SLG DESIGN & CREATIVE TALENT,
STEVE & SAM GILLIAM

Scenic Designers

Steve dropped a chemistry class in college that required he find another major.  Across campus at the University of Northern Iowa, Steve discovered his passion in the theatre department.  Along the way, Steve met Sam while teaching at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.  They have collaborated as a design team for over 30 years.  While designing for the St. Louis MUNY, they met a cyclone of creative energy: Keith Cromwell.  The rest of the tale is one of a beloved friendship and an enduring artistic relationship.  The Gilliams’ design credits include 72 designs for the MUNY; four national tours of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; multiple designs for touring shows, regional and international theatres, as well as theme parks. Both now retired from teaching at Trinity, Sam continues work as a performance artist while Steve designs butterfly gardens in San Antonio with three dogs and feeds a colony of feral cats who come for breakfast and dinner.