The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity

Second Stage Theatre will present the New York premiere of The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity, a new play written by Kristoffer Diaz and directed by Edward Torres, opening at Second Stage Theatre on 20 May 2010, following previews from 27 Apr and running though to 20 Jun 2010.

The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity: Macedonio "The Mace" Guerra is a middle rank 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.

Complete casting and design team for The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity will be announced at a later date.

The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity 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 play was selected from more than 120 scripts submitted from playwrights of color, under 40 years of age, from around the U.S.

The play is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays award, to support its mainstage debut at Victory Gardens Theater, a recipient of the 2001 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.

Kristoffer Diaz's other plays include 'Welcome to Arroyo's' and 'Guernica,' which have been produced and developed at Victory Gardens Theater, American Theatre Company, The Orchard Project, Hip-Hop Theater Festival, The Lark, Summer Play Festival, Donmar Warehouse, and South Coast Rep. Diaz also was one of the creators of 'Brink!,' the apprentice anthology show at the 2009 Humana Festival of New American Plays. He is a 2009-2010 Jerome Fellow, and a new playwright-in-residence at Teatro Vista.

Edward Torres recently directed the world premiere production of The Elaborate Entrance Of Chad Deity for Victory Gardens Bio-graph Theatre in association with Teatro Vista. Directorial credits include: for Teatro Vista, 'The Show Host,' 'Aurora's Motive' (Jaime Pachino), 'Ambrosio '(Romulus Linney), 'Icarus' (Edwin Sanchez), 'The Boiler Room' (Rubin Gonzales), 'The Sins of Sor Juana' (Karen Zacarias) for Latino Chicago: 'Do Cocks Have Claws and Wings to Fly' (Amparo Garcia) and' Lolita De Lares' (Migdalia Cruz). Torres has produced over 25 plays as Artistic Director of Teatro Vista over the last 12 years.