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- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Nov 25, 2020
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Otherworld Theatre faces social media onslaught
Allegations of mismanagement and harassment rock the fantasy/sci-fi theater.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 25, 2020
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COVID-19 has Chicago theater down, but not out
Here's a reminder of what the theater community has done in the last five years.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Dec 13, 2018
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Hellcab's appeal remains just as mystifying now as it was in 1992
Despite the update to a female cabdriver, the script's fundamental flaws remain unaddressed.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2018
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Profiles abuse scandal inspires new magazine examining Chicago theater
"The reason I came to grad school was to ... create a revolution through theater," the editor of Chicago Theater Now says.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 21, 2017
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Thirteen holiday shows that will delight (or disgust or bore or just entertain) you
Hell in a Handbag's 20th annual production of Rudolph the Red-Hosed Reindeer is among the yuletide highlights.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 6, 2017
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Barney the Elf, Hellcab, and ten more new stage shows
The best-ever explanation for what makes reindeer fly and the 25th anniversary of a Chicago classic are among this week's best bets.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2017
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Nearly a year after Profiles, Chicago theater professionals are still learning to talk to each other about abuse
Not in Our House reports back on the first year of its code of conduct, now called the Chicago Theatre Standards.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Mar 1, 2017
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Gender Breakdown, and nine more stage shows to see now
A black Irish comedy and a look at inequity in the local theater scene are among this week's best bets.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Dec 21, 2016
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2016 in theater was wildly convulsive on- and offstage
Controversies over abuse, alleged druggings, and “whitewashing” roiled even as Shakespeare 400 Chicago soared.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Sep 22, 2016
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A dispute seems to have galvanized Porchlight's In the Heights
Ethnic wars—and a really good show
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Jul 21, 2016
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Bite: A Pucking Queer Cabaret, Squeeze My Cans, and ten more new stage shows
'Tis the season for the Bard and the bawdy.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2016
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Pride Films and Plays takes over former Profiles Theatre space
The theater will become "a creative playground for all genders," says Pride's executive director.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 28, 2016
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Bitter Lemons editor blames Profiles Theatre victims, loses job
Colin Mitchell's reaction to the Reader's expose angered many readers.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2016
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The Reader's Profiles Theatre investigation and follow-up coverage
The original article and all follow-up coverage.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2016
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Profiles Theatre belatedly acknowledges use of pseudonyms after Reader investigation
Just look at the screenshots.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2016
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Profiles Theatre actor: 'I got $75 a week to get the shit beat out of me'
Actors and crew members push back against denials that the onstage violence at Profiles Theatre was very often real.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 14, 2016
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 13, 2016
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2016
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2016
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2016
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2016
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 9, 2016
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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?
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2016
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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.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jun 8, 2016
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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.
