Profiles Theatre Chicago

Profiles Theatre was a small, formerly non-Equity theater company based in Chicago. The company was founded in 1988 by artistic director Joe Jahraus, and it developed a reputation for emotionally powerful and dramatically intense productions, including the multiple Jeff Award-winning Killer Joe.[1][2]

Profiles Theatre
Formation1988
Dissolved2016
TypeTheatre group
Location
Artistic director(s)
Joe Jahraus
Darrell W. Cox
Websiteprofilestheatre.org

In June 2016 the Chicago Reader published an article alleging an extensive pattern of workplace abuse and sexual harassment on the part of the theater company's artistic director Darrell W. Cox.[3][4][5] Later that month, the theater announced that it was closing.[6]

In response to concerns about harassment and abuse at some non-Equity Chicago theaters, including Profiles Theatre, the organization Not in Our House was founded by Lori Myers, Laura T. Fisher, and other theater professionals. Not in Our House developed a code of conduct called the Chicago Theatre Standards which has been adopted by a number of theater companies.[7][8]

References
  1. Sullivan, Catey (June 8, 2010). "Killer Joe and Chess Sweep Last Night's Non-Equity Jeff Awards", Chicago magazine. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. Dale, Michael (June 13, 2016). "Jeff Awards Will Address Petition to Revoke Darrell W. Cox's 2010 Killer Joe Honor", Broadway World. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  3. Levitt, Aimee; Piatt, Christopher (June 8, 2016). "At Profiles Theatre the Drama—and Abuse—Is Real". Chicago Reader. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  4. Weiss, Hedy (June 10, 2016). "Reader's Story about Profiles Theatre Generates Massive Response", Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  5. Sherman, Howard (June 10, 2016). "In Wake of Profiles Theatre Expose, a Few Points to Know", Arts Integrity Initiative. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  6. Jones, Chris; Metz, Nina (June 15, 2016). "Profiles Theatre Closes; Actor Responds to Allegations of Misconduct", Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  7. Levitt, Aimee (March 28, 2017). "Nearly a Year After Profiles, Chicago Theater Professionals Are Still Learning to Talk to Each Other About Abuse". Chicago Reader. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  8. Cox, Gordon (October 17, 2017). "Sexual Harassment in the Theater: How Chicago Fought Back". Variety. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
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