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