Rose is a play by Tomson Highway

Tomson Highway

Tomson Highway, CM is a celebrated Canadian and Cree playwright, novelist, and children's author. He is the author of the plays The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, both of which won him the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Floyd S...

, which premiered on January 31, 1999, at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

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Set on the fictional Wasaychigan Hill reserve on Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin Island is a Canadian island in Lake Huron, in the province of Ontario. It is the largest island in a freshwater lake in the world. In addition to the historic Anishinaabe and European settlement of the island, archeological discoveries at Sheguiandah have demonstrated Paleo-Indian and...

, Rose is the third play in Highway's 'Rez Cycle,' following The Rez Sisters

The Rez Sisters

The Rez Sisters is a two act play by Cree Canadian writer Tomson Highway, first performed on November 26, 1986 by Act IV Theatre Company and Native Earth Performing Arts....

and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing is a play by Tomson Highway, which premiered in 1989 at Theatre Passe-Muraille in Toronto.Set in the fictional Wasaychigan Hill reserve in Northern Ontario, Dry Lips is a companion piece to Highway's earlier play The Rez Sisters...

. While The Rez Sisters portrays seven women who travel to "the biggest bingo in the world," and Dry Lips portrays seven men with conflicting business and religious interests, Rose features male and female characters from the first two plays, along with several additional characters, all of whom are preparing for the opening of "the biggest casino in the world."