Mark Rucker, one of the Bay Area’s leading theater directors, has died. Rucker, 56 years old, was the associate artistic director at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater (ACT) for five years.
He was found dead in his apartment Tuesday.
Rucker worked closely with ACT’s Artistic Director Carey Perloff, who called him an incredible artist, and “such a beloved colleague.”
Rucker directed many shows at ACT, including one of the company’s most widely praised recent productions, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play.
In an interview Wednesday morning, Perloff said Rucker will be especially missed by students in the theater’s Master of Fine Arts program.