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Sasha Schwartz

She/her/hers

Set Designer: THE AMATEURS (Fall 2021), WAYFINDING (Spring 2022), THE SECRETARIES (Spring 2023)

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Contact Information

Salem Campus

Address
Theatre Dept. Guest Artist
900 State St
Salem  OR  97301
U.S.A.

Biography

Set Designer, The Amateurs (Fall 2021)
Set Designer, Wayfinding (Spring 2022)
Set Designer, The Secretaries (Spring 2023)

Sasha (she/her) is a theater scenic designer and artist inspired by family and how spaces tell stories. Selected designs: The Amateurs (Willamette), What the Constitution Means to Me (City Theatre), the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table (KST & CACNOLA), Terminer (New Hazlett Theater), Kentucky (Pittsburgh Playhouse), Heisenberg (Northern Stage), Off Peak (Hudson Stage & 59e59), Pippin (Dartmouth).

Sasha is an advocate for inclusivity and accessibility within theater teams and more representation of BIPOC and queer voices in the arts industries.

 

Awards and Recognitions
  • 2023 Prague Quadrennial Featured Emerging Designer
  • 2022 Theatre Communications Group Rising Leaders of Color Cohort
  • 2019 USITT Young Designers and Technicians Forum
  • 2019 Lloyd Weninger Award for Stage Design
  • 2019 Scenic Design Fellowship at Chautauqua Theater Company
  • 2021 Pittsburgh Children's Museum Exhibited Fine Artist ('Mixed Family Portrait').

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Education

  • BFA: Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
Willamette University

Theatre

Address
M. Lee Pelton Theatre
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem Oregon 97301 U.S.A.
Phone
503-370-6222