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 :

Catch Me If You Can | Book by Terrence McNally, Music by Marc Shaiman, & Lyrics by Shaiman & Scott Wittman
White Plains Performing Arts Center | dir. Frank Portanova

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

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

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

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

Swingtime Canteen
Sharon Playhouse | dir. Carl Andress

Legally Blonde
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

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

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