Website Official webpage | Role Writer Name Yuri Rasovsky | |
Born July 29, 1944 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Occupation Radio drama,writer/producer Spouse(s) Lorna Raver (1987–2012; his death) Died January 18, 2012, Los Angeles, California, United States Books The Cabinet Of Doctor Caligari Similar People Lorna Raver, Sandra Oh, S Ansky, Kristoffer Tabori, Tony Kushner | ||
Production company National Radio Theater Organizations founded National Radio Theater | ||
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Yuri Rasovsky (July 29, 1944 – January 18, 2012) was an American award-winning writer and producer working in the field of radio drama in the United States.
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He founded and operated The National Radio Theater of Chicago from 1973 to 1986 and later formed the Hollywood Theater of the Ear (since 1993). In the 1990s, he forsook radio for audiobooks. Many of his radio plays have been published as commercial recordings or as Internet downloads. His new plays are being released by Blackstone Audio. He died in 2012 of esophageal cancer.
Major works
Rasovsky wrote, directed, or produced more than 150 audio plays. Notable examples include:
Books
He was the author of The Well-tempered Audio Dramatist (National Audio Theatre Festivals, 2006) and, with Carol Madden Adorjan, co-author of WKID: Easy Radio Plays for Children (Albert Whitman & Co., 1987).
Awards
Over the past three-plus decades, Rasovsky's audio work has won: