Formation | 1988 |
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Dissolved | 2016 |
Type | Theatre group |
Location | |
Artistic director(s) | Joe Jahraus Darrell W. Cox |
Website |
profilestheatre |
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]
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]
Formation | 1988 |
---|---|
Dissolved | 2016 |
Type | Theatre group |
Location | |
Artistic director(s) | Joe Jahraus Darrell W. Cox |
Website |
profilestheatre |
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]
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]