Career
He became interested in theatre architecture while a student at Carnegie Mellon University, and worked as an assistant to the scenic designer Jo Mielziner who became the primary influence on his career. He founded Sachs Morgan Studio in 1976 to provide comprehensive theatre planning and design services to the performing arts community. He is co-author of Space for Dance, commissioned in the 1980s by the National Endowment for the Arts, on the design of dance facilities.
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Morgan believes that the job of the Studio is to plan and design theatres that work for their owners, their patrons, and the theatre professionals that use them. And that Studio projects – no matter their size – must create environments that celebrate life"s rituals.
