The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
by Kristoffer Diaz

Name: The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Brand: Kristoffer Diaz
SKU: 9780573699672
Rating: 3.66 (387 reviews)

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Highlights

Male

120 minsPresent DayAll MenUnit Set/Multiple SettingsElaborate/High-Volume CostumesComedy

Awards & Recognition

Obie AwardPulitzer Prize

Winner! 2011 Obie Award, Best New American Play Winner! 2008 National Latino Playwriting Award Finalist: 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Synopsis

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity follows the life of wrestler Macedonio Guerra.

As a lifelong fan, he has followed wrestling only to become a "jobber," one who is paid to lose to bigger-name stars in the ring.

Macedonio meets Vigneshwar Paduar, a young Indian man from Brooklyn, who he wants to team up with.

The wrestling execs go for it, but pitch them as "terrorists" in the ring.

Macedonio and Vigneshwar find a way to push the personas to the limits and say what needs to be said.

Unspoken racism, politics, and courage are all woven into this play that leaves it all on the mat.

Press 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

"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

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
MACEDONIO GUERRA (also known as The Mace) – a Puerto Rican professional wrestler; good at what he does, undersized, our hero	male	—	(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	—	—	(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	—	—	(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	—	—	(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 non-descript professional wrestler (non-speaking; also plays Billy Heartland and Old Glory)