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Michael Schweikardt Biography

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SCENIC DESIGNER, MICHAEL SCHWEIKARDT

Born and raised in New Jersey, Michael chose to combine his love of theater, painting and architecture by studying

set and costume design at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutger's University. He studied with John Jensen,

Desmond Heeley, R. Michael Miller and David Murin. During his time there, Michael worked professionally as a

scenic artist. He was awarded his B.F.A in 1993 and moved to the West Coast where he worked for the Disney

Company as a painter and a draftsperson.

Feeling too far removed from the New York and the Regional Theater Scene, he left Disney in 1994 and spent the

summer with the acclaimed Williamstown Theater Festival. Having the opportunity to work closely with Broadway

caliber actors, designers and directors encouraged him to seek work in New York City and before the summer had

ended Michael was already employed by Playwright's Horizons as Charge Painter for A.R. Gurney's "A Cheever

Evening" (John Lee Beatty, designer). He enjoyed several successful months as a scenic artist before he moved

on to assisting other designers

While working in the studios of Jim Noone, Allen Moyer and Ken Foy, Michael was fortunate enough to be hired by

set and lighting designer Peter Dean Beck and he spent the bulk of those next two years in his studio. It was

during this time that William Doble, General Manager of Blue Light Theater Company, invited Michael to design

the set for his first Off-Broadway show, Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy" directed by JoAnne Woodward. It was a hit

and the first of three productions he would design for Ms. Woodward, including Odets' "Waiting For Lefty" which

starred Marisa Tomei, and "The Big Knife". Michael continued his association with The Blue Light Theater

Company designing memorable productions of "The Seagull" directed by Austin Pendelton, and Michael Cristofer's

"Amazing Grace" starring Marsh Mason. He went on to design "All Under Heaven",Valerie Harper's one woman

show about Pearl S. Buck, Tovah Feldshuh's "Tallulah Hallelujah!" and two successful Theaterworks U.S.A. tours

for director Ted Pappas who brought Michael to The Pittsburgh Public Theater

For Mr. Pappas, Michael has designed acclaimed productions of "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The

Forum", "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf", "H.M.S. Pinafore", "The Pirates Of Penzance" and "You Can't Take It

With You". He also designed the critically acclaimed production of "Tea" for director Pamela Berlin.

Michael has designed for Syracuse Stage, Florida State Opera, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, HB PLaywrights

Foundation, SoHo Rep., The Workhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Theaterworks in Hartford, TheaterVirginia,

Merrimack Rep., Barrington Stage Company, The Emelin, Westchester Broadway Dinner Theater, The Williamstown

Theater Festival, Julliard, and others.

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Scenic Designer

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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

Tallulah Hallelujah!

Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, 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

D reamstuff

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

Evita, Anything Goes, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 2000 Summer Series; The Music Man,

Into The Woods, Mame, 2001 Summer Season; Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Man Of La Mancha, The

Unsinkable Molly Brown, 2002 Summer Season.

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

The Pirates of Penzance directed by Michael McConnell 5/01.

Julliard School of Drama

As You Like It directed by Paul Mullins 4/01.

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

New Jersey Shakespeare Festival

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, 7/98;

Pittsburgh Public Theater

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

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

TheatreVirginia

A Wonderful Life 11/00,

TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT

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 Jos 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

HONORARY BOARD POSITIONS

Blue Light Theater Company, NYC, NY,

Associated Artist/Resident Set Designer, 1998

TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT

Resident Set Designer, 1996/7 Season to present.

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