NOW PLAYING thru October 23, 2022
Tix/Info: www.ChanceTheater.com/chad
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** OC Premiere
** PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST
** WINNER of "Best Play" -- Obie Award, Luciller Lortel Award, and New York Times Play Prize
** WINNER of National Latino Playwriting Award
"A thrilling entry into the brave new world of bright lights, racial complexities and hot new plays" - Chicago Tribune
"Wickedly intelligent humor" - Variety
"Has the delicious crackle and pop of a galloping, honest-to-God, all-American satire." - New York Times
Experience pro wrestling in a whole new light — or perhaps for the first time — in Kristoffer Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play. 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, and together they find a way to push it to the limit and say what needs to be said. But will it finally get Mace his big shot at Chad Deity himself? Unspoken racism, politics, and courage are all woven into this play that leaves it all on the mat.
NOTE: This show contains strong trash-talking language.
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
by Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by Jeremy Aluma
Starring... Rudy Solis III, Londale Theus Jr., James Michael McHale*, RJ Navarra Balde II, Aaron McGee, Matt Takahashi*, Steven Linhares, Duane Robinson, and Jeff Lowe
Design Team... Martin Noyes (Fight Director), Fred Kinney (Scenic Designer), Bradley Allen Lock (Costume Designer), Kara Ramlow (Lighting Designer), Nick Santiago (Projection Designer), Marc Antonio Pritchett (Sound Designer), Kaylee Mesa (Stage Manager), Joseph Galizia (Dramaturg), Amanda Zarr* (Assistant Director), Catt Fox-Uruburu (Assistant Stage Manager), Bebe Herrera* (Props Master), and Savannah May (Production Assistant)
Partners... Executive Producers Sophie & Larry Cripe, Associate Producers Susan Bowman & Freddie Greenfield, Rachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller, and Laurie Smits Staude, Season Producers Bette & Wylie Aitken, and Associate Season Producers The Family of Mary Kay Fyda-Mar
Trailer shot and edited by Casey Long*
Song: "Statement" by NEFFEX
* Chance Theater Resident Artist
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