Guthrie Announces Ambitious ‘Level Nine’ Initiative

AMERICAN THEATRE: Joseph Haj will begin his first season at the Guthrie Theater with a bang. The theatre’s new artistic director has announced the formation of a three-year, six-prong audience engagement initiative called Level Nine. As part of the initiative, tickets to all performances at the Dowling Studio, the black box space on the theatre’s ninth floor, will be $9. And each year for the next three years the Guthrie will commission a playwright and a company to be in residence at the theatre.