Rick Viede – October 3 2021

Rick is an award-winning writer and performer. He holds a BA from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Screenwriting from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Griffin Theatre Company commissioned his plays Autumn and Poised, and Bell Shakespeare Company commissioned him to write the neo-restoration gender-bending comedy Gull. Rick has been an Affiliate Playwright with Griffith and received a New Work grant from the Australia Council to write The Hoax and Oranges and Lemons. His satiric “Aspiring American” character, Glace Chase, has played to critical acclaim at such venues as the Public Theater NYC, The Butterfly Club and festivals including The Melbourne Comedy Festival, Mardi Gras Festival, Midsumma and Feast Festival. Rick also created content specifically for online, working in conjunction with New Mardi Gras and Evolution Publishing to produce a series of gate-crashings and celebrity stalkings to tie in with the Mardi Gras Festival. He has also created content with Australia’s leading gay and lesbian online site SameSame.com.au.

A Hoax
Currency Press, 2011; ISBN 9780868199481
2 female, 2 male
When social worker Ant discovers Currah, a young Indigenous girl with a horrific past, he’s certain he’s found the way to make a difference. When literary agent extraordinaire, Ronnie Lowe, discovers Currah, she’s certain she’s found marketing gold. Now Currah’s got the world at her feet, an army of fans and isn’t returning any of Ant’s calls. Finding himself flung aside, Ant will do anything to be part of the spotlight. Inspired by the recent spate of fabricated “misery memoirs”, A Hoax is a vicious satire on the politics of identity, modern celebrity and the peddling of abuse culture.

Whore
Australian Script Centre, 2008
90 minutes, 1 female, 3 male (doubling possible for the male roles) Cast age: 16-18; Audience age: young adult – adult
Young, fearless, full of wanderlust, Sara finds herself in London working in a call centre. When she meets Tim, her path takes an unexpected turn. For these two Aussies living it large in London everything is exhilarating, delightfully dangerous and full of possibility. When a body is discovered in the apartment upstairs the thrill of anonymity gives way to rising horror as Sara finds herself at the very edge of the person she once was. With originality and poetic wit, Whore is an unflinching exploration of the price of freedom, ambition and the high-risk ride that is coming-of-age.