Keeping Women Off The Stage?

At the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, a city which prides itself on being home to several great theater companies, women make up over 50% of the audience. So why does the city’s leading theater troupe present so few plays written or produced by women? Is it misogyny? Tradition? Simple oversight? Other area theaters have expanded their offerings over the years to include more works by women, with much success, so why hasn’t the big dog in town followed suit? “On some level the Guthrie’s record is so gaudily bad as to be almost a mystery.”