Thomas Drago

Actor, Author, Husband, Father, Awesome.

Thomas Drago is the author of The Gospels of Peter Star, Goat Song, See Nike Run, Raised on Rock, and the Crow Creek series. He teaches drama and English in North Carolina. He attended Northern Arizona University. He has published poems, song lyrics, and short stories, appearing most recently in The Explorer, a local literary magazine. He's a member of the Horror Writers Association, the American Theatre Group, the Educational Theatre Association, and the American Film Institute.

Stage Credits

2025

The Lightning Thief - director

“Murder Rides Again” - producer

“A Game” - producer

2024

Puffs - producer

“Reduced for Quick Sale” - producer

Young Frankenstein - director

Radium Girls - director


2023

Clue - producer

Dogfight - director

Grease - director


2022

The Poor-John Players present Oedipus the King - director

Mamma Mia! - director


2021

A Christmas Carol - director

“Paper or Plastic?” - producer (virtual production)



2020

An Evening of Shakespeare - director (virtual production)

The Wedding Singer - director



2019

“Laura” - minor role

Sense and Sensibility - producer

The Red Velvet Cake War - producer

Little Shop of Horrors - director

The Great Gatsby - producer

To Kill a Mockingbird - producer



2018

Midsummer/Jersey - producer

Once Upon a Mattress - director

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - producer

 

2017

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot - producer

She Kills Monsters - director

“The Shed” - minor role

Shrek the Musical - director

 

2016

The Three Musketeers - producer

"How To Succeed in High School Without Really Trying" - producer

"The 9 Worst Breakups of All Time" - producer

"A Fine Mess" - director

Boeing-Boeing - director

Monty Python's Spamalot - director

 

2015

"Fire Exit" - producer

The Day They Shot John Lennon - producer

From Up Here - producer

"Selfie" - producer

Urinetown - minor role

Hello, Dolly! - director

The Haunting of Hill House - producer

 

2014

George Washington Slept Here - producer

Legally Blonde - director

Steel Magnolias - director

 

2013

Proof - producer

Night of the Living Dead - director

Lucky Stiff - director

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog - producer

 

2012

Alice in Wonderland - director

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - producer

Hairspray - director

The Fantasticks - producer

 

2011

Christmas Belles - producer

Look Homeward, Angel - director

New York - director

The Real Inspector Hound - producer

The Drowsy Chaperone - director

The Glass Menagerie - producer

 

2010

The Poor-John Players present Romeo & Juliet - director

Smokey Joe’s Cafe - producer

The Wizard of Oz - director

A Raisin in the Sun - director

“Murder, Las Vegas Style” - producer

 

2009

The Little Prince - producer

Dracula - director

“Who Killed the King?” - producer

The Comedy of Errors - producer

“Last Supper” - supporting role

Company - producer

“Check, Please” - director

Urinetown - director

The House of Blue Leaves - director

“Murdered by the Mob” - principal role

Complete Shakespeare … Abridged - producer

“Reduced for Quick Sale” - supporting role

 

2008

Stuart Little - producer

“Laundry and Bourbon” - producer

“Lone Star” - producer

Steel Magnolias - producer

Picnic - director

Once on this Island - producer

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - director

The Baker’s Wife - principal role

“Fond Farewell” - producer

 

2007

Father of the Bride - director

“The Lie” - producer

Kiss Me Kate - chorus

The Nifty 50’s - producer

“Murder Rides Again” - principal role

Godspell - producer

Ragtime - director

“I Am the Vine” - principal role

“The Wedding Song” - producer

The Mouse That Roared - director

 

2006

The Seven-Year Itch - director

A Streetcar Named Desire - director

Tartuffe - director

The Odd Couple - producer

Forum - director

 

2005

A Christmas Carol - producer

You Can’t Take It With You - director

Into the Woods - director

We Were Young That Year - producer

The King and I - lights

 

2004

“Heading Home” - director

Twelve Angry Jurors - producer

Night of the Living Dead - producer

Hello, Dolly! - director

Groovy - director

The Curious Savage - director

 

2003

You Can’t Get There from Here - director

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - director

 

2002

Frankenstein - director

 

2001

Give My Regards to Broadway - director

 

2000

Beauty and the Beast - director

 

1999

The Money in Uncle George’s Suitcase - director

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown - director

The Crucible - producer

 

1998

Dogsbreath Devereaux - director

Noises Off! - stage manager

Tomfoolery - assistant director

Ah, Wilderness - stage crew

Lucky Stiff - stage crew

Robin Hood - director

 

1997

Kilroy Was Here - director

 

1996

Annie - director

 

1993

West Side Story - stage manager

The Man Who Came to Dinner - assistant director

 

1992

The 1940’s Radio Hour - assistant director

 

1988

The Rimers of Eldritch - supporting role

 

1987

Fiddler on the Roof - lights

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - supporting role

 

1986

Grease - supporting role

The Nutcracker - principal role

Harvey - stage crew

 

1985

Damn Yankees - chorus

Li’l Abner - chorus

 

1984

You Can’t Take It With You - stage crew

“The Dancer” - principal role

1984 - lights

 

1983

Scrooge - chorus

 

1979

The Wizard of Oz - principal role