Rowing To America: The Immigration Project

Scene Design by C. Otis Sweezey
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - 2001

Miss Julie

by August Strindberg
Vassar College

My First Professional Design


Starring Meryl Streep when she was an undergraduate student)

The Servant of Two Masters

by Carlo Goldoni
Equity Library Theatre, New York City

My First New York Design

Click Here to see The New York Time Review for
The Servant of Two Masters
Designed by C. Otis Sweezey

 

Resume of Productions Designed

All of the following productions where produced at
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville unless stated otherwise.

 

2019-

"Bernstein’s Candide" – Set Designer – Union Avenue Opera – St. Louis, MO
"Voices from the Front" – Set Designer

2018-

"Transferred: A Story About Life and Death" – Set Designer – The Rogue Theatre – Alton, IL

2015 -

"Since Africa" – Set Designer
"Venus" – Set Designer

2014 -

"Life is a Dream" – Costume Designer

2013 -

"Entertaining Mr. Sloane" – Set Designer – Set Designer – Hot City Theatre, St. Louis, MO

2012 -

"As You Like It" – Set Designer – Washington University of St. Louis

2011 -

"Intelligent Life" – Set Designer – Hot City Theatre, St. Louis, MO

2010 -

"Miss Julie" – Set Designer

2009 -

"Good 'N' Plenty"– Costume Designer

2008 -

"Lower Depths " - Set Designer
"The Trip to Bountiful " - Set Designer

2007 -

"Fat Pig " - Set Designer - Hot City Theatre, St. Louis, Missouri.
"Fusión de Carnaval en Santiago de Cuba" - Dance piece. - Costume Designer

2006 -

"The Pirates of Penzance" - Set & Projections Designer

2004 -

"Grease" - Costume Designer

2003 -

"Little Shop of Horrors" - Audrey II - Plant Designer

2002 -

"Ain't Misbehavin'" - Set Designer
"Nunsense" - Set Designer

2001 -

"Rowing to America: The Immigrant Project" - Set Designer
"The Wizard of Oz" - Set Designer

2000 -

"Working" - Set Designer
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" - Set Designer
"The Good Woman of Setzuan" - Set Designer

1999 -

"The King and I" - Set Designer
"Hamlet" - Set Designer

1998 -

"Blue Window" - Set Designer
"Shadow Box" - Set Designer
"The Music Man" - Set Designer
"Brigadoon" - Set Designer

1997 -

"Annie" - Sound Designer
"The Sound of Music" - Set Designer
"Museum" - Multi-Media Designer

1996 -

"Oliver" - Set Designer
"Oklahoma" - Set Designer
"The Seagull" - Set Designer

1995 -

"Pirates of Penzance" - Set Designer
"Man of La Mancha" Set Designer
"Meet Me in St. Louis" - Set Designer

1994 -

"Jesus Christ Superstar" - Illinois High School Theatre Festival - Set Designer
"Tartuffe" - Set Designer
"Crimes of the Heart" - Set Designer
"Nunsense" - Set Designer
"Pride of Bushwhacker" - Set Designer

1993 -

"West Side Story" - Set Designer
"Romeo and Juliet" - Mask Designer and Computer Graphics Artist
"A Day in Hollywood, a Night in the Ukraine" - Costume Designer
"Dance in Concert" - Computerized Dance Piece

1992 -

"Noises Off" - Set Designer
"Pump Boys and Dinettes" - Set Designer

1991 -

"A Streetcar Named Desire - Multi-Media Designer
"I Ought to be in Pictures" - Set Designer Costume Designer
"A Christmas Carol" - Set Designer
"Taming of the Shrew" - Makeup Designer

1990 -

"Dance in Concert" - Costume Designer & Multi-Image Artist
"Three Penny Opera" - Assistant Lighting Designer
"1940's Radio Hour" - Set Designer
"Grease" - Set Designer

1989 -

"Caucasian Chalk Circle - Costume Designer
"Death Trap" - Set Designer
"Diamond Studs" - Set Designer
"Dance in Concert" - Costume Designer & Multi-Image Artist
"Macbeth" - Arts League's Players - Set Designer

1988 -

"Greater Tuna" - Set Designer
"Little Shop of Horrors" - Audrey II - Plant Designer
"The Foreigner" - Set Designer

1987 -

"Pippin" - Set Designer
"Scapino" - Costume Designer
"Ondine" - Set Designer & Costume Designer
"Guys and Dolls" - Set Designer

1986 -

"The Butler Did It" - Set Designer
"Brigadoon" - Set Designer
"Dark at the Top of the Stairs" - Set Designer

1985 -

"Anything Goes" - Set Designer
"Thieves" - Set Designer
"The Roar of the Grease Paint, The Smell of the Crowd" - Set Designer

1984 -

"My Fair Lady" - Set Designer
"Twelfth Night" - Set Designer
"The Stronger" - Set Designer
"Miss Julie" - Set Designer

1983 -

"Sea Scape" - Costume Designer
"6 RMS RIV VU" - Set Designer
"Blithe Spirit" - Set Designer
"The Would Be Gentleman" - Costume Designer

1982 -

"Bare Foot in the Park" - Set Designer
"South Pacific" - Set Designer
"Mad Woman of Chaillot" - Set Designer
"Sweet Charity" - Lighting Designer

1981 -

"Pretty Fools and Peasantry" - Mid America Dance Company - Costume Designer
"Picnic" - Set Designer
"Oliver" - Set Designer & Costume Designer
"Apple Tree" - St. Louis Community College - Set Designer & Costume Designer

1980 -

"Travesties" - Lighting Designer
"Kiss Me Kate" - Set Designer & Costume Designer
"Dance: in Concert' - Lighting Designer & Costume Designer

1979 -

"Plaza Suite" - Set Designer
"Mouse Trap" - Lighting Designer
"Bus Stop" - Lighting Designer
"Romeo and Juliet" - Set Designer
"Tango" - Set Designer
Robin Costume - Robin Shoes TV Commercial - Costume Designer

1978 -

"A Company of Wayward Saints" - Costume Designer
"You Can't Take It With You" - Set Designer
"The Matchmaker" - Set Designer
"Cabaret" - Costume Designer

1977 -

"Dance in Concert" - Lighting Designer
"The Lady's Not For Burning" - Lighting Designer
"Night of the Iguana" - Set Designer
"The Miser" - Scene Design

1976 -

"The Balcony" - Set Designer & Costume Designer
"Carnival" - Set Designer
"Volpone" - Set Designer
"Anything Goes" - Costume Designer

1975 -

"Major Barbara" - Costume Designer
"Carmen Jones" - Lighting Designer

1974 -

"Taming of the Shrew" - Set Designer


Any corrections or responses, please sent to osweeze@siue.edu

2019 © C. Otis Sweezey