One moment, Mona's father is teaching her to make pasta sauce at 2 AM and the next, she sits next to him in a hospital room, counting the seconds between beeps. When a curiously familiar barefooted boy runs in, carrying a blue umbrella and singing a song Mona's heard somewhere before, the rain begins. And Mona goes on a journey forward to the past.

Steeped in legend and lore, Oregano is a family play about accepting the past in order to embrace the future. Teaching us that sometimes, the truth can be exactly as we imagine it to be.

Rose Napoli is a Toronto-based playwright and actress. She is a two-time participant in the Banff/Citadel Professional Theatre Program and has worked in theatres across the country. Selected acting credits include: Juliet in Romeo & Juliet (Citadel Theatre, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Capital Critics Nomination), Jamie in The Incredible Speediness of Jamie Cavanaugh (Roseneath Theatre), Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre), The Fan (Odyssey Theatre -- Rideau Nomination).

As a playwright, Rose debuted her first play, Oregano, at the Storefront Theatre in 2015. She has been a member of playwright units at Nightwood Theatre, Thousand Islands Playhouse, and Tarragon Theatre. Her plays include: Ten Creative Ways to Dispose of your Cremains, Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells), and Shrew (A Big Fat Italian Comedy Inspired by William Shakespeare).

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"Sharp, believable dialogue, captivating imagery and deeper thematic resonances. Oregano is a small jewel of a play."
—Toronto Star

"Napoli's writing is studded with comic moments, snatches of Shakespeare and emotional echoes that resonate between scenes."
—NOW Magazine