Actors and crew members push back against denials that the onstage violence at Profiles Theatre was very often real.
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Profiles Theatre closes less than a week after Reader abuse exposé
Following a Reader investigation into misconduct, the theater announced it has closed after 28 years.
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‘The statement is a study in crisis management’: Not in Our House leaders decline to meet with Darrell Cox without an apology
Not in Our House plans to present a petition to the theater later this week.
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‘Unfortunately, I am the villain’: Profiles Theatre artistic director Darrell W. Cox responds to Reader abuse investigation
Profiles Theatre artistic director Darrell W. Cox dismisses allegations of workplace abuse documented by the Reader.
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Playwright withdraws script rights from Profiles Theatre in the wake of the Reader’s abuse investigation
Penelope Skinner says Profiles no longer has the right to perform The Village Bike, which is scheduled to open in August.
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Actors hand out copies of the Reader in front of Profiles Theatre
A rotating group of six or seven people handed out copies of the paper Thursday afternoon.
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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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A critic’s mea culpa, or How Chicago theater critics failed the women of Profiles Theatre
Why did Chicago’s theater press corps not notice signs of trouble sooner?
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On the cover: An investigation into abuse at Chicago’s acclaimed Profiles Theatre
Profiles Theatre actors and crew members break their 20-year silence.
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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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Lookingglass’s Blood Wedding, Strawdog’s D.O.A., and nine more notable current stage shows
García Lorca gets transplanted to the Dust Bowl, and an off-Loop mainstay goes noir.
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Le Switch, The Mutilated, and nine more new reviews worth your notice
On the off-Loop scene: the latest from local playwright Philip Dawkins, an obscure Tennessee Williams one-act, and a Neil LaBute funfest
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Fifteen holiday shows to see now
There’s a lot more out there than A Christmas Carol.
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The Other Place might offend disability crusaders, but its real flaw is contrivance
Profiles’ The Other Place might offend disability crusaders, but its real flaw is contrivance.
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“Goofball perfection” to emotion-killing monologues: this week’s performing arts reviews
Fresh performing arts reviews by Reader critics