Is a scenic designer who estimates:
He’s designed sets for 99 theater productions.
Thinks tight budgets are:
“A great tool for editing.”
Says the complicated sexual relationships at the old Annex Theatre:
Were once diagrammed on a pizza box during a party.
Scenic designer Matt Smucker talks about objects as if they have rich inner lives. In his world, a cement block can “gesture,” the corner of a room can be “aggressive,” and a void can have “style.” While many designers simply decorate their stages…

