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The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 5m
Winner! 2008 National Latino Playwriting Award
Finalist! 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Image: 2010 Second Stage Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
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Cast Size
5m -
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours) -
Target Audience
Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
- Winner! 2011 Obie Award for Best New American Play
Winner! 2008 National Latino Playwriting Award
Finalist! 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Details
Summary
History
World Premiere Produced By Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Dennis Zacek, Artistic Director; Jan Kallish, Executive Director. In association with Teatro Vista.
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
- Setting A Wrestling Ring
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features Physical Comedy, Stage Combat
- Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
"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
Videos
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
Photos
Image: 2010 Second Stage Theatre Production (Joan Marcus)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.