James C. Swonger (Sound Designer) has designed sound for many Cleveland Play House productions including The Good Peaches (world premiere); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Breath and Imagination; Good People; The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith; Bell, Book and Candle; The Game’s Afoot (world premiere); Bill W. and Dr. Bob; Heaven’s My Destination (world premiere); Noises Off!; Gee’s Bend; The Chosen; and I Am My Own Wife. Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program credits include The Fifth of July; The Philadelphia Story, The Three Sisters, Twelfth Night, and An Orchard. Additional credits include Cleveland’s Lyric Opera Company, Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Centerstage Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, Cleveland State University Summer Stages, and premiere productions of why i had to dance, The Tragic Demise of the Whaleship Essex and Swinging on a Star: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Burke.

He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Design for the Theater from the University of Connecticut and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Technical Design and Production from Yale University.