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A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 5m
Kristoffer Díaz
Winner! 2011 Obie Award, Best New American Play Winner! 2008 National Latino Playwriting Award Finalist! 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Image: 2010 Second Stage Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
Winner! 2011 Obie Award for Best New American Play Winner! 2008 National Latino Playwriting Award Finalist! 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
World Premiere Produced By Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Dennis Zacek, Artistic Director; Jan Kallish, Executive Director. In association with Teatro Vista.
MACEDONIO GUERRA (also known as The Mace) – a Puerto Rican professional wrestler; good at what he does, undersized, our 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)
A Wrestling Ring
"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
“Ladies and Gentlemen, in this corner of Chicago’s rich theater scene, weighing in with a unique combo of vigorous physicality and wickedly intelligent humor, please put your hands together for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, a vibrantly entertaining, insightful new play about -- wait for it -- professional wrestling.” – Variety
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Scene Study and Classroom Reading: Plays for Colleges and Universities by Becca Schlossberg August 23, 2019
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity - Production Teaser
Kristoffer Diaz Discusses The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Behind the Scenes - The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Kristoffer Díaz is a playwright and educator living and working in Brooklyn. His full-length titles include The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (published by Samuel French), Welcome to Arroyo’s, Guernica, Fucking Vigwan (or Swag) and #therevolution. Awards include 2011 New Y ...