Profile’s Ambitious Remount of Hit Hellcab Delivers Unexpected Holiday Hope Im sure we’ve all encountered a hellacious cab experience or three — the driver who used the drive from Andersonville to Boystown as an opportunity to issue a sermon about how all gays are going to hell and then proceeded to creepily hit on me;… Read More HuffPo Reviews: Profiles’ ‘Hellcab’ and Bernstein revue at Davenport’s Piano Bar
The cast of Court Theatre’s “The Dead.” Photo by Michael Brosilow. Life is stepping in, so Chicago Theatre Addict will be taking a back seat for a short spell. I promise to get my act together soon and back to commenting on all the fantastic theatre goings on happening in this beautiful city, including all… Read More Chicago Theatre Addict taking mini hiatus, plus my short-term wishlist
A scene from Profiles Theatre’s “Sweet and Sad.” Photo: Michael Brosilow Growing up, family dinners were a quick moment of dutiful obligation. With two parents who worked in the unpredictable and demanding medical field, we’d try to convene wherever we could to have a meal together, even if it meant joining dad at the hospital… Read More Profiles’ subtle ‘Sweet and Sad’ makes tragedy the main course
Assisted Living, a new play by Deirdre O’Connor, is a tender domestic drama about a woman, whose life has been consumed by taking care of her ailing mother, struggling to rediscover herself. Really? Profiles Theatre, a company known for producing extremely violent and upsetting works such a Killer Joe and Kid Sister, is producing this?… Read More Profiles explores its caregiving side with ‘Assisted Living’
Allison Torem and Darrell W. Cox in Will Kern’s “Kid Sister.” Many will compare Profiles Theatre’s world-premiere production of Will Kern’s Kid Sister to Profile’s recent hit, Killer Joe (which I saw and was blown away by). Both feature a trash-strewn living room set and “white trash” families who’ve concocted grand schemes out of last-ditch desperation,… Read More Profiles’ ‘Kid Sister’ is disgusting, fascinating and gripping
EDIT: 4/10/10: This review is from the production at the Profiles Theatre space. The show has been such a commercial success, Profiles has moved it to Royal George’s Studio Theatre for an extended run. There are signs as you enter Profile Theatre’s intimate, creaky space warning you of the violence, gunshots and nudity on display… Read More Review: ‘Killer Joe’ @ Profiles Theatre
Profiles Theatre continues its 2009-2010 Season with KILLER JOE by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts, directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Rick Snyder. The production runs January 14 – February 28, 2010, at Profiles Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway. KILLER JOE focuses on the Smith family, a greedy, vindictive clan of Texans who hatch a plan to… Read More Tonight: ‘Killer Joe’ @ Profiles Theatre
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