One Yellow Rabbit Executive Director Erin O’Connor has just become the second arts manager from the Calgary-based theatre company to be honoured with the Rozsa Award for Excellence in Arts Management.  Steven Schroeder, now the Executive Director of the Calgary International Film Festival, was the first One Yellow Rabbit Executive Director to receive the prestigious award.  Recipients of the Rozsa Award, which provides financial and educational benefits valued at more than $120,000, were honoured at the 11th annual Rozsa Awards in Edmonton.

Erin was selected from a group of nominees that includes Old Trout Puppet Workshop’s Cimmeron Meyer, and Evergreen Theatre executive director Sean Fraser, and Karen Brown Fournell, general manager of Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre.

Congratulations to Erin, and to all the nominees!