Rosy Frier-Dryden
Rosy trained in London at the Drama Centre and performed in Repertory Theatre, Radio and Television/Film in England before immigrating to Canada in the seventies. She has worked extensively in Theatre throughout Canada. Rosy moved to Saskatoon in the late nineties, fulfilling her ambition to work with the late great Hungarian Artistic Director of Persephone Theatre Tibor Feheryghazi (d. July 2007). She moved back to Vancouver late 2004 and is now happily ensconced in The Performing Arts Lodge (PAL) in Coal Harbour, and has recently been involved in collaborating in the writing and performing of the very first (hopefully of many) PAL Christmas Production. "Whatever Happened to Santa Baby" (She played Mrs Claus) to great success.

Selected theatre credits include Ase in Blackbird Theatre's Production of "Per Gynt" (Jessie Award for Best Outstanding Production) "Fallen Angels" (Noel Coward). Winnie in Samuel Becketts "Happy Days" Studio J Oenone "Phedre" for Persephone. Julia "Lend me a Tenor" Persephone. "Medea" Hoarse Raven, Clairee "Steel Magnolias for Chemainus. Rosy received a Jessie for "Beggars in the House of Plenty" (Best Ensemble) ande Vancouver Sun People's Choice award for Alan Bennetts "Bed Among the Lentils"

"Rose" is a play she has wanted to do ever since she first read the script. The script is enormously dense and difficult, even scary, and Rosy dedicates her performance to all the Rose's and Chaya and Blumas who perished in those unforgettable and dark days of "The Holocaust". Rosy has two daughters Sarah and Sasha and a son Ben who lives in Brighton England.

WENDY BROSS STUART
(MUSIC DIRECTION, KOTO, KEYBOARD)
Born and raised in New York, Wendy is an ethnomusicologist, music director, composer/arranger, piano accompanist, vocal coach. She holds degrees from McGill and UBC (M.Mus. in ethnomusicology) and an advanced teaching license in Japanese shamisen and koto following many years study of traditional music in Japan. Wendy authored two books: Gambling Music of the Coast Salish Indians (National Museum of Man) and Northern Haida Songs (University of Nebraska Press), has over twenty of her choral arrangements published in the U.S. and Canada (most recently with Hal Leonard Publ.) and recorded four CD's of Jewish music.

Selected theatre credits (music director, conductor, composer, arranger) include: the Blackbird Theatre production of "Peer Gynt" (Jessie Award, Outstanding Production), Canadian premiere of "The Last Five Years" (Roaring Lion at the Firehall), "Ruthless! the Musical" (Ophidian at the Waterfront), "The One Who Got Away" (Electric Company - 2002 & 2007), "Little Mercy's First Murder" (Touchstone Theatre at the VECC), "Company" (Skycorner Productions), seven seasons at Theatre Under The Stars, and 25 productions of "Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance!" Wendy has three Jessie Award nominations.

Wendy is married to anthropologist/producer, Ron Stuart; they have two grown daughters - Fiona & Jessica.