Jeffrey Drew

Jeffrey Drew (born 1964) is an American musical theatre dancer/actor who has performed in more than 25 musicals and, since 1995, has been a casting associate for television. He received several "Best & Brightest Awards" from California non-profit Aid For AIDS for his significant fundraising support. and the Off-Broadway production of Blessing in Disguise (writer/director, Larry Pellegrini). In 2011, he became the director and choreographer for the annual, theatrical production Best In Drag Show in Los Angeles, benefiting Aid For AIDS. He returned in 2012 to direct the spoof, in its 22nd year overall as an AIDS assistance fundraiser. He created the stage character, "Lotta Slots," a diva for fundraising, and has regularly performed in stage benefits as "Lotta" for more than 15 years. Drew is a casting associate at Patrick Rush Casting. His television show casting credits since 1995 include The OC, Men In Trees, ', ', ' and '.
Charitable Work
Jeffrey Drew has organized and starred in numerous fundraisers for AIDS assistance and the recovery community in Los Angeles. Most notably, he created the drag character, "Lotta Slots"—a “former Miss Nevada,” in 1997 for the California non-profit Aid For AIDS annual benefit, Battle for the Tiara, which was a beauty pageant farce. He won the competition in 1998 with a show-stopping performance of the song, Midnight at the Oasis, while sitting on one of the largest white camels in the United States. In 1999, Drew was invited to return in character as the show’s Color Commentator to replace the ailing Alexis Pittman, who created the annual fundraiser, Battle for the Tiara, in 1989. Following Pittman’s death from AIDS in 1999, the show stopped for two years before returning as the current, celebrity supported Best in Drag Show with the original group of volunteers and Drew as the opening musical star and one of two color commentators. He performed in these volunteer roles from 2002 to 2010. In 2011, he accepted the position of show director/choreographer. Since 2002, through his key support of the fundraiser Best In Drag Show, he has helped a dedicated group of volunteers raise more than two million dollars collectively for Aid For AIDS in California.<ref name="events" />

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