THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Awards for
Best Ensemble
Best Fight Choreography
Best Lighting Design
Best Supporting Actor
Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Nominee for
Best Director
The Firehouse Theatre Project
Richmond, VA 2014
AWARDS
SYNOPSIS
Macedonio Guerra is a "jobber," a wrestler who is paid to lose to bigger-name stars in the ring. Macedonio meets Vigneshwar Paduar, a young Indian man from Brooklyn, who he wants to team up with. The wrestling execs go for it, but pitch them as "terrorists" in the ring. Macedonio and Vigneshwar find a way to push the personas to the limits and say what needs to be said. Unspoken racism, politics, and courage are all woven into this play that leaves it all on the mat.
ARTICLES
Theater: Wrestling scenes bring different challenges for Firehouse’s ‘Chad Deity’ - Richmond Times Dispatch
REVIEWS
"Director Kerry McGee deserves credit for her work on this showy smack-down. . . you’ll question whether you’re really at the theatre or a WWE matchup."
Director Kerry McGee infuses her excellent actors with freewheeling energy
- Richmond Times Dispatch
"Director Kerry McGee's show is perfectly cast, flawlessly executed and filled with non-stop action, laughter and entertainment."
"The fight choreography is a true spectacle and about as hard-hitting as Monday Night RAW"
"The play is a five star classic in every way mostly due to the combined efforts of everyone involved. Director Kerry McGee seems to have taken every detail into account while shaping this production and it pays off immensely for the audience. "
- GayRVA