You gotta read this! The truth revealed.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

You gotta read this! The truth revealed.

So, you know there's this gender discrimination in the theater? Male playwrights and artistic directors dominate the landscape. All the good roles are for men. Here in the Cities, we've got a good little theater company whose name comes from a 2003 study that women make up only 20% of the theater artists.

That's what everyone says. Is it really true?

Well, a Princeton economics student (and soon-to-be Harvard grad student) actually did a study on it and discovered two interesting facts: 1) It is true. 2) It's the fault of women artistic directors and literary managers. (OK, it's not entirely their fault but there is a pretty shocking revelation in the study about the role that female institution leaders play in discrimination.)

Anyway, I'm a huge big fan of actual information that put our assumptions to the test. You've gotta go read the whole article.

—Posted at 10:09 am by Alan