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Collective Imagination for Healing // Michael Rohd

March 14, 2021 • Emilie Amrein & André de Quadros • Season 2 • Episode 10

On this episode of Surge, Emilie and André welcome Michael Rohd to a conversation exploring the intersections of culture, story, and community transformation. Michael is a co-founder of Center for Performance and Civic Practice, where he holds the position Lead Artist for Civic Imagination. He is also founding artistic director of the 20 year old national ensemble-based Sojourn Theatre. In 2015, he received an Otto Rene Castillo award for Political Theater and The Robert Gard Foundation Award for Excellence. He is an Institute Professor at Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design & Art and is is author of the widely translated book Theatre for Community, Conflict, and Dialogue.

You can learn more about Michael and his work at:
https://www.thecpcp.org/