Photo: Eugene Dizon, Felicia Fields and Cory Goodrich recording Season of Carols Vol. 5

Season of Concern, the charitable organization that provides care for those in the theater community afflicted with AIDS-related illnesses, has announced that audience solicitations for 2017 exceeded over $250,000 for the first time. Participating theatres collect donations from audience members as they exit the theater primarily throughout the holiday season. 2017 also marked the 5th iteration of the Season of Carols CD — the brainchild of Eugene Dizon and Cory Goodrich — which audience members can purchase at select shows, sending the profits to Season of Concern.

2017 participating theaters included:

About Face Theatre
American Blues Theatre
Annoyance Theatre
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Court Theatre
Drury Lane Oakbrook Theatre
First Folio
Goodman Theatre
House Theatre
Lookingglass Theatre
Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
Mercury Theatre
Northlight Theatre
Other Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Porchlight Music Theatre
Remy Bumppo Theatre
Second City
Steppenwolf Theatre
Theatre at the Center
Victory Gardens Theatre
Writers Theatre