Richard Kuranda is an American director and artist of stage, cinema and television. He currently is the CEO and Artistic Director of the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, Illinois and the current Artistic Director of Williams Street Repertory. He resides in Illinois with his wife, the Actress Alicia Regan, and their four children. In 2018, Raue Center and Williams Street Rep retired an 8.8 million dollar debt under his leadership. What is more noteworthy, the Center also secured a 125 year subsidized lease at $100 per year with a 25-year corporate sponsorship from Home State Bank. In 2005, The New York Times profiled Kuranda’s artistic and producing work at the Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theater Center and labeled him as one of the nation's top theater talents to watch (at the time h