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The Oak Park Festival Theatre Turns 50!

Saison 1 · Épisode 2

lundi 14 juillet 2025 • Durée 39:13

This episode we chat with Artistic Director of the Oak Park Festival Theatre, Peter G. Andersen.

Mr. Andersen is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s MFA directing program and a graduate of Emerson College where he obtained his BFA in Acting. Formerly, he was the education manager at Writers Theatre in Glencoe. He has also worked at Steppenwolf Theatre Company as an Education Apprentice and Multicultural Fellow.

Select directing projects throughout Chicago include Romeo & Juliet (OPFT); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (OPFT); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (The Gift Theatre); At Your Own Risk (University of Chicago) and Our Town (Roosevelt University).

Projects throughout the US include Pericles (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Macbeth (NIU); Measure for Measure (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); The Kennedy Plays (CMU); 21 (CMU); As You Like It (CMU) and The American Myth (Shakespeare and Company).

He has also worked for Chicago Shakespeare, TimeLine Theatre, Writers Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Repertory Theatre, and American Players Theatre as an assistant and associate director.

The Oak Park Festival Theatre celebrates its 50th season this year as the Midwest’s oldest, professional, outdoor classical theatre. Known for producing classic works, many are created as multi-generational experiences. Not only do they produce high quality theater, they are also stewards in the Oak Park community.

In addition to an attendance of 7,000 patrons annually, their ‘Community Appreciation Night’ program offers free tickets to EVERYONE for the first preview performance every season, removing financial barriers to those who might not otherwise have the means to attend.

Because of their strong partnership with the Village of Oak Park, they have endured recessions, climate calamities and a pandemic and their commitment to community, high quality art and the wellbeing of their artists, has them well on their way to celebrating another 50 years.

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Team VanDerBrill!

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

lundi 7 juillet 2025 • Durée 56:09

Our very first episode features a husband and wife director/ choreographer team who have been seen on Broadway and National tours, but since 2013 have made Chicago their hometown and their creative home base.

Justin Brill is an actor, singer, dancer and educator currently assistant professor of Theater arts at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Shanna VanDerwerker is an actress, singer, dancer and choreographer and one of Chicago’s most well loved and well respected dance teachers.

They both offer group workshops and private coaching and, while they do occasionally work on separate project, here in Chicago they are lovingly referred to as “Team VanDerBrill”.

I hope you’ll enjoy my conversation with my good friends, Justin Brill, and Shanna VanDerwerker.

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Solo Chicago and Other Works with guest Ronald Keaton!

Saison 1 · Épisode 5

lundi 4 août 2025 • Durée 49:40

Today’s guest has been a theater-maker for over 40 years.

He’s an actor, singer and playwright whose first area bow was in Marriott Theatre’s production of "1776" nearly 30 years ago. Since then, he has been seen on many Chicago-area stages including the Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Drury Lane Theatre, First Folio Theatre, Oak Park Festival Theatre, and Porchlight Music Theatre (just to name a few!)

He has also added the moniker of ‘producer’ to his ever growing list of hyphens, with the creation of SoloChicago Theatre, and his Jeff Award winning production of “Churchill” ran in off-Broadway for 6 months, earning audience and critical acclaim.

Those of you in the Chicago-land area familiar with his work have probably already guessed that today my guest is none other than Chicago's original "journey-man", Ronald Keaton.

I hope you enjoy our conversation. Let’s go to the top of the show!

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From Scar to Jafar with guest Jonathan Weir!

Saison 1 · Épisode 4

lundi 28 juillet 2025 • Durée 42:29

Today’s guest has been seen on stages all over the Chicagoland as well as Broadway and National Tours for the last 40 years. He was most recently seen in "Translations" at Writers Theatre in Glencoe, and "Uncle Vanya" for the New Theatre Project.

Past credits include Scrooge in Goodman Theatre’s perennial staging of "A Christmas Carol", the National Tour of "Aladdin" on which he originated the role of Jafar, and played mobster Gyp DeCarlo in the show on which we met, Broadway In Chicago’s long running production of "JERSEY BOYS".

I hope you enjoy my conversation with my good friend Jonathan Weir.

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Double Episode! Community Theatre is alive and well in the Western Suburbs!

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

lundi 21 juillet 2025 • Durée 01:13:56

In today’s 2 Act Episode, we’re going to chat with two community theaters in the Western suburbs both opening shows this coming weekend:

City of Lights Cabaret and Theatre in Aurora, IL, producing "Pippin" from July 24th through July 27th, and

Summer Place Theatre in Naperville, IL, producing "Legally Blonde" from July 25th through August 3rd.

Tickets can be purchased at:

https://www.cityoflightstheatre.org and https://summerplacetheatre.org, respectively.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with these wonderful organizations and that you're able to catch their shows!

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The Chicago Theater-Makers Podcast Season 1 Launch and Trailer

Saison 1 · Épisode 1

samedi 9 août 2025 • Durée 01:22

Welcome to the Chicago Theater-Makers podcast!

Each episode we’ll chat with actors, directors, choreographers, designers and producers shaping Chicagoland’s one-of-a-kind-theater scene!

The aim of this podcast is to highlight theater-makers at every level: From high school drama clubs to community theater to storefront theaters to the big Union houses.

New episodes drop every Monday, and in our first season, our list of guests already includes:

- Executive and associate directors from the top regional houses in town,
- A playwright whose shows have been produced world-wide,
- A husband and wife, director/choreographer team,
- Jeff Award Nominees and winners, and much more. Whether you’re a theater-maker just starting out, a theater pro, a curious audience member, or just love a good backstage story…This is the podcast for you.

So now that you’ve found us, please like us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, share us with your friends or colleagues and subscribe to us on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.

And, if you or someone you know would like to be a guest on the podcast, drop us a note at our website: www.chitheatermakerspodcast.com

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you on the boards soon!

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The Cast of Blackbird!

Saison 1 · Épisode 22

lundi 10 novembre 2025 • Durée 30:45

Today’s guests both appear in the New Theater Project’s site specific production of “Blackbird“ running now through November 23rd at Servi-Sure: A working titanium parts factory in Chicago’s Bomanville Neighborhood.

Todd Wojcik who plays Ray, is an ensemble member of The Artistic Home where he earned a Jeff award nomination for his role in their production of “The Pavilion”.

Olivia Lindsay who plays Una is a Chicago based actor, clown and artist who also works with Vaudeville Chicago.

We discuss the current of “Blackbird”, and the reason for producing this story for today’s audience. Be advised that while today’s episode does not include adult themes, the play “Blackbird” does, and our listeners are encouraged to read more about the play before purchasing tickets.

You can get tickets to Blackbird here: https://www.tixtree.com/e/blackbird-by-david-harrower-the-new-theatre-project-9fb3e5b6066b

I hope you enjoy my conversation with the 2 person cast of “Blackbird”: Todd Wojcik and Olivia Lindsay. Now let’s go to the top of the show!

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Lord of Many Talents with guest Michael Kurowski!

Saison 1 · Épisode 21

lundi 3 novembre 2025 • Durée 42:51

Today’s guest is an actor, singer, and musician based in the city of Chicago.

An alumni of Columbia College Chicago, he is a multifaceted performer who thrives on collaboration and ensemble work throughout the city's vast surplus of storefront and suburban theater.

Some of his wide range of credits includes the Hollywood film, Grand Torino directed by Clint Eastwood, guest star appearances on Chicago Med and Chicago Fire, National tours of The Play that Goes Wrong and Once, Million Dollar Quartet at both Theatre At the Center and Paramount Theatre, and most notably as Samwise Gamgee in Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the New Zealand Tour of ‘Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale’.

He is also a multi-instrumentalist who is proficient in acoustic, electric and bass guitars, Drums, Piano, Cajon, Mandolin, Banjo and Ukulele.

I hope yo enjoy my conversation with Michael Kurowski. Now let’s go to the top of the show!

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Jeff's Week with guest Heidi Kettenring!

Saison 1 · Épisode 12

lundi 22 septembre 2025 • Durée 40:06

Today’s guest is a multiple award winning Chicago based performer, currently nominated for her role as John Dickinson in Marriott Theatre’s 1776. A Northwestern Graduate, she has

performed in over 100 productions in Chicagoland and around the

country. Some of her most well known roles include Nessa Rose in the Chicago sit down of Wicked, Harper Pitt in Court Theatre’s Angels In America and Dolly Levi in Marriott Theatre’s Hello, Dolly! She has appeared in film and Television, is a nationwide concert performer and last but certainly not least, is the wife of actor, David Girolmo.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Heidi Kettenring. Now let’s go to the top of the show!

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Next To Normal!

Saison 1 · Épisode 11

lundi 15 septembre 2025 • Durée 35:22

Today’s guests are both appearing in Point 2 Point Production’s production of “Next To Normal”.

Max Trotter, who by day is a digital marketing expert, plays Gabe and Logan VanLerberghe, who is a school teacher by day plays Henry.

They both shared with us their love of the show, this current production and also how their daily experiences align with their roles.

“Next To Normal”. plays at the Lodge Performing Arts Center in Elgin from Sept 19th - 28th and you can get your tickets by visiting https://www.schaumburgonstage.org/point2productions.

Now let’s go, to the top of the show!

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