Welcome to The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast; The show where we go behind the curtain with the actors, playwrights, directors, choreographer, designers, creatives and producers shaping Chicago’s one-of-a-kind theater scene. Every episode we sit down with the folks who make this city’s stages come alive. Whether you’re a theater pro, a curious audience member, or just love a good backstage story...This podcast is for you!
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast; The show where we go behind the curtain with the actors, playwrights, directors, choreographer, designers, creatives and producers shaping Chicago’s one-of-a-kind theater scene. Every episode we sit down with the folks who make this city’s stages come alive.
Recent episodes include "Vape the Grease Parody Musical with guests Jack Plotnick and Suzanne Sole!" (12 October 2026, 46 minutes), "Dead Girl's Quinceanera with guests Ariana Burks and Phanesia Pharel!" (5 October 2026, 47 minutes), and "TimeLine Theatre Company with guest, Artistic Director, PJ Powers!" (21 September 2026, 36 minutes).
The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 73 episodes.
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The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast is an arts show with 73 episodes published.
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Today’s guests are the director and one of the stars of Vape: The Grease Parody Musical now playing at Chicago’s Apollo theater. Director Jack Plotnick has built a career as an award-winning, actor, director and...
Episode #19
Today’s guests are the writer and one of the stars of Dead Girl’ s Quinceañera currently running at the Goodman Theater. The Goodman is the second stop of the play’s triple collective world premiere, where it began at...
Episode #17
From its humble beginnings at the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ where they remained until this year’s grand opening of their new home at 5035 N. Broadway, TimeLine Theatre’s focus has remained unchanged: To...
Episode #16
Today's guests are the dynamic duo leadership team at Metropolis Performing Arts Center in Arlington Heights. Artistic Director, Johanna McKenzie Miller joined metropolis in 2025 to lead the artistic programming, as...
The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast
Today’s guest is a writer and performer known for his intelligent, darkly funny style. His diverse career includes over a decade of national stand-up touring and writing for A-list talent such as Jason Sudeikus, Mindy...
Episode #14
Thanks for tuning in to part 2 of our National Wellness Month finale as we continue our conversation on mental wellness. Our guest in part 2 is former musical theater performer and director in New York City, who is now...
Episode #14
Today’s episode is the finale of our series on National Wellness Month. And for that we are releasing a two part episode discussing mental health. Our guest in part 1 is a Chicago born actor, singer dancer, director and...
Episode #13
Today’s episode continues our series on National Wellness Month where each week we’re interviewing a wellness practitioner aligned with the theater-making community. And with that, today’s guest came to the performing...
Episode #12
As we continue our series on National Wellness Month, this week’s episode focuses on financial wellness. And with that, today’s guest is one of Chicago’s top certified financial planners. He began his early career path...
Episode #11
As we continue our National Wellness Month series, today's episode we're talking all about vocal health with someone you might call "ENT to the stars of Chicago (and those performers passing through)”. He is the...
Episode #10
August is National Wellness Month and today’s episode kicks off our month long series, where each week we will interview a wellness practitioner aligned with the theater-making community. And with that, today’s guest is...
Episode #9
Today’s guest is the founder of Rose Theatrics, a theatre company dedicated to creating meaningful and diverse opportunities for performers across the Chicagoland area while providing high-caliber and accessible theatre...
Episode #7
Today’s guest is a Chicago-based cellist and theatre artist, who graduated with Honors from Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts with a Bachelor of Musical Arts Degree in Cello Performance and Arts...
Episode #6
I am so excited to bring you this episode with today’s guest, who is currently the Co-Artistic director for Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theatre. Part of the company’s ensemble since 2017, she has directed their...
Episode #5
Our pride month concludes with clips of guests within the LGBTQ community, whom we were honored to have on the podcast during our first season. We’re including these clips of previous guests because when we launched the...
Episode #4
Our pride month celebration continues with today’s guests the director and a one of the cast members of the current local tour of ‘The Revolutionists’. Iris Sowlat holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from University of...
Episode #3
Today’s episode continues our Pride Month Celebration with today’s guest known here in the Chicagoland area as a cast member and understudy to the title role of Alexander Hamilton in the Chicago production of Hamilton...
Episode #2
Today episode continues our Celebration of Pride Month and today’s guest is a trans actor from the southwest suburbs of Chicago, now living in the Edgewater neighborhood. He has been working professionally in Chicago...
Episode #1
<p>Todays’ guests kick off our series celebrating Pride Month. They are a couple here in town who have been part of the Chicagoland theater scene for over 10 years.</p><p>Devin DeSantis is a Jeff Award nominated artist...
The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast
<p>Hi everyone!</p><p><br></p><p>I hope you’re enjoying a restful and reflective Memorial Day Holiday.</p><p><br></p><p>I just wanted to take a few moments to first thank all of our fans and followers for all of your...
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