Michael Schweikardt
- Lecturer, Scenic Design, Theatre Studies
- Email mzs611@psu.edu
- Phone (917) 674-4146
![Michael Schweikardt](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/directoryImages/_480x480_crop_center-center_80_none/Michael-Schweikardt-1164px.jpg)
Biography
Michael Schweikardt enjoys a successful career as a set designer working for opera and theatre companies across the United States and abroad. He has published essays in Teaching Critical Performance Theory in Today’s Theatre Classroom, Studio, and Communities (Routledge 2020), and Text and Presentation, 2019 (McFarland 2020). He serves as managing editor for design at theatretimes.com. His work can be viewed on his website: www.msportfolio.com.Collected Works
![Production still of "Little Shop of Horrors" star with Venus flytrap, Audrey II](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/1.-Little-Shop.jpg)
![Overhead shot of "Daddy Long Legs" circular stage, with a prop library at the back.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/2.-Daddy-Long-Legs.jpg)
![Scene design of a 1950s retro diner and gas pump.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/3.-Pump-Boys.jpg)
![Production still of "Phantom" cast performing on stage.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/4.-Phantom.jpg)
![Production still of cast members performing on set of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" with musical instruments suspended above.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/5.-Youre-a-Good-Man.jpg)
![Production still of cast members performing on prop stairs on the set of "The Count of Monte Cristo"](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/6.-Count-of-Monte-Cristo.jpg)
!["Guys and Dolls," Scenic Design of a New York City building exterior.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/7.-Guys-and-Dolls-1.jpg)
!["Raging Skillet," Scenic Design of an elaborate sound system in a kitchen.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/9.-Raging-Skillet.jpg)
!["The Diary of Anne Frank," Scenic Design of house interior.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/10.-Anne-Frank.jpg)
!["Gypsy," Scenic Design of a table and chair flanked on both sides by stacked trunks.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/11.-Gypsy.jpg)
!["My Fair Lady," Scenic Design of a library interior.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/12.-MyFairLady.jpg)
!["The Mousetrap," Scenic Design of Monkwell Manor Guest House interior.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/13.-Mousetrap.jpg)
!["Equivocation," Scenic Design of a wooden split staircase.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/14.-Equivocation.jpg)
![Production still of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" cast performing on stage.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/15.-Mystery-of-Edwin-Drood.jpg)
!["Oklahoma!" Scenic Design of a country house exterior, an old windmill against a dusky sky.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/16.-Oklahoma.jpg)
![Production still of "Carousel" actors embracing one another on stage.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/17.-Carousel.jpg)
![Production still of "The Humans" cast performing on set of a house interior.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/18.-The-Humans.jpg)
![Production still of two cast members performing on the set of "Fiddler on the Roof."](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/work/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/19.-Fiddler-1.jpg)