The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Cast Requirements
5 men
Set Description
Unit
Honors
Finalist, Pulitzer Prize in Drama (2010).
Winner, New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award (2011).
Winner: Village Voice Obie Awards, Best New American Play (2011).
Winner: Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play (2011).
Nominee: Drama League Award, Distinguished Production of a Play (2011).
Winner: Production – Play (Large), Equity Jeff Awards (2010).
Winner: New Work – Play, Equity Jeff Awards (2010).
“Best Comedy,” Minneapolis Citypages (2010)
Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award (2009).
Winner: National Latino Playwriting Award, Arizona Theater Company (2008).
Publisher
Press
“The fights are fixed, and the man-crushing body slams are faked. But the energy that radiates from The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Kristoffer Diaz’s crazy-like-a-fox comedy about television wrestling, is the real thing...courses with the vital sap of an able-bodied satire enjoying a rollicking love-hate affair with its subject.” -- New York Times
Production and Development History
Productions: Actors Theatre of Louisville, dir. KJ Sanchez (2012); Caldwell Theatre Company, dir. Clive Cholerton (2012); Geffen Playhouse, dir. Edward Torres (upcoming, 2011); Second Stage, New York premiere, dir. Edward Torres (2010); Mixed Blood, dir. Thomas W. Jones II (2010); InterAct, dir. Seth Rozin (2009); Victory Gardens/Teatro Vista, World Premiere, dir. Edward Torres (2009).
Workshops: Victory Gardens, dir. Edward Torres (2008); Ignition Festival, Victory Gardens, dir. Edward Torres (2008); Finalist, O'Neill Playwrights Conference (2008); Roundtable reading, The Lark Play Development Center, dir. Tlaloc Rivas (2007); Alumni reading, Summer Play Festival, dir. Tlaloc Rivas (2007).