August Chaffin

August Chaffin (they/them) is a Minneapolis-based early-career playwright, poet, and actor. August has a B.F.A in Acting from the University of Minnesota Actor Training Program. When not making art, August can be found teaching students K-12 with Children's Theatre Company.

August Chaffin (they/them) is a Minneapolis-based early-career playwright, poet, and actor. August has a B.F.A in Acting from the University of Minnesota Actor Training Program. When not making art, August can be found teaching students K-12 with Children's Theatre Company.

Scripts

Squalling

by August Chaffin

Cast Size
4
Genre
dark comedy,
tragedy

Three women, a baby, and a rural town are swept up in a catastrophic Southwest tornado. Trapped inside together, the women must deal with the complexities of The End, what is remembered, what is devised, and what is left behind through a series of intricate playings-pretend.

Three women, a baby, and a rural town are swept up in a catastrophic Southwest tornado. Trapped inside together, the women must deal with the complexities of The End, what is remembered, what is devised, and what is left behind through a series of intricate playings-pretend.

Andromache

by August Chaffin

Cast Size
7
Genre
tragedy

An epic reimagining of Hector of Troy's wife, Andromache, and her forgotten odyssey.

An epic reimagining of Hector of Troy's wife, Andromache, and her forgotten odyssey.

Divine Inventions

by August Chaffin

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
experimental,
faith-based

The Muse Urania visits John Milton's bedroom, the eve before he pens Book VII of Paradise Lost.

The Muse Urania visits John Milton's bedroom, the eve before he pens Book VII of Paradise Lost.