Sound Designer

 

Master of Fine Arts – UMKC, May 2010

Bachelor of Fine Arts - University of Utah May 2006

 

 

MerlinJwizard@Hotmail.com

 

 

801-358-6434  

 

Selected Design Experience

Broke-ology Sound Designer Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2010
A Midsummer Night's Dream Sound Designer U. of Missouri-Kansas City 2010
Farragut North Sound Designer Unicorn Theatre 2009
Into the Woods Assistant Sound Designer Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2009
The Borderland Assistant Sound Designer Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2009

Surfacing: An Original Series in Three Episodes

Producer/Sound Designer Chatterbox Audio Theater 2009
Great Expectations Sound Designer U. of Missouri-Kansas City 2009
The Three Musketeers Sound Designer Colorado Shakespeare Festival 2008

The Cure at Troy

Sound Designer

U. of Missouri-Kansas City

2008

All in the Timing

Sound Designer

U. of Missouri-Kansas City

2007

Cabaret

Sound Designer/Engineer Stages St. Louis 2006
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown Sound Designer/Engineer Stages St. Louis 2006
Grease Sound Designer/Engineer Stages St. Louis 2006

On the Razzle

Sound Designer

University of Utah

2006

Richard the Third

Sound Designer

University of Utah

2005

Wicked City Blues

Sound Designer/Engineer

Utah Musical Theatre

2005

Side by Side by Sondheim

Sound Designer/Engineer

Utah Musical Theatre

2005

Kiss Me Kate

Sound Designer/Engineer

Utah Musical Theatre

2005

The Glass Menagerie

Sound Designer/Engineer

University of Utah

2005

The Least of These

Sound Designer/Engineer

University of Utah

2004

Pal Joey

Sound Designer/Engineer

Utah Musical Theatre

2004

Triumph of Love

Sound Designer/Engineer

Utah Musical Theatre

2004

 

Additional Audio Experience (Selected)

Sound Supervisor Pre-Season Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2009
Wireless Mic Technician Anything Goes Starlight Theatre 2009
Sound Engineer Marry Rippon Outdoor Theatre Colorado Shakespeare Festival 2008
Staff Sound Engineer Season Kansas City Rep 2006-07

Resident Sound Engineer

Marriot Center for Dance

University of Utah

2004-06

Sound Board Op.

Beauty and The Beast

Pioneer Theatre Company

2004

Sound Board Op.

Evita

Pioneer Theatre Company

2004

Asst Sound Engineer

Zorro

Utah Musical Theatre

2004

 

 

Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO Master of Fine Arts - Sound Design for Live Theatre GPA 3.52 2007-2010

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Performing Arts Design Program (Sound Emphasis)  GPA 3.49

2004-2006

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

Theatre, Political Science Double Major - GPA 3.1

2000-2001

 

Special Skills

Pro-Tools, SFX, Vegas, Sound Forge, Acid, Q-Lab, Show Control Systems, Waves, Altiverb, Kontakt, Toast Titanium, Recording, Live Mixing, Yamaha PM-5D and O1V96, Analog Sound Boards,  Mics, EQ., Compression, Live Mixing, Engineering, FX processing, Sound Effects Editing etc.

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

 

Honors and Awards

Best Editing: Queen of Diamonds

The Kansas City 48-Hour Film Project

2009

Stern Fellowship University Missouri-Kansas City

2007-2010

Keith M. Engar Scholarship

University of Utah

2005-2006

KC/ACTF Design in Production Award

The Least of These

2005

KC/ACTF Regional Design Finalist

The Least of These

2005

Eagle Scout Award (With Gold Palm) Boy Scouts of America

1998

 

References

Carolyn Howarth

Kyle Hatley

Tom Mardikes

Artistic Director

Assistant Artistic Director

Head of Sound

The Foothill Theatre Company

Kansas City Repertory Theatre

U. of Missouri-Kansas City

530-265-9320

816-419-1022

816-235-2784

carolyn@foothilltheatre.org

hatleyk@umkc.edu

MardikesT@umkc.edu

 

 

 

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