 They directed the ETC Company, a resident company of La MaMa, in a repertory that included adaptations of "Carmilla", "Demon", "The Only Jealousy of Emer", "Renard", and "Gertrude", a musical about the title character based loosely on Gertrude Stein.Leach also directed works for Joseph Papp's Public Theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival, where he directed a production of "The Pirates of Penzance" in 1980 with Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, and Patricia Routledge.The production transferred to Broadway with the same cast in January 1981, with Estelle Parsons replacing Routledge.