David Schweizer

{{Short description|American theatre director (1949/1950–2024)}}

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| birth_date = 1949 or 1950

| birth_place = United States

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2024|12|04|74}}

| death_place = United States

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| occupation = Theatre director

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| website = {{URL|http://davidschweizer.com}}

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David Schweizer (1949 or 1950 – December 5, 2024) was an American theatre director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-22-ca-1821-story.html|title=Different Is Good : In theaters large and small, director David Schweizer likes to tailor each production into a unique event|first=Jan|last=Breslauer|date=November 22, 1992|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.operasaratoga.org/david-schweizer|title=David Schweizer|website=Opera Saratoga}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/david-schweizer-theater-maker/|title=David Schweizer, Theater Maker - LA Weekly|first=Judith|last=Lewis|date=April 17, 2002|website=www.laweekly.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://latw.org/artist-public-profile/david-schweizer|title=David Schweizer | LATW|website=latw.org}}{{Cite web|author=BACKSTAGE STAFF|date=March 25, 2013|work=Backstage|url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/great-acting-class-sky-33009/|title=THAT GREAT ACTING CLASS IN THE SKY}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/theater/megan-mullally-and-nick-offerman-team-up-in-annapurna.html|title=Co-Stars Again, but Hardly Strangers|first=Rob|last=Weinert-Kendt|date=April 3, 2014|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city/news/02-2012/david-schweizer-to-direct-tennessee-williams-in-ma_50645.html/|title=Shirley Knight to Star in David Schweizer’s Production of Tennessee Williams’ In Masks Outrageous and Austere - TheaterMania.com|date=March 4, 2012}}

Schweizer died on December 5, 2024, at the age of 74.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/12/15/david-schweizer-dies/|title=David Schweizer, theater director who championed emerging playwrights, dies|first=Jacques|last=Kelly|date=December 15, 2024}}