Rose Oser (she/they) is a theater producer, playwright, and performer. ​They are the book writer of Shoshana in December, a new queer Hanukkah musical (December 2022 production Custom Made, Relentless Award Honorable Mention 2022, December 2021 reading Z Space, NEA ArtWorks recipient) and Tinderella: the modern musical (April 2018 world premiere FaultLine and Custom Made; March 2022 production Brunish Theatre, Portland'5). They have produced and hosted over 40 performances of Tinder Disrupt, San Francisco’s hit dating show, now at Brooklyn Art Haus.

In May 2023, Rose moved from CA to NYC and assumed the role of Producing Director of National Queer Theater, best known for the annual Criminal Queerness Festival. Prior to that, they worked at Z Space in San Francisco from 2017-2022, first as the Literary and Grants Manager, then Associate Artistic Director, then Interim Producing Director, a leadership position appointed by the Board of Directors. They co-led Z Space during the pandemic and produced the world premiere of The Red Shades: A Trans Superhero Rock Opera. Other notable producing credits at Z Space: Problematic Play Festival (LMDA Bly Grant) and the world premiere of Ripped by Rachel Bublitz (Will Glickman Award).

As the Co-Artistic Director of FaultLine Theater in San Francisco from 2016-2019 (recipient of the Annette Lust Award in 2018), they mounted full productions of new works by Karina Cochran, Barry Eitel, Vanessa Flores, Dan Giles, Jake Jeppson, Nayia Kuvetakis, Luna Malbroux, Savannah Reich, and Andrew Saito. They worked as the Grant Writer for American Conservatory Theater from 2014-2017. They hold a BA in Rhetoric from University of California, Berkeley.

SPECIALTIES
New Musical Development, Script Consultations, Queer Stories, Jewish Stories

RECENT SELECTED WORK
- Resident Dramaturg for the 2024 JMF Writers Grove at Goodspeed.

-The Red Shades, a trans superhero rock opera. Written by Adrienne Price; Music by Adrienne Price, Matt Grandy, and Jeanine Adkisson; Directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe and Rotimi Agbabiaka. Producer of multiple workshops at Z Space in 2019 and 2020.

-Ripped by Rachel Bublitz, directed by Lisa Steindler. Producer of reading (part of 2018 Problematic Play Festival) and world premiere production at Z Space in 2019. Winner of 2020 Will Glickman Award.

RECOMMENDED BY
"Rose carries a thoughtful and incisive perspective that will elevate any new musical to the next level. I am consistently challenged and sharpened by Rose’s queries and critique- she will pose questions that needle into your brain and keep you up at night in the best way possible."
– Weston Scott, playwright/lyricist

"Rose has an ability to write extremely nuanced, natural and realistic characters that go on authentic and unique journeys. And she does so with wit, humor, and an imaginativeness that makes a new story a truly 'new' story."
– Jord Liu, playwright/composer

"I appreciate how Rose is so story-driven. Rose just wants to have a conversation and ask questions. And her continuous questions led to some amazing discoveries. It was truly a master class for me. And she taught me to keep asking questions myself. As I am writing my show, I am trying to view it through her eyes and I ask myself: 'What would Rose ask me right now? What's missing or not connecting?' Through the time I had with her, I learned to challenge myself and to keep digging."
– Anthony Fedorov

"Rose is simply a great dramaturg. She is insightful, kind and honest. A single meeting with Rose had me profoundly reexamine not only the musical I was developing, but my relationship to the piece and my creative process. I highly recommend working with her if you can.”
– Oliver Houser

"I thought Rose's insights were well crafted, original, and very helpful! I was grateful for Rose's perspectives and effort in the room!"
– Ianne Fields Stewart

"I loved how Rose approached our piece from the position of helping us achieve the goals -- and tell the story -- we wanted to tell, while still providing specific, actionable feedback with respect to character, story, and plot. Even in our piece's most formative stages, Rose's insights were invaluable, and helped steer us in the right (and most exciting possible) direction for our show! Also, Rose delivered notes with focus and clarity, but also with kindness, humor, and a generous artistic spirit -- any writing team would be lucky to work with her."
– Marcus Perkins Bejarano

"Rose has enthusiasm for every work they give feedback on! Nothing makes me more comfortable to talk about my creative work than the feeling that the person I'm talking to is genuinely invested in the world and the characters. Rose has a clear and evident understanding of story and structure, and their feedback is consistently smart and insightful."
– Sair Kaufman

"Rose's approach was one that was kind and very pragmatic. I really appreciated that Rose met our piece where it was, rather than trying to push it or reshape it into something that it wasn’t. Instead, Rose asked all the right questions and gave all the right thoughts to get us to do that ourselves."
– Rudy Percival

"Rose met me where I was at tonally and didn't question it especially with content related to buttfucking and Italian American movie actresses."
– Dylan MarcAurele