Charlie Rhindress

Charlie Rhindress born May 9 1966 is an actor writer director and producer living in his hometown of Amherst Nova Scotia He was educated at Mount Allison University and is a cofounder and former Artistic Director of Live Bait Theatre based in Sackville New Brunswick To date Rhindress has had eighteen of his plays produced 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 the late Canadian singersongwriter Rita MacNeil The latter was published by Playwrights Canada Press in 2008 Three of Rhindresss plays have been produced at Ships Company Theatre in Parrsboro Nova Scotia Ivor Johnsons Neighbours 2009 The Maritime Way of Life 2012 and Making Contact 2013 Charlie has also written or cowritten more than 30 dinner theatre scripts The Canadian Encyclopedia says that Rhindresss work suggests that New Brunswick is fertile ground for popular comedy Of particular note is Rhindresss The Maritime Way of Life 1999 a dark satire on traditional East Coast lifestyles and personalities Despite its vicious sarcasm extensive crossdressing and absurd humour The Maritime Way of Life is very popular with Atlantic audiences His first book Im Not What I Seem The Many Stories of Rita MacNeils Life was published by Formac Publishing in 2016 It was a bestseller in the Maritimes and was short listed for the Best First Book Award from the Atlantic Books Awards His second book Stompin Tom Connors The Myth and the Man was released in September of 2019 and has also appeared on multiple bestseller lists Rhindress has acted in over fifty productions at theatres across Canada His film and television credits include Red Rover Trailer Park Boys Haven Mr D Chapelwaite and Moonshine He also starred in a very popular television commercial for ProLine which aired for over two years