Yuri Rasovsky
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| Yuri Rasovsky | |
| Born | 1944 Chicago, Illinois, United States  |
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| Occupation | Audio theater, Writer/Producer |
| Website Personal Website |
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Yuri Rasovsky (1944- ) is an award-winning writer and producer working in the field of audio theatre (aka radio drama) in the United States.
He founded and operated The National Radio Theater of Chicago from 1973 to 1986 and later formed The Hollywood Theater of the Ear (1993- ). In the 1990s, he forsook radio for audiobooks. Many of his radio plays have been published as commercial recordings or as Internet downloads. In addition, he is a contributing editor of AudioFile magazine.
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[edit] Major Works
Rasovsky has written, directed or produced more than 150 audio plays. Notable examples include:
- The Chicago Language Tape. WFMT. 1972.
- The Odyssey of Homer. National Radio Theater. 1980.
- Craven Street. American Dialogues Radio. 1993.
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Based on the silent film. Hollywood Theater of the Ear. Revised 1998.
- 2000X: Tales of the Next Millennium. NPR, The Hollywood Theater of the Ear. 1999–2000.
- Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls. Blackstone Audio, The Hollywood Theater of the Ear. 2007.
He is also the author of the book The Well-tempered Audio Dramatist (National Audio Theater Festivals, 2006), and, with Carol Madden Adorjan, co-author of WKID: Easy Radio Plays for Children (Albert Whitman & Co., 1987).
[edit] Awards and Honors
Rasovsky is the most "decorated" audio dramatist working in the United States. Over the past three decades he has won two George Foster Peabody Awards, five Ohio State awards, six APA Audie Awards, four Major Armstrong awards, two Corporation for Public Broadcasting awards, The Independent Publishers Audio Award, The Gabriel Award, the NFCB Golden Reel, a Joseph Jefferson Citation, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America "Bradbury" Award.
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[edit] External links
- Yuri Rasovsky Homepage, last revised 30 May 2008
- The Well-Tempered Audio Dramatist, A Guide to the Production of Audio Plays in Twenty-first Century America, by Yuri Rasovsky, last modified July 18, 2006
