Merlin James Alexandre Salisbury is a first year graduate student in the Sound Design program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and an alumni of the University of Utah Performing Arts Design Program. He is the recipient of the ACTF Design in Production Award, the Stern Fellowship and the Engar Scholarship and is single. His credits include being the Production Sound Engineer for Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Sound Designer and Engineer for Stages St. Louis, two seasons as the Sound Designer for Utah Musical Theatre, and the Resident Sound Engineer for the Marriot Center for Dance. Of all his experiences, the greatest and most memorable was the two years he spent serving as a missionary in Taipei Taiwan. Merlin dedicates every show and his entire career to the memory of his father, James Earl Salisbury.

October 2007