Sarah Rudinoff (born August , ) is an American actress, singer, and
writer. She the recipient of a Genius Award from the Seattle,
Washington alternative weekly newspaper The Stranger.Born in
Alexandria, Virginia, and raised on the island of Kauai, Rudinoff, a
self-described "half-Episcopalian, half-Jew" has lived and worked in
a number of North American cities. She has appeared in Negative Space
and Richard Foreman's Ontological Hysteric in New York City and in
several new plays at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; as of
[update] she is based in Seattle. Described by David-Edward Hughes of
Talkin' Broadway, as "a big-boned, whiskey voiced stunner", she has
appeared in many of Seattle's professional theatres including starring
as Ruth in "Wonderful Town" and Hildy in "On the Town" at the th
Avenue Theatre. Rudinoff is probably best known to rock audiences for
her turn as Yitzhak in the original Seattle production Hedwig and the
Angry Inch and her solo shows Broad Perspective (), Go There () or The
Last State (), a piece about growing up haole in Hawaii.In presenting
her the Genius Award, Sean Nelson of The Stranger wrote that she "is
one of maybe performers in town who have achieved the distinction of
local stardom in non-rock-band live performance. She sings like a
demon, equally comfortable belting rock, jazz, or blues... Rudinoff is
not the kind of actress who 'disappears' into the roles she plays.
She's the kind of actress who explodes out of her roles with heroic,
instinctive, and fearless performances." The rival Seattle Weekly
named her "Best Woman in Man's Clothing" for her title role in Ubu, Ki
Gottberg’s reworking of Alfred Jarry's Ubu plays.As a musician and
singer Rudinoff makes music with We Are Golden and in she was
included in photography book chronicling Seattlites that make a
difference to culture in the city- A Seattle
writer. She the recipient of a Genius Award from the Seattle,
Washington alternative weekly newspaper The Stranger.Born in
Alexandria, Virginia, and raised on the island of Kauai, Rudinoff, a
self-described "half-Episcopalian, half-Jew" has lived and worked in
a number of North American cities. She has appeared in Negative Space
and Richard Foreman's Ontological Hysteric in New York City and in
several new plays at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles; as of
[update] she is based in Seattle. Described by David-Edward Hughes of
Talkin' Broadway, as "a big-boned, whiskey voiced stunner", she has
appeared in many of Seattle's professional theatres including starring
as Ruth in "Wonderful Town" and Hildy in "On the Town" at the th
Avenue Theatre. Rudinoff is probably best known to rock audiences for
her turn as Yitzhak in the original Seattle production Hedwig and the
Angry Inch and her solo shows Broad Perspective (), Go There () or The
Last State (), a piece about growing up haole in Hawaii.In presenting
her the Genius Award, Sean Nelson of The Stranger wrote that she "is
one of maybe performers in town who have achieved the distinction of
local stardom in non-rock-band live performance. She sings like a
demon, equally comfortable belting rock, jazz, or blues... Rudinoff is
not the kind of actress who 'disappears' into the roles she plays.
She's the kind of actress who explodes out of her roles with heroic,
instinctive, and fearless performances." The rival Seattle Weekly
named her "Best Woman in Man's Clothing" for her title role in Ubu, Ki
Gottberg’s reworking of Alfred Jarry's Ubu plays.As a musician and
singer Rudinoff makes music with We Are Golden and in she was
included in photography book chronicling Seattlites that make a
difference to culture in the city- A Seattle
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