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Robert Leonard & Michael Rohd: even a continent apart, they confer about what matters.(CASE STUDY: ENSEMBLE WORK)(Interview)

American Theatre,  January, 2006  by Pincus-Roth, Zachary

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In 1972 Robert Leonard founded the community-focused Road Company in Johnson City, Tenn., and served as artistic director until it folded in 1998. He now heads the MFA program in directing and public dialogue at Virgina Tech, which has only one student in each class year. Michael Rohd had been traveling around the country doing community-based theatre projects with his own company, Hope Is Vital, before entering Leonard's program in 1997.

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Under Leonard's watchful eye, Rohd and some fellow students went on to form Sojourn Theatre, an ensemble that has since moved to Portland, Ore. ...

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