About
Austin Switser is a New York based video designer working internationally to integrate media components in to performance. He is currently designing The Builders Association’s upcoming production of House/ Divided and has also collaborated with the company on recent productions of Jet Lag and Continuous City. Additional design credits include New York Theater Workshop, Second Stage, The Apollo Theatre, Center Theater Group, REDCAT, The Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, and South Coast Repertory. He has also been the Associate Designer for Broadway productions such as American Idiot, Rock of Ages, Sondheim on Sondheim, A Catered Affair and the current production of The People in The Picture. Austin received his degree from CalArts in Video Design for Performance.
| Project | Director | Company/ Location |
| Emilie | Marianne Weems | Spoleto Festival/ Charleston SC |
| The People in The Picture* | Leonard Foglia | Roundabout Theatre Co./ NYC |
| House / Divided | Marianne Weems | The Builders Association/ NYC |
| Soul Leaves Her Body | Peter Flaherty | EMPAC, HERE Arts Center/ NYC |
| Jet Lag | Marianne Weems | The Builders Association/ NYC |
| Sondheim on Sondheim* | James Lapine | Roundabout Theatre Co./ NYC |
| The Starry Messenger | Kenneth Lonergan | The New Group/ NYC |
| Rock of Ages* | Kristen Hanggi | The Brooks Atkinson/ NYC |
| 1969 | Nigel Maister | Alarm Will Sound/ US tour, NYC |
| American Idiot* | Michael Mayer | Berkeley Reparatory Theatre/ CA |
| Ray Charles Live! | Sheldon Epps | The Pasadena Playhouse/ CA |
| Piano Starts Here | Trey Garrett | The Apollo Theatre/ NYC |
| Impressionism* | John Doyle | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre/ NYC |
| Continuous City | Marianne Weems | The Builders Association/ NYC |
| Thurgood* | Leonard Foglia | The Booth Theatre/ NYC |
| A Catered Affair* | John Doyle | The Old Globe, The Walter Kerr/ CA, NYC |
| The History Boys | Paul Miller | Center Theater Group/ CA |
| Monster of Happiness | Richard Alger | Theater Movement Bazaar/ CA |
| Mask | Richard Maltby Jr. | The Pasadena Playhouse/ CA |
| Bell Solaris | Travis Preston | The Center for New Theater, REDCAT/ CA |
| El Conquistador! | Thaddeus Phillips | New York Theater Workshop/ NYC |
| Open Window | Eric Simonson | Deaf West Theatre Company/ CA |
| King Lear* | Travis Preston | The Center for New Theater, REDCAT/ CA |
| Peach Blossom Fan | Chen Shi-Zheng | The Center for New Theater, REDCAT/ CA |
| *associate designer |