On this week's show:
- Actor Mark David Kaplan, star of "Titanic: The Musical," playing at the Marriott Theater through June 1
- Ed Hall, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre artistic director, on the 2025/2026 season, which will feature a new play about tennis legend Billie Jean King and the U.S. premiere of "Broke Back Mountain."

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On this week's show Scott is joined by Tania Richard (filling in for Ellen Miller) and their guests are:
- Jaylon C. Crump, currently starring as the messenger god Hermes in the North American Tour of the 2019 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, "Hadestown." It is playing at Chicago's CIBC Theatre through May 18.
- Art historian Jonathan Katz, curator of Wrightwood 659's new exhibit "The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity 1869-1939." It features over 300 works of art from 40 countries.

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On this week's show:
- Channyn Lynn Parker, CEO of Brave Space Alliance, talking about the May 15 Partners in Dignity Soiree
- Terry Guest (writer, cast member) and Paul Michael Thompson (cast member) of The Story Theatre's "At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen," playing through May 11
- Jane Lepauw, executive director at the Benjamin Marshall Society; May 5 is Benjamin Marshall Day
- John Parker and Jim Pounds of "The Gaily Show," now airing weeknights from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. Central on WCPT

Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

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Ellen Miller is joined by guest co-host Kathy Voltmer (in for Scott Duff) and they talk here to Second City's Cat McDonnell and Second City alum Claudia Martinez about their new pilot sketch show "Meant To Be Seen."

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Ellen is joined by guest co-host Kathy Voltmer (in for Scott) and their guests are:
- Second City's Cat McDonnell and Second City alum Claudia Martinez on their new pilot sketch show "Meant To Be Seen"
- Charlie Ockerlund, Logan Square Arts Foundation board member
- Mortgage broker and playwright Shimmy Braun on the world premiere, in London’s West End, of his new work, "Faygele"
- Kim Swinton and Linda Martin from the band Vintage Blonde Chicago

Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

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On this week's show:
- Alderperson Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, the first trans person elected to Madison Common Council
- State Sen. Sara Feigenholtz (D-IL)‬
- Dr. Susan McConnell, executive director and founder of Let It Be Us

Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

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On this week's show:
- David Cerda, artistic director of Hell in a Handbag Productions and playwright of "Scary Town," running April 9-May 11 at The Clutch, 4335 N. Western Ave. in Chicago
- Carolyn Pinta of the Buffalo Grove Pride Parade, where Scott and Ellen will serve as honored grand marshals and host live from Buffalo Grove, Sunday, June 1st

Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

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On this week's show:
- Silas Leslie, advocacy and community engagement manager for Chicago Therapy Collective, talking about the "Share Your Voice, Move Your Body" Community Gathering at the Bramble Arts Loft, 5545 North Clark Street in Chicago
- Abhijeet, celebrated drag artist and self-proclaimed “Bollywood Barbie,” one of the creative forces behind the Steppenwolf's Dream Devis (April 4-13), a queer celebration of the feminine archetype in Indian cinema and an exploration of worshipping and being worshiped
- "Dina," with an eye-witness account from the Rally for Trans Visibility at Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago

Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago).

Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/

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