Artist Profiles
Michael Rohd
Michael Rohd is founding artistic director of Sojourn Theatre, a 17-year-old ensemble-based company. Recipient of 2015 Otto Rene Castillo Award for Political Theater and the 2015 Robert Gard Foundation Award for Excellence. Faculty at Northwestern University helps lead the MFA Directing Program. Author credits include “Theatre for Community, Conflict & Dialogue” (18th printing, Heinemann Press, 1998). 2013-2016 Doris Duke Artist-in-Residence at Lookingglass Theater Company. Recent shows as Devisor/Director Wilson Wants it All (House Theater, 2010 Jeff Award for Best New Work); WillFul (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); and How To End Poverty in 90 Minutes (Sojourn Theatre).