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Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, The

  • Kristoffer Diaz
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 5M
  • ISBN: 9780573699672

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity... has the delicious crackle and pop of a galloping, honest-to-god, all-American satire.

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Strong Language, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Large Stage

  • Accolades:
  • Finalist! 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Winner! 2008 National Latino Playwriting Award, Winner! 2011 Obie Award for Best New American Play
Kristoffer Diaz’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is a serious minded comedy about wrestling, geopolitics, and raisin bread.
REVIEWS:

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity…has the delicious crackle and pop of a galloping, honest-to-God, all-American satire.

The New York Times
Premiere Production: World Premiere produced by Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Dennis Zacek, Artistic Director; Jan Kallish, Executive Director. In association with Teatro Vista.

Characters

  • Casting: 5M
  • Casting Attributes: All Male, Minority casting

  • MACEDONIO GUERRA (also known as The Mace) - a Puerto Rican professional wrestle; good at what he does, undersized, out hero

  • EVERETT K. OLSON (also known as EKO) - the Caucasian owner of THE Wrestling; brash, confident, ostensibly our villain

  • CHAD DEITY (also known as Chad Deity) - the African-American champion of THE Wrestling; confident, handsome, not a very good wrestler

  • VIGNESHWAR PADUAR (also known as VP) - a young Indian-American Brooklynite; charismatic, natural, effortless

  • THE BAD GUY - a non-descript professional wrestler (non-speaking; also plays Billy Heartland and Old Glory)

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