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Rick Chafe

RICK CHAFE  

 Nationality:    Canadian
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below is a list of Rick Chafe's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Book Of Questions, The         Consultation         Last Man And The Last Woman On Earth, The         Odyssey , The         Player Pool         Shakespeare's Dog         Strike!         Two Shot         Zac And Speth

Book Of Questions, The

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Blizzard Publishing   -

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Short play

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Consultation

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Contained in: "Instant Applause volume Two" published by Blizzard 1996   -

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Last Man And The Last Woman On Earth, The

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Odyssey , The

Rick Chafe
With Odysseus 20 years gone from Ithaca, Penelope faces an unwanted marriage to one of a growing band of murderous suitors who now threaten her son's life. a beggar arrives, asking the queen to hold off the wedding until she's heard his story--fantastic tales of her husband's travels among monsters, witches and gods. In this new telling of the famous warrior's homecoming, Odysseus returns to do battle--not just with the suitors, but with Penelope herself, over their fidelity, their kingdom and their vengeance.

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Norbert arts Centre, Winnipeg, MB.    2000

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Playwrights Canada Press, 2001   9780887546136

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  9 actors

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Player Pool

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Four unemployed teenagers have one last bash before starting work

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Winnipeg Fringe    1988

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One act

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Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shakespeare's Dog

Rick Chafe
William Shakespeare must choose between his wife and life in the London theatre. The story as told by his dog

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adapted from the novel by Leon Rooke

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co-production with the National arts Centre

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Playwrights Canada Press   978-0887548673

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adapted

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Strike!

Rick Chafe
1919 Winnipeg is in the throws of a General Strike. Recent emigrants father, Mike and godson, Stefan are wary about getting involved in case they get deported back to the Ukraine. Then Stefan falls for one of the strike leaders, Rebecca.

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Music by Danny Schur; lyrics by Danny Schur; book by Danny Schur; book by Rick Chafe

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Playwrights Canada Press,    9780887547652

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Musical

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Two Shot

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a young man cannot go home because his mother does not want hi. He wants to break it off with his girlfriend even though he cannot stop having sex with her all the time. The person he turns to talk about it wants to videotape their conversation

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Winnipeg Festival    1991

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One act

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Zac And Speth

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He's in love, not her. She's pregnant, not him. They're both 17 and want to get the hell out of Winnipeg. a nostalgic comedy about running away, love, Chinese take-out, hopeless protest, neo-anarchists, Vancouver rain, the future history of the NDP, and the American annexation of Canada.

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1st Produced:
Goodtime Theatre, (equity co-op), Winnipeg, MB.    1992

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Playwrights Co-op, Toronto, 1999   -

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Genre:
Comedy One act

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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