Thom Weaver

Biography

Notable designs include

• this house is not a home with Nile Harris, 

• Sandra for the Vineyard Theatre, by David Cale and directed by Leigh Silverman, 

• David Lang’s Prisoner of the State for the New York Philharmonic and Barbican, 

• Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s The Total Bent for The Public Theater,

• August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned and Naomi Wallace’s The Liquid Plain for Signature Theatre Company, 

• Teller and Aaron Posner’s The Tempest and Macbeth for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre,

• Branches and Noctuary for Pilobolus,

• Ike Holter’s Exit Strategy for Primary Stages and Philadelphia Theatre Company, and 

• Paula Vogel’s Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq and James Ijames’ Kill Move Paradise for The Wilma Theater.

As artistic director for Flashpoint Theatre Company (2010–2015) in Philadelphia, Weaver designed and produced world premieres of slip/shot by Jacqueline Goldfinger (two Barrymore Awards, including Best New Play); Run, Mourner, Run by Tarrell McCraney (Barrymore Award nominee for Best New Play); The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington by James Ijames (six Barrymore Award nominations, including Best New Play); The Fat Cat Killers by Adam Szymkowicz; The Bends by Megan Mostyn-Brown, and Hands Up by the New Black Fest (two Barrymore Award nominations).

Experience

Weaver has over 20 years’ experience designing for theater in New York City, regionally, and across Europe. He holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from Yale.

His work has been seen at 

• Roundabout Theatre Company, The Joyce, Signature Theatre Company, Cherry Lane Theatre The Committee Theatre, Urban Stages, York Theatre Company, Summer Play Festival, and 37 Arts, all in New York, New York; 

• Arden Theatre, New Paradise Laboratories, The Wilma Theater, Theatre Exile, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, Curtis Institute, Headlong Dance Theater, and The Kimmel Center, all in Philadelphia; 

• Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia;

• Milwaukee Rep, Wisconsin; 

• Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, Massachusetts;

• Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis;

• Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Illinois; 

• Cleveland Playhouse, Ohio; 

• Cal Shakes, Orinda, California; 

• Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk; 

• Portland Center Stage, Oregon; 

• Folger Theatre and Theater J, Washington, D.C.;

• Asolo Rep, Sarasota, Florida; 

• Round House Theatre, Bethesda, Maryland;

• Two River Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey;

• Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, New York; 

• CenterStage, Baltimore, Maryland; 

• Syracuse Stage, New York;

• Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, Massachusetts; 

• Williamstown Theatre Festival, Massachusetts; Ohio Theatre, Columbus;

• Berkshire Opera Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts;

• Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington; 

• Spoleto Festival USA,Charleston, South Carolina;

• City Theatre Company and Pittsburgh Public Theater, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and  

• Yale Repertory, New Haven, Connecticut, as well as internationally in London, Paris, Berlin, and Barcelona.  

His work with Pilobolus (Shadowland 2, Branches, and Echo in the Valley) can be seen currently touring the U.S. and Europe.

Visit Thom Weaver’s website. 

Awards & Accolades

• His designs have been nominated for 29 Barrymore Awards, and have won in 2011 for In the Next Room, 2012 for Knives in Hens, 2014 for Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq, 2017 for Scenery in The Seagull, 2019 for Scenery and Lighting for Gem of the Ocean

• He is also a two-time Jeff Award Winner for The Tempest (2016) and Macbeth (2018); a five-time Helen Hayes Award nominee, winning in 2023 for The Tempest; and a four-time AUDELCO Award nominee, winning for his work on Signature Theatre’s King Hedley II in 2007 and 2014 for How I Learned What I Learned, also at the Signature. 

• He is a member of Wingspace Theatrical Design, an associate artist for The Wilma Theater, and the co-founder of Die-Cast with collaborator Brenna Geffers.