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Michael Schweikardt

  • Lecturer, Scenic Design, Theatre Studies
Michael Schweikardt

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

"Gypsy," Scenic Design of a table and chair flanked on both sides by stacked trunks.
Production still of two cast members performing on the set of "Fiddler on the Roof."
Production still of "The Humans" cast performing on set of a house interior.
Production still of "Carousel" actors embracing one another on stage.
"Oklahoma!" Scenic Design of a country house exterior, an old windmill against a dusky sky.
Production still of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" cast performing on stage.
"Equivocation," Scenic Design of a wooden split staircase.
"The Mousetrap," Scenic Design of Monkwell Manor Guest House interior.
"My Fair Lady," Scenic Design of a library interior.
Production still of "Little Shop of Horrors" star with Venus flytrap, Audrey II
"The Diary of Anne Frank," Scenic Design of house interior.
"Raging Skillet," Scenic Design of an elaborate sound system in a kitchen.
"Guys and Dolls," Scenic Design of a New York City building exterior.
Production still of cast members performing on prop stairs on the set of "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Production still of cast members performing on set of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" with musical instruments suspended above.
Production still of "Phantom" cast performing on stage.
Scene design of a 1950s retro diner and gas pump.
Overhead shot of "Daddy Long Legs" circular stage, with a prop library at the back.