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Michael Schweikardt
Scenic and Costume Designer
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2785 Braodway
New York, NY 10025
917.674.4146

MichaelSchweik@aol.com
www.msportfolio.com
Russ Rosensweig, agent
Summit Entertainment
10 Potter Hill Dr.
Guilford, CT 06437-2176
203.453.0188
203.453.6532 fax
Russ@SummitDesigners.com
 
 
Education
  BFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1993
   
Professional Affiliations
  U.S.A. Local 829, Set Design
   
New York Design Credits
 

HB Playwrights:
The Habitation of Dragons, By Horton Foote, Directed by Billy Cardin, 12/04; Another Vermeer, By Bruce J. Robinson, Directed by Billy Cardin and Starring Austin Pendelton, 11/04; New World Rhapsody, By Allen Kraar, Directed by Billy Cardin, 4/03; "The Subway Plays", 2003; "The Beach Plays", 2002; "The Hospital Plays", 2001.

War In Paramus
By Barbara Dana, Abingdon Theater Company, Directed by Austin Pendleton, 10/05.

Beyond Recognition
By John Petrick, Abingdon Theater Company, Directed by Kate Bushmann, 9/03.

Roman Nights
By Franco D'Alessandro, DR2, Directed by Bick Goss, 9/02.

The Watercoolers
Richard Frankel Productions at Dillon's, Directed by William Wesbrooks, 2002.

Month in the Country
By Lee Hoiby, based on the play by Turgenyev, Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre, Directed by Ned Canty, 12/04.

New York University School of Music:
Parade, A New Brain, Fiorello!, Blood Work, Godspell, Like You Like It, all directed by John Simpkins; Ragtime, Street Scene, both directed by William Wesbrooks.

Tallulah Hallelujah!
Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, Directed by William Wesbrooks, 2000.

All Under Heaven
Starring Valerie Harper, Century Theatre By Dyke Garrison and Ms. Harper, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 10/98.

Seagull
Directed by Austin Pendleton, Blue Light Theater Company, NYC, 4/98.

Amazing Grace
NY Premiere, By Michael Cristofer, Directed by Edward Gilbert, Blue Light Theater Company, NYC, 2/98.

A Phoenix Too Frequent
By Christopher Frye, Directed by Elysa Marden, Produced by Richard Ryan of Presence Productions, Harold Clurman Theatre, NYC 1/98.

Goethe's Persephone
World Premiere, Translated by David Curzon, Directed by Elysa Marden, Produced by Richard Ryan of Presence Productions, Harold Clurman Theatre, NYC 1/98.

Dumb Cake
Drama league Director's project at Lincoln Center Institute, 12/97.

Home Section
Drama league Director's project at Lincoln Center Institute, 12/97.

Counting the Ways
Drama league Director's project at Lincoln Center Institute, 12/97.

The Dumb Cake
World Premiere, By Polly Pen, Dir. by Ted Shaffner, Musical Dir. Jan Rosenberg.

Home Section
By Janusz Glowacki, Directed by Paul Zablocki.

Counting the Ways
By Edward Albee, Directed by Diane Paulus.

A Common Vision
By Neena Beber, Directed by Lisa Portes, Soho Rep, 8/97.

Waiting for Lefty
By Clifford Odets, Directed by Joanne Woodward, Blue Light Theater Company, 4/97.

Little Red
Directed by Ted Pappas, Theaterworks U.S.A., Tour, 1/97.

Dreamstuff
Music/Lyrics by Sal Lombarde, Written/Dir. by John Pantozzi, 629 Entertainment, Samuel Becket Theatre, 1/97.

A Family Man
By Tom Szentygyorgyi, Directed by Troy Hollar, Seraphim Theater Company and The Workhouse, 9/96.

Golden Boy
By Clifford Odets, Directed by Joanne Woodward, Blue Light Theater Company, 11/95.

Summer of the Sirens
By Kirk Aanes, Directed by Tony Phalon, Circle Repertory Lab, 9/95.

Arsenic and Old Lace
Directed by Dominic Cuskern, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, 11/95.

Anything Goes
Directed by Eric Nightengale, Gallery Players, Brooklyn 11/95.

   
Regional
 

Barrington Stage Company, Great Barrington, MA
Valley Song, By Athol Fugard, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 7/97; Tea, by Velina Hasu Houston , Directed by Julianne Boyd, 8/99; Spunk, by George C. Wolfe, Directed by Rob Ruggerio, 7/99.

Bennington College
The Playboy of the Western World directed by Daniella Varone 11/01.

Brea Theater League, Brea, CA
Let Him Sleep..., Directed by Pattric Walker, 2/95.

California Musical Theatre, Sacramento, CA
2005 Summer Season: Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, Crazy for You, Once on this Island, Cabaret, Grease, The King and I; 2004 Summer Season: The Wizard of Oz, The Fantasticks, The Pirates of Penzance, Oklahoma, The Scarlet Pimpernell, Footloose, Jesus Christ Superstar; 2003 Summer Season: Cats, World Goes 'Round, Damn Yankees, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Brigadoon; 2002 Summer Season: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Man of La Mancha, The Unsinkable Molly Brown; 2001 Summer Season: The Music Man, Into the Woods, Mame; 2000 Summer Season: Evita, Anything Goes, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Contemporary Theater Company, Wilmington, DE
Restoring The Sun, By Joe Sutton, Directed by Kent Paul, 5/05; Collected Stories, by Donald Marguiles, Directed by Kent Paul and starring Lynn Redgrave, 5/04.

Creative Productions, Aberdeen, NJ,
For Love or Money, Directed by Walter Born, 6/96, Champion Kid's Foods, Directed by Walter Born, 6/95.

Emelin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Mamaroneck, NY
Valley Song, By Athol Fugard, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 8/97.

Florida State Opera, Tallahassee, FL
Semele, (scenic and costume design) by John Eccels, Directed by Sir Anthony Rooley, 3/03; Le Comte Ory (scenic and costume design), By Rossini, Directed by Matthew Lata, 3/04; The Pirates of Penzance, directed by Michael McConnell 5/01.

Florida Studio Theater, Sarasota, FL
Olympus on My Mind, Directed by Marcia Millgrom Dodge, 10/02.

Juilliard School of Drama
The Good Person of Setzuan, Directed by Pamela Berlin, 12/05; As You Like It directed by Paul Mullins 4/01.


Maltz Jupiter Theater, Jupiter, FL
Shooting Craps, By Tom Dulack, World Premier, Directed By John Tillinger, 2/05.

Merrimack Repertory Theater
Laughter on the 23rd Floor, By Neil Simon, Directed by David Zoffoli, 9/97; Lady Day At Emerson's Bar and Grill, By Lanie Robertson, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 2/97, Re-mount 4/98; Picasso at the Lapin Agile, by Steve Martin, Directed by David Zoffoli, 9/99.

Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
As You Like It, Directed by Bonnie J. Monte, 11/05; Illyria, Directed by Paul Mullins, 11/04; Macbeth, Directed by Bonnie J. Monte, 10/04; Othello, Directed by Scott Wentworth, 10/03; A Child's Christmas in Wales, Directed by Robert Duke, 12/03; The Illusion, directed by Paul Mullins, 8/02; Tartuffe directed by Paul Mullins, 9/01; Hamlet, directed by Tom Gilroy, 8/01; Rhinoceros, 8/00; Romeo and Juliet, Directed by Bonnie J. Monte, 11/99; Measure for Measure, Directed by Paul Mullins; Sweet Bird of Youth, Directed by Bonnie Monte, 11/98; All's Well That Ends Well, Directed by Paul Mullins, 7/99.

Philadelphia Theater Company, Philadelphia, PA
According to Goldman, By Bruce Graham, Directed by Pamela Berlin, 3/04.

Pittsburgh Public Theater
The Bird Sanctuary, By Frank McGuinness, American Premier, Directed by Kent Paul, 4/05; Anna In The Tropics, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 10/04;The Subject Was Roses, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 2/04; Driving Miss Daisy, Directed by Pamela Berlin, 09/02; H.M.S. Pinafore directed by Ted Pappas, 2/02; Tea, Directed by Pam Berlin, 2001; You Can't Take it With You, 9/00; Pirates of Penzance, Directed by Ted Pappas, 1/00; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Directed by Ted Pappas, 2/99; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart, Directed by Ted Pappas, 3/98.

Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach, FL
Knight Life, The Girl Who Would Be King, By Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser, Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, 11/05.

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Marat/Sade, Directed by Charles Marowitz, 5/93, Bobby, By Cassie Harris, Directed by Madeline Pabis, 5/92, Moonchildren, By Michael Weller, Directed by Vickie Hart, 3/91.

Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY
Lost In Yonkers, By Neil Simon, Directed by Bob Moss, 10/05; Visiting Mr. Green, By Jeff Baron, Directed By Bob Moss, 2/05;
Chesapeake, By Lee Blessing, Directed by Wendy Dann, 4/02.

TheatreVirginia
A Wonderful Life, 11/00.

TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT
Ella: Off The Record, By Rob Ruggiero and Dyke Garrison, World Premier, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 6/05; Kimberly Akimbo, By David Lindsay-Abair, Directed By Rob Ruggiero, 3/05; The Santaland Diaries, By David Sedaris, Directed By Steve Campo, 12/04; Tuesdays with Morrie, By Mitch Albom and Jeffery Hatcher, Starring Alvin Epstein, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 9/04; Fully Committed, directed by Steve Campo 2/02; Snakebit, 6/00; Southern Comfort, 3/00; Master Class, 1/00; Blue Room, 3/00; Beauty Queen of Leenane, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 10/99; Three Tall Women, 2/99; Eleemosynary, 3/26; How I Learned to Drive, 5/99; Full Gallop, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 10/99; Love Letters, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 6/98; Paul Robeson, By Phillip Hayes Dean, Directed by Steve Campo, 7/98; Cloud Tectonics, By José Rivera, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 3/98; World Premiere, Last Lists of My Mad Mother, By Julie Jensen, Directed by Steve Campo, 1/98; Molly Sweeney, By Brian Friel, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 10/97; Valley Song, By Athol Fugard, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 6/97; The Golden Age, By A.R. Gurney, Starring Elizabeth Franz and Eve Holbrook, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 9/96; Goblin Market, By Polly Pen & Peggy Harmon, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, 7/96; The Size of the World, By Chuck Evered, Directed by Steve Campo, 3/97; Spic-O-Rama, By John Leguizamo, Directed by Steve Campo, 1/97; Uncle Bob, By Austin Pendleton, Starring Austin Pendleton, Directed by Steve Campo, 3/96 The Dragon and the Pearl, By Marty Martin, Starring Valerie Harper, Directed by Rob Ruggiero, Produced by TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT in association with Tony Cacciotti, TheaterWorks, 7/97; Cambridge Theatre Company at the Hasty Pudding, Cambridge, MA, 8/97.

Westchester Broadway Dinner Theater
A Wonderful Life directed by William Wesbrooks 11/01.

Williamstown Theatre Festival (Nikos Stage)
The Big Knife, Directed by Joanne Woodward, 6/98.

Williamstown Theater Festival's Free Theatre
Romeo and Juliet, By William Shakespeare, Directed by Neel Keller, 7/95.

   
 

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