Season Two Preview!

Hi everyone! John Michael Coppola with The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast, here to give you a quick end of the year wrap up message before we take a much needed holiday break.

First, we want to thank all of our listeners, supporters and fans for giving us such an overwhelmingly positive response during our first season. From a huge variety of guests, to our live-stream from this year’s Jeff Awards, our efforts to raise the visibility of the Chicago Theater community continue to be a huge success!

Next, we’re excited to announce that our first podcast interview of season two drops on Monday, January 5th where we’ll be chatting with none other than Chicago Theater critic and journalist, Chris Jones!

Also coming up in season two is the launch of Special Feature Months, such as "National Cabaret Month" in March where each week we’ll feature a cabaret professional here in town; "National Pride Month" in June with theater-makers within the LGBTQ community, and "National Wellness Month" in August where we chat with theater adjacent practitioners on subjects including physical, mental, vocal and financial wellness.

Also to look forward to in Season 2 is the launch of our “Out of the Loop” Series; Where we chat with celebrity theater-makers who may not necessarily have ties to Chicago, but have famously graced the stages here, whose work has been a mainstay among the many theaters in town and the like.

And of course, many, many more guests to come including playwrights, teachers, designers, actors, directors, choreographers and producers throughout the Chicagoland area! So, lots of exciting stuff to come starting January 5th!!

In the meantime, while we’re on our holiday break, feel free to catch up on all of season one’s episodes wherever you get your podcasts. And most importantly, don’t forget to like, subscribe to and SHARE this podcast with your friends and colleagues who you think would appreciate the conversations we’re having. As always, we greatly appreciate your support in this way, so we can continue to bring these stories for years to come.

We look forward to welcoming you back after the new year. Until then, happy holidays, and we’ll see you on the boards soon!