Romy Springsguth, born in Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), is a stage and costume designer for international drama and opera productions. She works in contemporary dance and as a set designer for film productions. She completed her studies in stage design, costume design and scenography at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee under Peter Schubert and Roland Schimmelpfennig in 2006 with her diploma production at the Volksbühne Berlin.
She works closely with Ulrich Rasche (including Agamemnon at the Athens Epidaurus Festival & Residenztheater Munich; Das große Heft at Staatsschauspiel Dresden, invited to the 2019 Berlin Theatertreffen and Elektra at the Grand Theâtre de Genève) as well as Annalena Fröhlich (including Sonder at decoratelier Bruxelles and Dampfzentrale Bern) and Claudia Bossard (including Der Zauberberg at Volkstheater Munich)
In recent seasons, Romy Springsguth has also designed sets, spaces and costumes for productions by Richard Maxwell / New York City Players (Theater Basel / Abrons Art Center New York /TFANA New York), Bernhard Mikeska, Ludger Engels, Julia Lwowski / Musiktheaterkollektiv Hauen & Stechen, Tina Pfurr, Roger Vontobel and Muhammed Kaltuk, among others.
She also works regularly in various artistic collaborations in the Swiss film and theater scene (including VORORT, Cynthia Gonzales, Fröhlich/Gao, Kämpf / Urweider / Schwabenland) and is part of the dance theatre collective deRothfils, with whom she has toured internationally and realized dance performances and films.
Romy Springsguth is designing the stage and costumes for Claudia Bossard's production of GRAF ÖDERLAND at Schauspielhaus Zurich in the 2025/26 season.
