 Rauch became the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's fifth artistic director in 2007, after five seasons at the Festival as a guest director.As visiting director at OSF, Rauch directed "Handler" (2002), "Hedda Gabler" (2003), "The Comedy of Errors" (2004), "By the Waters of Babylon" (2005) & "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (2006).During his 17 seasons at OSF, Rauch directed seven world premieres including, "Mother Road, LA Comedia of Errors, Off the Rails, Roe, Fingersmith, The Great Society, All the Way, Equivocation" and "By the Waters of Babylon".