The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity to Play Second Stage

Off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theatre will present the New York premiere of Kristoffer Diaz’s The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity this spring. The new play, directed by Edward Torres will begin previews on April 27 and open on May 20, 2010.

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is a comedy that dares to throw political correctness out of the ring. Macedonio “The Mace” Guerra is a middle-ranking pro-wrestler who may have discovered his ticket to the big time: a charismatic, trash-talking Indian kid from Brooklyn whom he recruits as the perfect foil to the All-American champion, Chad Deity. But when their rivalry is used to exploit racial stereotypes in the name of ratings, all three men find themselves fighting for much more than the championship title.

The play received its world premiere production at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater, in association with Teatro Vista, in the fall of 2009. A winner of Victory Gardens’ new play festival competition, Ignition: Emerging Playwrights of Color, the piece was selected from more than 120 scripts submitted from playwrights of color, under 40 years of age, from around the U.S.

The complete cast and design team for THE The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity will be announced at a later date.