Bob Brader
Actor • Writer • Monologist • DG • SAG-AFTRA
From the acclaimed monologuist of
the award-winning shows
SMOKER, PREPARATION HEX and
SPITTING IN THE FACE OF THE DEVIL
Kitty Daddy
written & performed by Bob Brader
directed & developed by Suzanne Bachner
projection design & technical direction by Chris Kateff
lighting design by Katie Chai
website design • Michael Koch
video producer • Shar Adrias
photographer & editor • Alan Rowe Kelly
publicity & marketing • Valerie Potter
NYC press representative • Andrea Alton/Alton PR
accessibility advisors • Ronald Opatich & Gloria Rosen
kitty photography • Suzanne Bachner & Jenna Le Blanc
poster kitties • Jade Kitty & MzKitty
song by Deanna Kirk
associate producer • Nathan Faudree
associate producer • Linda Movish
producer • JMTC Theatre
When award-winning monologuist Bob Brader shows up for a two-day temp job, he assumes he’ll be in and out, and that by the end of the week, the experience will be long forgotten. But everything changes when he overhears that a cat is about to be taken to a kill shelter. Can a man be saved by the very cat he rescues? In Kitty Daddy, one unwanted cat becomes the catalyst for a funny and deeply moving journey about connection, healing, and second chances—and how one cat can change everything.
Kitty Daddy is performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026!
Previewing in 59E59 Theater’s E2E in NYC, July 9-19, 2026
Performing in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, August 7-29, 2026
TEASER AND TRAILER
Kitty Daddy Teaser
Song by Deanna Kirk
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Photography by Alan Rowe Kelly
Projection Design by Chris Kateff
Pictured: Bob Brader
REVIEWS
★★★★★
"A natural storyteller, Bob Brader carries his audience every step of the way on an emotional rollercoaster!"
– David Kerr, Counter Culture, full review
"A funny, candid and poignant story."
– Jonathan Mandell, New York Theater full review
"Remarkable emotional precision.
Kitty Daddy is not ultimately a play about cats, any more than The Velveteen Rabbit is about stuffed animals."
– Tony Marinelli, Theatre Beyond Broadway full review
"Touching and beautiful... Kitty Daddy will make you
laugh, smile, and cry a little bit, too."
– Jeryl M., Says Me Says Mom, full review
★★★★
"Keeps you laughing and at the edge of your seat…
a powerful, well-seasoned work of art…
Everyone must hear Kitty Daddy!"
– Matthew Foster, The Theatre Times
★★★★★
"Brader–this masculine man telling us about adopting a cat
brought such a tremendously touching show
that left me laughing, remembering, crying,
and feeling so much joy!"
– Kendra Jones, The Front Row Center, full review
"Bob Brader's Kitty Daddy accomplishes something rare…
this production proves that the smallest domestic dramas
can illuminate the largest emotional truths."
– Tony Marinelli, Theatre Beyond Broadway full review
★★★★★
"Brader keeps the audience mesmerized with his dark comic relief!"
– Uptown Magazine
"Storytelling gold… don’t miss this alchemist of the anecdote!"
- Theatre in London
★★★★★
"A must-see performance that will make you laugh, cry and just feel good."
– The London Free Press
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