The fast-paced, high-stakes Audible Original series Hot White Heist will make its grand return on March 7 with an extended cast and even more drama. “I’m thrilled that our sticky heist gang is back for more thrills and debauchery,” leading star, comedian Bowen Yang, shared in a statement. “In season two the stakes are higher, the action is next-level and the story is even more absurd in the best way possible. I’m available for hire if you are planning a heist.”
Yang returns to Hot White Heist as Judy Fink with season one staples Cynthia Nixon, Jane Lynch, Shannon Woodward, Abbi Jacobson, Bianca Del Rio, Stephanie Beatriz, Katya Zamolodchikova, Cheyenne Jackson, and Tony Kushner. But the six new episodes will also feature appearances from Raúl Esparza, Sara Ramírez, Joel Kim Booster, Ian McKellen, Jane Krakowski, Trixie Mattel, Yvie Oddly, Sarah Steele, Jesse James Keitel, and more.
“Season one of Hot White Heist shattered our expectations for a scripted comedy and became a must-listen for so many of our customers,” shared Rachel Ghiazza, Audible’s Chief Content Officer. “Not only does Season 2 double down on our brilliant casting with the addition of Sara Ramírez and Jane Krakowski, but this season’s plot is an even wilder romp, with higher-stakes adventure and bigger laughs, proving that Broadway Video’s ingenious storytelling continues to raise the bar at Audible.”
In season one — which premiered in 2021 — Judy Fink and a whole cast of LGBTQ+ outcasts and misfits teamed up to help a lesbian cult finance a top-secret project. It involved, of course, a sperm bank and a hidden bunker beneath the Space Needle in Seattle. Heading into season two, the crew has settled on the private island of Lesbos 2, free of the sperm-related worries of their past. That is, until an investigative reporter-turned-crime podcast host comes sniffing around.
In 2021, Yang went deep on Hot White Heist in an interview with Rolling Stone. “What I love about this project is that it’s — not to take away from the representative value of it — but the axis along which the characters are developed is their queerness. And I just haven’t truly seen that before,” he said at the time. “A lot of different people under the queer umbrella come together but… Like there’s something inherently queer about the heist genre, in some way. It’s about just flying under the radar and procuring something furtively or, you know, that thing that is just so fun and high-stakes in the way that a lot of queer experiences are.”
