Stage Directions: The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation awarded Bill Rauch, artistic of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the 2012 Zelda Fichandler Award. The Zelda Fichandler Award recognizes a director or choreographer “who is transforming the regional arts landscape through imaginative, brave work in theatre.” It comes with a $5000 cash prize. Loretta Greco at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, Jane Jones of Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle, and Dámaso Rodriguez of Furious Theatre were specially named as finalists for the award.
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Bill Rauch is an amazing man and artist and completely deserves the Zelda award. I had the chance to talk with Bill two summers ago. The most striking thing I learned from that meeting was his amazing passion and love for the work. The famous quote from Andrew Carnegie comes to mind "My heart is in the work." Mr. Rauch really and truly cares about every project and person he works with/on. He has done great work at cornerstone and OSF. I my self have seen many of the productions listed in the articular including Measure for Measure, The Pirates of Penzance, Romeo and Juliet, and All the Way. Bill has proven to me time and time again that his skill as a director is worthy of this award.
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