NYTimes.com: Like other New Yorkers who fetishize the Pacific Northwest, Adriana Baer thought that life would get easier when she moved here last year to become artistic director of a small, respected stage company, Profile Theater. Sure, there would be challenges: Ms. Baer was 29, female and an outsider in a city — and an industry — where many donors and professional peers were older men. She was also replacing the theater’s founder, often a tricky transition, and taking on a $500,000 annual operating budget that barely covered costs.
