The rose tatoo

Role: Rosa Delle Rose

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey

dir. Bonnie J. Monte

photos by Sarah Haley

“Everybody is nothing until you love them”

Billie Wyatt plays daughter Rosa. She does an outstanding job of bringing out the longing this young girl would experience first losing her father and then in many ways also losing her mother as she grieves. Her desire to live her own life is well portrayed and we root for her as she leaves the house to go to her boyfriend,
— Lets Go to the theatre
Wyatt has perhaps the hardest task, since the 12-year-old Rosa is still, really, a child, chasing lightning bugs around the property, and the 15-year-old Rosa has grown up a lot in three years and is eager to embark on her first serious romantic relationship; Wyatt basically has to play two different people, and does so convincingly.
— arts nj