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A small theater in Chicago performs a play about a small theater in Chicago
Red Bowl at the Jeffs is a delightful metadrama.
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Tracy Letts’s rebellion against the Jeff Awards is suspiciously woke
What motivated the Steppenwolf playwright to give the Jeffs the cold shoulder?
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Yes, women are still getting screwed in Chicago theaters
Whose voices are being heard? Actor and writer Kay Kron took on the role of social scientist to quantify the answer.
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Jeff Awards committee, Steppenwolf, and others condemn abuse alleged in Reader investigation of Profiles Theatre (Updated)
In addition, actors in Chicago and elsewhere have come forward to share their own stories of abuse.
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At Profiles Theatre the drama—and abuse—is real
For more than 20 years, actors and crew members stayed silent about mistreatment they suffered at the acclaimed storefront theater. Now they’re speaking up, hoping to protect workers in non-Equity theaters across the country.
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What ails Uncle Bob
Off-Loop vet Richard Cotovsky stars in Uncle Bob, Austin Pendleton’s deeply flawed 1995 play about a washout who’s dying of AIDS.
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Richard Cotovsky’s life on the fringe, rewarded
After four decades in Chicago theater, Mary-Arrchie’s Richard Cotovsky gets a special nod from the Jeff Awards.
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No, you’re not on the list this time, either: non-Equity Jeff nominations announced
2012 non-Equity Jeff Awards nominations
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Jeff Equity Nominations Announced
Jeff Awards Equity nominations announced, here’s the full list.
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Jeff Equity Wing Nominees
The Jeff Awards has released its list of 2008-2009 Equity wing nominations, with the lion’s share (17, six for Lynn Nottage’s Ruined) going to the Goodman Theatre. Here’s how it breaks down. . . .
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Non-Equity Jeff Awards announced
Theo Ubique’s Evita and the Hypocrites’ Our Town take top honors.
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Jeff Award non-Equity nominees announced
Two Rogers Park theaters lead the non-Equity Jeff nominations.