Hosted by John Michael Coppola · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 55 episodes
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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!
John Michael Coppola hosts The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast, a arts show with 55 episodes published.
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
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 Mas
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 ,
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 and
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. Devin DeSantis is a Jeff Award nominated artist who is reg
Hi everyone! I hope you’re enjoying a restful and reflective Memorial Day Holiday. I just wanted to take a few moments to first thank all of our fans and followers for all of your support over the last 2 seasons! Next we
Today’s guest was born and raised in suburban Detroit where he attended the Creative and performing Arts magnet program at Churchill High School. Moving on from there, he received his BA in Theatre Performance from Weste
Today’s guest grew up in Milwaukee got his first training in theater and visual art at Milwaukee High School of the Arts. Moving to NYC in 2004, he worked as an art department assistant for TV shows and rehearsal accompa
Today’s guest was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Utah. She caught the love of moving people through song and storytelling after singing a solo at a multicultural assembly in junior high school. After attending Souther
Today’s episode is part of our ongoing Out of The Loop Series, which features conversations with artists who may not have any ties to Chicago. But today’s guest had a long history here before we lost them to Film, TV and
Today’s guest is a Chicago-based theatre artist, producer, and administrator, and the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of Glendenning Theatre Company. He studied Theatre and Public Relations at Indiana University
Today’s guest was born and raised in the Southwest suburbs of Chicago. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago in 2009 with a B.A. in Acting, she worked with various storefront theatres here in town until 2011. F
On today’s episode we are joined by company members from Fat Theater Project’s production of “Kassandra at the Top of the World”. Eileen Tull is a Chicago-based storyteller, theater-maker, poet, educator, solo-show perfo
Today’s guest is a Chicago-based theatre maker known for her work as a director, teaching artist, private audition coach, and college audition coach. She launched her professional career over two decades ago in St. Louis
Today's guest started his directing career in college and has been directing in Chicago since 1986. He has since gone on to direct plays, musicals and symphony concerts from Broadway to London and everywhere in between.
I first met today’s guests when I was 17 ears old, while they were singing with The New Rochelle Opera Company, which my mom ran for 40 years. When I moved to Chicago in 2007, they hadn’t yet returned to the city. But ev
Those of you who follow me on social media are aware that in January of this year I began rehearsal for my first book musical in 14 years! That show is On Your Feet at Drury Lane Theatre in Oak Brook. It’s been an incred
March is National Cabaret Month and today's episode is part of our series celebrating some of Chicago’s amazing cabaret artists! Today’s guest are a married couple known for innovative vocal jazz arrangements paired with
Today's guests are from Chicago’s 50 year old, South Side theater-making institution, Free Street Theatre. Katrina Dion is a Chicago based director and producer, known for her radical youth work at Free Street Theater wh
Today's guest started his theater-making career as a member of Chicago's Second City. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. He has worked on stage and backstage throughout the area as an actor, improv performer,
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