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.