The Survival Project, UC Irvine Drama, 2019 (Sound Design/Composition)

Based on the The Negro Motorist Green Book by Victor Hugo Green, The Survival Project was a devised piece that centered around themes of racism and exclusion. The sound and music were designed to explore the beauty in dissonance and the dissonance in beauty.

Directed by: Mihai Măniuţiu

Scenic Design: Hannah Tran

Lighting Design: Nita Mendoza

Projection Design: Morgan Embry

Costume Design: Ashton Montgomery

Winter’s Tale, Dallas Theater Center, 2018 (Associate Sound Design)

As Dallas extension of the New York Public Works program, Winter’s Tale featured a New Orleans style marching band, and African drum and dance ensemble, a drag show, and members of the Dallas/Fort Worth community ranging from age 6-96.

Directed by: Kent Gash

Scenic Design: Jason Sherwood

Lighting Design: Dawn Chiang

Costume Design: Mari Taylor

Sound Design: Andrea Allmond

Mrs. Packard, UC Irvine Drama, 2018 (Composition)

Emily Mann’s portrayal of Elizabeth Packard’s struggle to prove her sanity called for an eerie, delicate score. I used plucked stringed instruments to support the 1860’s, mid-America setting for the show.

Directed by: Melissa Livingston

Scenic Design: Travis O. Deck

Lighting Design: Sarah Resch

Costume Design: Gwyn Conaway

Sound Design: Ning Guo

All Mrs. Packard photo credits: Paul Kennedy

Princess and the Players, Texas Shakespeare Festival, 2015 (Sound Design/Composition)

This story follows Peach through a magical forest as she looks for her lost family. For the show, I wanted to make music that kids could relate to, so I orchestrated this show using classroom instruments. There are a few nods to the rest of the season in the preshow music (Little Bird, Little Bird - Man of La Mancha, O Mistress Mine - Twelfth Night).

Directed by: Jason Richards

Scenic Design: Sam Transleau

Lighting Design: Kevin Allinder

Costume Design: Amy Cole