Director & Writer: Lyam B. Gabel

Original Music: Hannah Cornish

Sound & Media & Lighting Designer: Joseph Amodei

Scenographer: Sasha Jin Schwartz

Choreography: Nigel Semaj

​​DADDY was developed in a Drama League Next Stage Residency with performers Owen Ever & LA Head

Featuring: Nigel Semaj as Cassidy and Max Raymond as Levi

Photos: Christopher Ashworth

DADDY is a queer love story set against the backdrop of the American West, weaving together past and present to explore transmasculine pregnancy, intimacy, and family-making. Following Levi, a trans man, and Cassidy, a nonbinary fag, the play moves fluidly between timelines—reimagining the West as a place of tenderness, transformation, and deep-rooted queer histories. Through design-driven performance and emerging media, DADDY challenges traditional narratives of masculinity and centers the radical joy of trans parenthood.