The Road Company
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The Road Company (1972-1998) was a nationally recognized touring improvisational theater company based in Johnson City, Tennessee. Robert H. Leonard, the creator and director of the Road Company originally envisioned it as a political theater presenting an alternative historical and political vision of the American Bi-Centennial.
Under Leonard's leadership from 1972-1998, The Road Company ensemble created more than two dozen original plays reflecting the history, culture, and concerns of the Upper Tennessee Valley and Central Appalachia. These plays include: Mountain Whispers, The Flying Lemon Cirque, Horsepower, Blind Desire, and Echoes & Postcards.
An arts organizer with a career-long commitment to the development of strong networks of community-based professional performing organizations, Leonard is a founding member of Alternate ROOTSand the Network of Ensemble Theaters(NET). He is co-director of the Community Arts Network(CAN), an information and communication resource for the field of community art. Leonard is a trainer/consultant with the CAPP Resources for Social Change Institute, organized and implemented by Alternate ROOTS. Leonard is currently on the board of directors of Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for professional, not-for-profit theater.
