ABOUT US

CCP is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, founded in 1998 and dedicated with passion to the Art of Cabaret. Our mission is to help each other to learn and grow as artists and to promote the art of cabaret. We host meetings, performances, benefits, workshops, seminars and networking events. We collaborate with theatres, producers, venues, nightclubs, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, schools and others. We raise our operating funds through dues, donations, grants, cabaret performances and an annual gala performance in order to present showcases, classes and workshops, maintain our website, hotline and database, and produce events throughout the year, which give individuals opportunity to learn and grow their art and career.

CCP has provided outreach services to schools and local educational programs. Annually, we present our Gala Benefit and A Holiday Cabaret, benefiting Teen Living Programs (since 1999), and Save the Children ( since 2004), as well as several showcase series for our members and audiences.

We have chosen our mission to encourage the professional development of our membership through workshops, networking and performance opportunities and to support our members in finding the people and resources necessary to grow.. We also seek to educate the broader community about the art of cabaret through outreach and performances in the city of Chicago. We encourage all of our constituency to attend open mikes, attend fellow artists’ shows, perform a solo cabaret show and participate in various showcases in the city. In addition, we offer members the opportunity to serve on one of our many committees, sell members’ CD's at events, and volunteer for our events.

“For Chicago's growing community of cabaret performers. ...Chicago Cabaret Professionals, an aptly named advocacy group, [attests] to the depth of the city's cabaret talent."
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

Board of Governors
Suzanne Petri
President

Daryl Nitz
Vice President

Cheryl Szucsits
Secretary

Joan Curto
Carol Weston
Operations Governors

Alma Mendoza
Marianne Murphy Orland
Membership Governors

Carla Gordon
Melissa Young
Publicity Governors

Michelle Greenberg
Claudia Hommel
Venues Governors

Rob Dorn
Laura Freeman
Education Governors

Advisory Board
Bob Moreen, Chair
Amanda McBroom
Ann Hampton Callaway
Audrey Morris
Cheryl Sloane
Erv Raible
Gitta Jacobs
Jeff Rossen
Jim Jensen
Jonathan Abarbanel
Joyce Sloane
Judy Roberts
Julie Wilson
Ken Price
Kevin Moore
Margaret Whiting
Michael Kerker
Paul Levy
Rex Reed
Ron Cohn
Stanley Paul
Tina Landau
Vincent Kaminski

Funders: 2007 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant
2007-8-9 & 2010-11-12 CityArts Program 1 grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Donors: The Driehaus Foundation, Sheldon and Bobbi Zabel, Clyde Whitaker, Stanley Paul, Gitta Jacobs, Carol Obertubbesing, Mike Epstein, Joanna Riopelle, Rohanna Wolf, Paul Levy, Rosemary Krimbel, Lonie Walker, Reuben Hedlund, Denise McGowan Tracy, Allan and Carla Price, Andi Miller, Bob and Miriam Frankel.