Ocean View’s very own Chase Rhys is the first recipient of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation New York Fellowship 2024. Author, Rapport columnist, playwright, screenwriter and passionate advocate of Kaaps, Chase joins the faculty of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning authors at Columbia University’s School of the Arts as an adjunct professor for the spring semester 2024.
The art of storytelling in Kaaps is what Chase will teach in their masterclass: Narrative Resistance – Writing Authentic Stories of Resilience and Identity in Diverse Communities.
Listen to Crystal Orderson in conversation with Chase Rhys:
Chase Rhys (1989) is a Cape Town novelist, columnist, playwright and screenwriter. Their debut book Kinnes won the K. Sello Duiker Prize and the kykNET-Rapport Prize in the film category in 2019. Chase’s second book Misfit – stories vannie anne kant, is a compilation of new and reworked stories from his Suikewate column in Rapport.
