as they welcomed so many.

Shine gave birth to Voices of Louisiana, another voice from another storm - this time telling quite another story. The love story of our state and our communities.

So here I sit in a new home on the Northshore of Lake Pontchartrain. The home that Milton and I built in Chalmette was destroyed by the oil spill as well as the flood waters. I like to think I'm 'bi-costal' and enjoy my roots in St. Bernard as much as my new studio in Slidell.

But, and this is a big but, I often cry for a place that exists only in my heart. I go there often, no matter where I am. I'm from the parish, and proud of it.