The Guthrie Theatre is one of the most prestigious regional theatres in America. Next year it will be celebrating it's 50th anniversary season. Joe Dowling, the 7th Artistic director of the theatre (which by the way has never had a female artistic director) recently announced the program for this very important upcoming season and there is not a SINGLE female playwright on the list for the main stages. (I also just consulted Wikipedia and the Guthrie also had no female playwrights in the 2011-2012 season.) And not only are there no women, there are also no plays by any people of color. So their whole celebratory season marking this seminal anniversary will be populated completely by white men.
- By Melissa Silverstein
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- April 30, 2012 10:11 AM
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