Christopher and Justin Swader are New York-based scenic designers for theatre and live events.

Previous designs in NYC include collaborations with: Primary Stages, Red Bull Theater, Fiasco Theater, Tectonic Theater Project, Mint Theater, The New Victory Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Lincoln Center Education, York Theatre Company, Trusty Sidekick, Penguin Rep, & Mason Holdings.

Their designs have been seen regionally at The Old Globe, Signature Theatre, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Goodspeed Musicals, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Two River Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theatre, Everyman Theatre, People’s Light, Miami New Drama, Dorset Theatre Festival, Weston Theater Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company. Collaborations with A$AP Rocky, Sotheby’s, Big Apple Circus, National Geographic.

They are company members of Mason Holdings, creating intimate, experiential theatre inspired by the unseen and unheard.

Christopher & Justin are recipients of a Lucille Lortel Award nomination, 7 Henry Hewes Design Award nominations, AUDELCO Award, IRNE Award & Carbonell Award. Originally from Indiana, they are graduates of Ball State University. Members of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.

CURRENT & UPCOMING :

Pippin | Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Roger O. Hirson
Signature Theatre | dir. Matt Gardiner

Dear Evan Hansen | Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Book by Steven Levenson
A.C.T. of Connecticut | dir. Scott Schwartz

Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon
Apollo Theater Chicago | dir. David Zippel

Small | by Robert Montano
Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater | dir. Jessi Hill

The Tempest
St. Louis Shakespeare Festival | dir. Rick Dildine

Swingtime Canteenl | Created and Written by Linda Thorsen Bond, William Repicci & Charles Busch
Sharon Playhouse | dir. Carl Andress

Legally Blonde | Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, Book by Heather Hach
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center | dir. Justin Fortunato

Othello
Classical Theatre of Harlem | dir. Carl Cofield

Cagney | Book by Peter Colley, Lyrics by Robert Creighton and Christopher McGovern, Music by Robert Creighton and Christopher McGovern
Bay Street Theater | dir. Will Pomerantz

The Understudy | by Theresa Rebeck
Dorset Theatre Festival | dir. Theresa Rebeck

42nd Street
Sharon Playhouse | dir. Carl Andress

Dear Evan Hansen | Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Book by Steven Levenson
Bay Street Theater | dir. Scott Schwartz

Take Me America | Music and Additional Lyrics by Neil Berg, Book & Lyrics by Bill Nabel
Penguin Rep Theatre | dir. Joe Brancato

Talk | by Theresa Rebeck
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | dir. Melisa Annis

The Da Vinci Code | Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel
Indiana Repertory Theatre | dir. Benjamin Hanna

Helen & Edgar
Documentary Feature (Production Design) | dir. Kristjan Thor & George Dawes Green