God of Carnage and as executive producer and co-creator of Hulu’s faux cooking competition, Drag Me to Dinner.Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning play follows two couples who convene one evening in their bougie Brooklyn neighborhood to discuss a playground incident involving their kids.
After kicking back a few cocktails, things turn ugly as they argue about everything from homophobia to racial issues, offering Burtka the chance to shed (at least onstage) his nice guy persona.
And on May 31, Drag Me to Dinner gathers 40 of our favorite drag queens — including Queerties BADASS award-winner Jinx Monsoon, Alaska, and BenDeLaCreme — for a multi-course takedown of our favorite reality competitions.
Burtka, who studied culinary arts at Pasadena’s Le Cordon Bleu, developed the project with Harris, utilizing his multi-hyphenate skill set as chef, actor, and writer.