This First Person column is written by Rudy Kelly, an author and host of the new CBC podcast The Urbariginal. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
“You’re just like your dad.”
It’s a line I’ve heard many times, often after a performance. But I have mixed feelings about the comparison.
I am Rudy Kelly, a Tsimshian playwright, author and a performer. On stage, I’ve been in musicals, dramas and comedies, playing characters like Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar. At the end of a run, I’ve always been able to put the character away and walk out into the night.
Then along came Chad Estrada.
I invented Chad 30
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