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THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY by Kristoffer Diaz Directed by Ani Pula '20 Stage Managed by Julissa Garcia '22 MACEDONIO GUERRA is the most talented wrestler in THE Wrestling (definitely not a stand-in for the WWE). So why is his boss EKO writing him as the loser to the big-name star of the franchise, CHAD DEITY? When he tries to team up with the charismatic VIGNESHWAR PADUAR to write their own storylines, they instead get cast as "terrorists". Yet, as their characters become huge hits, finding the courage to say what needs to be said becomes much harder. This play takes a satirical look at violence and stereotyping in one of America's most infamous forms of mass entertainment, and asks us "once we find power, how do we use it?" Featuring: Anthony Walley Lemuel Burgos Sojas Wagle Eli Kaplan Daniel Cody Production Team: Malini Narayan Vanessa Garcia Iman Cochu Naya Lee Chang David Holmes Nick Diaz Namrata Dhore Jaden Schoenfeld Leane Pajot Dylan Lewis Hannah McFarland Jaden Schoenfeld Naya Lee Chang

3C2C 2019, as ever, was a new works festival, with the only requirements for the plays being that they use up to three chairs and two stock cubes in their set. Featured New Works: After a Little While by Gavin Petty, directed by Nathan Sorscher Don’t You See Them by Danielle Emerson, directed by Zoë Koss Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) by Ben Shrock, directed by Weitong Zhang Tight Twenty by Gabriel Blanc, directed by Jared Schwartz Executive produced by Finch Collins ’21.

ABCD written and directed by Arvind Veluvali '20 Music Directed by Rishi Wagle '20 Stage Managed by Nate Smith '22 ABCD. American-Born Confused Desi. Let’s break it down. 'Desi' comes from the Sanskrit Desha, meaning 'homeland.' 'American-Born'—well, that speaks for itself. And stuck in the middle is the Confusion. You see, the term 'ABCD' reflects a mindset unique to the Indian community in America—and it continues to be a thorny issue for us first-generation kids, the ones born in the States after our parents immigrated. We might be American-Born, but in our parents’ minds, we will always be intrinsically 'Desi'—one foot firmly planted in the land and the culture of our forefathers. It’s a difficult balance to strike, especially since the United States is decidedly not India. In fact, the furthest thing from India is the town I grew up in, where the population is 93 percent white and the only Indian restaurant in town keeps going out of business. Still, this never stopped my parents, who drove me to cultural school every weekend for years, and still start every day with an aarti in front of our little shrine at home, from trying to instill in me the culture they grew up with—no matter how many thousands of miles we were from India. Hence, Confusion. This is the root of this new musical. It’s about finding yourself in a place where no one looks like you. It’s about forging an identity on your own terms. And it’s about the quest to become a little less confused.