 The award honors “that citizen-of-the theatre who has demonstrated a significant impact, understanding, and affirmation of the craft of playwriting, with a lifetime commitment to the encouragement of the living theatre everywhere.”[2][3]

In 2015 Rauch was named a Ford Foundation "Art of Change" Fellow in 2015 and was awarded a United States Artists Prudential Fellowship in 2008.Scorzè

Scorzè is a "comune" in the province of Venice, in the Italian region of Veneto, located about northwest of Venice.The country is bordered by Zero Branco, Trebaseleghe, Venezia, Noale and Salzano.