Rick Chafe is a Canadian playwright from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] He is most noted for his play The Secret Mask, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2014 Governor General's Awards.[2]

His other plays have included Zac and Speth,[3] The Last Man and Woman on Earth,[3] Marriage: A Demolition in Two Acts,[4] adaptations of Homer's The Odyssey[3] and Leon Rooke's Shakespeare's Dog,[5] and a collaboration with Danny Schur on the musical Strike!.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Playwright Rick Chafe honoured by U of W". Winnipeg Free Press, December 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Playwright up for national award; Rick Chafe learns of GG nomination as his play opens in Tsawwassen". Delta Optimist, October 10, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Six projects at one time turn playwright into juggler". Winnipeg Free Press, June 29, 2006.
  4. ↑ "Rick Chafe comedy nails domestic dynamic". Winnipeg Free Press, March 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Shakespeare's Dog a furball of fun". Ottawa Citizen, March 22, 2008.


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