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Michael Schweikardt
Michael Schweikardt enjoys a successful career as a set designer for opera and theatre companies across the United States and abroad. He recently received his Masters of Fine Arts from The Penn State University School of Theatre in scenic design with an emphasis on pedagogy and academic writing. He is co-creator and co-editor of Prompt: A Journal of Theatre Theory, Practice and Teaching; he serves as an editor for thetheatretimes.com, and he created and curated ‘Designing the Domestic: a photo essay’ for Etudes: An Online Theatre and Performance Studies Journal for Emerging Scholars. Selected published works include the chapter ‘Deep When: A Basic Design Philosophy for Addressing Holidays in Historical Dramas’ for Text and Presentation, 2019, and the chapter ‘Deep Thought: Teaching Critical Theory to Designers’ co-authored with Dr. Jeanmarie Higgins for Teaching Critical Performance Theory. He currently serves as an adjunct professor for Penn State. His design work can be viewed at
Contact: The Pennsylvania State University, 116 Theatre Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.