Guthrie Theater

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The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The concept of the theater was born in 1959 in a series of discussions among Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Oliver Rea and Peter Zeisler. Disenchanted with Broadway, they intended to form a theater with a resident acting company, to perform classic plays in rotating repertory, while maintaining the highest professional standards. The Guthrie Theater has had two main-stage facilities. The first building was designed by Ralph Rapson and included a 1,441-seat thrust stage designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch; it was operated from 1963 to 2006. After closing its 2005–2006 season, the theater moved to its current facility, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. In 1982, the theater won the Regional Theatre Tony Award.

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