Rick Chafe

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. "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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