Robert Schmidt

Professor Schmidt has designed scenery for productions of theatre, opera, dance, and television in the United States, Europe and Asia, working with such noted directors as Edward Payson Call, Michael Kahn, Stuart Vaughn, Greg Boyd, Kent Thompson, and Libby Appel. These have included productions for the Alley Theatre, the Huntington Theatre, the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, the Denver Center Theatre, the Great Lakes Theatre Festival, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Cleveland Play House, the Danish State Television, and Café Theatre in Copenhagen. Professor Schmidt also designed the award winning U.S. entry to the 2003 Prague Quadrennial Scenography Exhibition. He has served as a member of the board of directors of the University/Resident Theatre Association, as commissioner for scene design for the US Institute for Theatre Technology, as Associate Editor for Theatre Design and Technology Journal, and as the US delegate to the Scenography Commission of OISTAT (International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects, and Technicians). He currently holds the Frank C. Erwin Jr. Centennial Professorship in Drama and serves as the Interim Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance.