Is SCR's disappointing season of new plays a bump in the road, or something more serious?

OCRegister.com: "Now that the 2006-07 season has been put to bed, it’s time to ask a tough question about South Coast Repertory: Is it losing its Midas touch as an incubator for important new plays? This isn’t just an idle critic’s rumination intended to fill space during the summer lull. I’ve been hearing a rising tide of criticism from the theater community – critics, longtime season-ticket subscribers, and artists who have worked at SCR – that lately, the theater’s roster of new scripts hasn’t measured up to its traditional standards."