Music and Sound Design for Theatre
The following are musical and sonic excerpts created for a number of theatrical productions.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
By William Shakespeare
Power Center, Ann Arbor • Dec 6 - 9, 2012
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Role: Composer with Conor Barry
Director: Malcolm Tulip
"Set at Nevada’s carnival-esque Burning Man Festival - an annual, unbridled celebration of various performance arts - this two-and-a-half-hour “Midsummer” features gender-blind casting, tattoos, mohawks, and a lot of black clothing.
The play’s stories involve a fairy king and queen who are feuding over custody of an adopted baby; four young lovers whose loyalties and feelings shift during the night, thanks to a fairy’s intervention; and a traveling band of actors that plans to perform for the soon-to-be-married Duke Theseus of Athens."
Full production information here.
Reviews:
The Arsonists
By Max Frisch (translated by Alistair Beaton)
DCTV Firehouse, NYC • May 16 - 19, 2014
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Role: Sound Designer
Directed by Emily Lyon
Produced by Zach Perez
Managed by Danielle McKinney
"Mr. Biedermann thinks it's terrible that his town is terrorized by arson but why worry about a big problem like that? The Arsonists is a hilarious indictment of the fact that however decent, kind, intelligent, and well-intended we are, the supreme value which controls most of our lives is complacency. And the need for just a little quiet..."
The Hothouse
By Harold Pinter
Studio One, Ann Arbor • 2013
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Role: Sound Designer
Directed by Emily Lyon
"Set in an enigmatic, bureaucratic facility, The Hothouse explores the questionable humanity of the healthcare system."