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Claire Chafee

CLAIRE CHAFEE

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency, NY  

Claire Chafee's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Claire Chafee's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         5 Women On A Hill In Spain         Darwin's Finches         Even Among these Rocks         Whisper From The Book Of Etiquette         Why We Have A Body

5 Women On A Hill In Spain

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1st Produced:
Minneapolis Fringe Festival     2003

Organisations:
Outward Spiral

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Darwin's Finches

Synopsis:
Two lesbian sisters - GiGi and Sophie have to overcome their anger with their schizophrenic brother Willit over something that happened when they were children.

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1st Produced:
The Thick House     2003

Organisations:
encore Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
lesbian romantic comedy for the depressed Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Even Among these Rocks

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1st Produced:
The Magic Theatre, San Francisco     1994

Organisations:
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1st Published:
NuMuse, Brown University,    -

Music:
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Whisper From The Book Of Etiquette

Synopsis:
How do you set about making a video of yourself to impress a prospective birth mother?

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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Why We Have A Body

Synopsis:
a terrific feministic comedy, where the main character, Mary is extremely mentally un-hinged, resulting in her obsession to rob from convenience stores. Her sister, Lily, tries to contol Mary while her mother, eleanor, is traveliing on the other side of the world, down the amazon river. However, Lily falls in love with Renee, a married character, who then has difficulty trying to decide in her 'true' sexuality. a hillarious modern play where all characters are desperatly trying to find their true identity and sort out their lives.

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1st Produced:
The Magic Theatre, San Francisco     1993

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Smith and Kraus,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Lesbian comedy. - - Lesbian, full length

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  4            Other:  -

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