At Profiles Theatre the drama—and abuse—is real

Feature | Chicago Reader: Looking back, Profiles Theatre's 2010 production of Killer Joe, Tracy Letts's black comedy about an insurance scam in a Texas trailer park that goes terribly wrong, was probably the high point of the company's history. During its 20 years of existence, Profiles had developed a reputation as one of Chicago's better non-Equity theaters, regularly producing dark and edgy new work, but Killer Joe was special.