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Oregon Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Cynthia Rider is leaving in November, the latest shakeup in the Tony Award-winning theater that suffered $2 million in losses over the summer and laid off 16 people last week. A media release this morning said Rider decided not to renew her contract but will continue to serve until an interim director is named sometime in November. The announcement comes as the theater searches for a replacement for its artistic director, Bill Rauch, who's leaving for New York next year. Rider has served as OSF’s executive director since 2013. “It has been a tremendous honor and privilege,” Rider said in the release, “but I believe that the time has come for fresh leadership in partnership with a new artistic director and as the company takes a series of steps to increase its resilience and sustainability now and into the future.” She will be available to the board and the festival in an advisory capacity during 2019. OSF will be launching a search for a new executive director, and it is anticipated that the search for Rauch's replacement will be completed in time for that person to play a strong role in selecting administrative leadership, the release said. Highlights of Rider’s six seasons at OSF include the completion of a new Long Range Plan; the Access for All campaign, which renovated the Bricks and added an elevator and wheelchair seating to the Angus Bowmer Theatre; and the opening of the new Hay-Patton Rehearsal Center. “We have faced many challenges together over the last six years, and I have always relished the passion and creativity Cynthia brought to help elevate OSF to new heights,” Rauch said in the release. “I join the Board of Directors, Trustees and our entire company in thanking her for her incredible contributions and wishing her well in her next endeavors.”