Charlie Rhindress

Charlie Rhindress (born May 9, 1966)^[1] is an actor, playwright and director living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and educated at Mount Allison University, he is a co-founder and former Artistic Director of Live Bait Theatre, based in Sackville, New Brunswick. To date, Rhindress has written ten full length plays, including The Maritime Way of Life, which was nominated for a Canadian Comedy award as best new play, and Flying On Her Own, based on the life of Canadian singer/songwriter, Rita MacNeil. The latter was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2008. He has also written or co-written more than thirty dinner theatre plays and two plays for teens. Rhindress has acted in films including Red Rover and Black Eyed Dog, and at theatres across Canada. His directing credits include the premiere of Cathy Jones' one woman show, Me, Dad and the Hundred Boyfriends at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto and The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (abridged) at Neptune Theatre in Halifax, for which he received a Merritt award nomination as Best Director. He is currently Associate Artist at Neptune.

The Canadian Encyclopedia says that Rhindress's work "suggests that New Brunswick is fertile ground for popular comedy. Of particular note is Rhindress's The Maritime Way of Life (1999), a dark satire on traditional East Coast lifestyles and personalities. Despite its vicious sarcasm, extensive cross-dressing, and absurd humour, The Maritime Way of Life is very popular with Atlantic audiences."^[2]

Works

Full length plays

• Guilty! The Story of the Great Amherst Mystery (1991, revised 1993)
• Elvis Presley Is Alive and Well and Living in Sackville (1992)
• Gates Motel (1994)
• Under the Night (1996) with composer/lyricist Dean Burry
• The Maritime Way of Life (1997, revised 1999)
• Flying On Her Own (2000, revised 2004) featuring the songs of Rita MacNeil
• Home and Away (2003) with composer/lyricist Dean Burry
• The Heart That Knows (2008) with composer/lyricist Dean Burry (adapted from the novel by Charles G.D. Roberts)^[3]
• Ivor Johnson's Neighbours (2009)
• Boo (2009)^[4]

Plays for teens

• A Christmas Carol (1992)
• It's a Wonderful Christmas (1993)

References

1. ^ IMDB
2. ^ Canadian Encyclopedia, Drama in English - Regional Drama, , Accessed June 22, 2009
3. ^ Sackville.com, Live Bait, Accessed June 22, 2009
4. ^ Mulgrave Road Theater, ...a solo show in which a totally unprepared writer/performer wants to be funny while attempting to tell us something he doesn’t know how to say..., Accessed June 22, 2009

External links

• Charlie Rindress at the Internet Movie Database

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