Eric Marchese of OC Theatre Guild profiled our OC premiere of the Pulitzer Finalist, The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity and it’s director Jeremy Aluma and dreams are coming true!
Read full review' | Buy Tickets | More about 'Chad Deity'“All of that crowd energy and excitement is going to spill over onto the actors. Audience engagement is a really important part of theater-making to me, so having a large full house of engaged theatergoers is a dream.”
“Aluma said that while in grad school ‘more than one of my friends told me I had to read ‘Chad Deity’ as it was right up my alley. And boy, were they right. I initially fell in love with the heart, comedy, and entertainment of the play. I found it accessible, direct, hilarious, and filled with opportunities to delight and engage an audience – all things I strive for in the theater I make.’”
“I love plays that talk to the audience, and engage with them. And it’s rare to find a play at this level of merit that does that. I knew my empathetic spirit, hope for this nation, and ability to direct physical comedy would be a perfect match for this show.”
“A crucial aspect of the play that fascinates Aluma are the analogies it makes between the worlds of theater and wrestling: ‘That’s the kind of theater that I like to make – deeply personal theater that tries to engage the audience in some ways.’”
“Already, I feel like this production is able to accomplish things I only dreamed of in the previous ones.”
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