This book showcases contemporary US set design by engaging designers with one another, pairing dialogue and imagery from varied experiences and practices.

The design and the designer have a story to tell that goes beyond the immediate collaboration. Readers get an intimate perspective providing insight into a somewhat mysterious world that has been under-valued and under-evaluated. The conversations include designers who are commercially successful, artistically successful, and those who have existed on the fringes of the theatre world whose work is not necessarily definable, and therefore not as visible.

These thirty designers provide the next generation a view into a variety of career paths while also validating and encouraging an appreciation of their diverse artistic accomplishments.

Abigail DeVille

Afsoon Pajoufar

Andromache Chalfant

Chen-Wei Liao

Christine Jones

Collette Pollard

Deb O

Ed Haynes

Hana Kim

Kimie Nishikawa

Laura Jellinek

Linda Buchanan

Louisa Thompson

Markéta Fantová

Marsha Ginsberg

Maureen Weiss

Naomi Kasahara

Narelle Sissons

Nina Ball

Rachel Hauck

Regina García

Sara Outing

Shannon Scrofano

Shing Yin Khor

Sibyl Wickersheimer

Tanya Orellana

You-Shin Chen

Yuri Okahana

Yvonne Miranda