An interview with Producer Max Wagner about The Strange Tree Group's "Mr. Spacky…The Man Who Was Continuously Followed by Wolves". He talks about the play and his experiences producing for Chicago storefront theatres.
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An interview with David Zak, Artistic Director of Bailiwick Repertory, about their latest show "Jerry Springer - The Opera". He talks about his experiences directing and rehearsing this cutting edge opera.
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Gabe Greene and Richard Pettengill talk with Anne Nicholson Weber about the crucial role of the audience as participant in the theatrical creation, and the many resources available to theatergoers who want to deepen their understanding of a particular play, production or company.
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Anne Nicholson Weber interviews Marilyn Campbell, Joanie Schultz and Ann Filmer about the upcoming Estrogen Fest - a ten-day festival of music, theater, dance, poetry, visual and performance art programs, discussions and workshops, by or about women.
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An interview with Eugene Dizon and Walter Stearns from Porchlight Music Theatre. They talk about their latest show "Ragtime" now playing at the Theatre Building Chicago.
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An interview with Susan Hart and Ben Viccellio from "Oedipus Complex" coming soon to the Goodman Theatre. They talk about the show and working with Director Frank Galati.
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Anne Nicholson Weber talks with director Jimmy McDermott, puppet artist Michael Montenegro and actor Larry Neumann, Jr. about their collaboration on The Puppetmaster of Lodz by Gilles Ségal, currently playing at Writers’ Theatre. They discuss how a novice learns to play a “puppetmaster,” some of the unique capabilities and limitations of puppet work, and the challenges of realizing Ségal’s genre-bending text about a holocaust survivor who cannot be persuaded that the war is over.
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An interview with Playwright Tony Fiorentino about his new show "Fraternal Instinct" now playing at the Athenaeum Theatre. He talks to Tom Williams about why he wrote the show, and his background here in Chicago.
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An interview with Glenn Hering and Jeff Marks from the Jeff Committee. They talk to Tom Williams about the structure of the Joseph Jefferson Awards and how the process of judging the shows works.
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An interview with Lia D. Mortensen and Daniel Cantor from David Lindsey-Abaire's "Rabbit Hole" at the Goodman Theatre. They talk to Tom Williams about the play and their experiences as actors.
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An interview with Peter Oyloe from The Actors Workshop Theatre production of Equus. He talks to Critic Tom Williams about how he prepared for this very emotionally demanding role.
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This week on Talk Theatre In Chicago, we talk with Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani about the impetus for the founding of their company, Silk Road Theatre Project, in the aftermath of 9/11, the challenges of working together as business and life partners, and their current show, Golden Child, by David Henry Hwang.
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An interview with the Founders of Signal Ensemble: Ronan Marra, Christopher Prentice, and Joseph Stearns. They talk to Tom Williams about their latest show 'The Wier' and how they formed the company.
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On this week's episode of Talk Theatre in Chicago, we talk to Janet Carl Smith, Julie Burros and Claire Geall Sutton from the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs about the role of theatre in the cultural life of the city, and how the Department of Cultural Affairs is working to support Chicago's theatre community.
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An interview with Lee Pelty from Theatre at the Center's "Fiddler on the Roof". He talks to Tom Williams about his over 2000 times performing the role of Tevye, and his experiences working with Director William Pullinsi.
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