Meet Kiki Lucia
Kiki Lucia (she/her) is a Connecticut-based drag performance artist with a vast training and artistic background that includes : classical ballet, aerial acrobatics, music theatre, modern dance, and acting. She also has experience in theatre production, directing, costume and production design, and producing.
She regularly performs throughout Connecticut and occasionally at events in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York and has also performed in Washington, DC and Canada. Some notable production shows she has be a part of are Sarah Sanderson in 3 productions of Hocus Pocus Live (Summer Orlando Productions), Roxie Hart in Chicago (Summer Orlando Productions), featured performer in 3 different productions of Escapade: An Unusual Experience (Luis Antonio Productions), as well as the Narrator in The Legend Drag Show (International Festival of Arts & Ideas), the Narrator / Spirit in A DRAGtastic Journey (International Festival of Arts & Ideas), both of which she co-produced.
Her monthly show Let’s Have a Kiki (going into its 8th year in 2024) has regular gigs at Partners Café in New Haven and the Chez Est in Hartford. Let’s Have a Kiki, which is hosted and produced by Kiki, features a variety of regional drag and burlesque artists and has had over 100 performances since its inception in 2017.
Photo by Cate Barry Photography.
giving back.
When not performing, Kiki uses her experience as a non-profit and fundraising professional to raise awareness and funds for many LGBTQ+ organizations and other causes important to her. She has advocated to Connecticut legislature and attended both local and national protests, including the 2017 Women’s March in New York City where a photo of her taken by photo journalist Peter Cary Peterson and has been viewed over 100,000 times on facebook and instagram and was later included in an art instillation in a New York art gallery.
Kiki has been involved in the pride event community long before she started her career as a drag artist. She has performed at every major pride event in Connecticut and many of the smaller prides. Most recently she acted as the producer of the Greater Waterbury Pride Festival in 2023.
Kiki regularly hosts fundraisers and special events to benefit the Connecticut’s nonprofit sector which has included hosting the major fundraising events for many recognized organizations including the New Haven Pride Center, Long Wharf Theatre, the New Haven Free Public Library, and many others.
Early in her drag career, Kiki joined the Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut, an LGBTQ+ fundraising organization. In her time as a member of the Court, she has helped raise well over $100,000 for LGBTQ+ nonprofits throughout Connecticut and hosted / co-hosted some of their most successful events including Dragapalooza and the Hartford Pridefest Afterparty.
Photo by Peter Cary Peterson.
Titles & honors.
While Kiki hasn’t competed in many pageants, she has earned several titles during her time. Kiki, is a member of the House of Legends, is a regular judge for the Chez Legends Pageant and in 2023 also judged the Mx. Chez Comedy Pageant, Connecticut’s only comedy drag pageant.
Current Titles:
Headliner of the House of Legends, Chez Est
Lifetime Empress, The Imperial Sovereign Court Of Atlantic Nova Society, Inc.
Past Titles:
Monarch 20 of the Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut
Imperial Crown Princess to Reign 2017 of the Imperial Sovereign Court of All Connecticut.
Photo by Cate Barry Photography.