Steve Schepker is a Professor of Theatre at SLU, where he oversees all scenic and lighting design for all Southeastern Theatre productions. Steve’s work outside of SLU includes scenery and lighting design for LSU Opera, Tulane Summer Lyric, Tennessee Williams Theatre Company, Le Petit Theatre, The NOLA Project, Marigny Opera Ballet, Pensacola Opera, Pine Mountain Music Festival, Shreveport Opera, Tennessee Williams Literary Festival, University of Missouri - Columbia and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He has designed television sets for WYES and WLAE in New Orleans and the Southeastern Channel.
Recently, he was awarded a Big Easy for his scenic design on Baby Doll at Le Petit. He has also received multiple American College Theatre Festival Design Awards for both scenery and lighting. Professor Schepker holds an MFA in Scenic Design and Lighting Design from Western Illinois University and a BS in Theatre and Mass Communication from Lindenwood University.
