Drag Daddy Productions

Drag Daddy Productions isn’t just a theater company—we are a beacon of hope as well as a voice for the LGBTQIA+ community in a region where that voice is often silenced. By showcasing queer talent and stories in our Commonwealth, your support helps us challenge the status quo and create safe spaces where everyone is seen, heard, and celebrated. 

Last year, we were moved by the outpouring of support from across state lines, especially from allies in states like Illinois, Indiana, New York, Nevada, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Minnesota, Maryland and California, who recognized the importance of uplifting queer voices in places where it matters most. As an LGBTQIA+ non profit performing arts company, we were able to raise nearly $10 thousand of the almost $10 million raised by more than 20,000 donors who participated in Give for Good Louisville.

This was no small feat for us! As we continue to grow and produce newly created, larger-in-scale and more well-known productions, we understand the importance of this fundraiser and the impact it can have on our next theater season. Since its inception, Give for Good Louisville has grown to be more than just an online giving day. It is a powerful and meaningful moment every year when people from across state and county lines come together to support one another with their time, energy, and donations.

Each of our productions is a labor of love, crafted to inspire and uplift. Your support doesn't just sustain our art—it breathes life into our stories, our performers, and our community. Without you, our stage would be empty. Whether you have laughed, cried or found inspiration in one of our productions, your support will continue to be the heartbeat of everything we do. We invite you to be a crucial part of this inspiring movement and help us reach our ambitious goal for this year of raising $30,000 on September 12, 2024. Your involvement could make all the difference in our upcoming season of theater.

Drag Daddy Productions is an LGBTQIA+ owned and operated, non-profit 501(c)(3) theatre company founded in Louisville, Kentucky, by Executive Director and Producer, Tony Lewis. It is the mission of our theatre company to provide performance space and opportunities for trans, non-binary, drag and queer performers not offered in other theatre spaces. With a focus on equitable pay for performers, we strive to provide a safe and healthy place for all performers to rehearse and perform content including, but not limited to: musical theatre featuring unconventional casting, original works written and/or created by queer artists and other forms of alternative story-telling.

We aren’t all the same; not only do we, but our customers and many of the people we work together with, come from a wide variety of backgrounds. We use all of our differences, experiences, knowledge, self-expression, and talent to unite and make us a stronger, more diversified team. Together we can do great and amazing things that break barriers and stereotypes while defying expectation.