SOUND ENGINEERING

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JAGGED LITTLE PILL

*Production Ongoing*

The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio 2026

A2 / Wardrobe

Director: Leda Hoffmann

Music Director: Jonathan Collura

Sound Design: Dave Wallingford

Lighting Design: Kelsey Gallagher

Scenic Design: Dan Gray

Costume Design: Airk McNair

Stage Manager: Jaclyn Benedict

Additional Production Information:

  • Production was housed in a 200+ seat proscenium style theater.

  • 17 person cast.

    • All cast microphones consisted of custom built ear rigs.

ALICE BY HEART

*In Progress*

The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio 2025

A2 / Wardrobe

Director: Leda Hoffmann

Music Director: Jonathan Collura

Sound Design: Dave Wallingford

Lighting Design: Kelsey Gallagher

Scenic Design: Katherine Simon

Costume Design: Mary Yaw McMullen

Stage Manager: Jaclyn Benedict

Additional Production Information:

  • Production was housed in a 200+ seat proscenium style theater.

  • 10 person cast.

    • Cast microphones consisted of hair rigs and custom built ear rigs.

NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

Otterbein Theatre & Dance 2024

A1 / Sound Engineer

Photo by: Isaac Ramsey

Director: Melissa Lusher

Music Director: Lori Kay Harvey

Sound Design: Kitty Mader

Lighting Design: TJ Gerckens

Scenic Design: Isaac Ramsey

Costume Design: Max Cotman

Production Stage Manager: Sarah Short

Stage Manager: Dev Singer

Additional Production Information:

  • Production was housed in a 1000+ seat proscenium style theater.

  • 23 person cast.

  • The musicians in the orchestra used Aviom personal mixers for this production.

  • Selected cast members also preformed as roving musicians.

  • Mixed on Yamaha DM7.

Photo by: Chad DiBlasio

KINKY BOOTS

Weathervane Playhouse 2023

Assistant Sound Designer/Sound Engineer

Director: Nikki Mirza

Music Director: Kevin Wines

Sound Design: Casey Palbicki

Lighting Design: Jennifer Sansfacon

Scenic Design: Jonathan Allender-Zivic

Costume Design: Camille Lerner

Stage Manager: Amelia Ringer

Additional Production Information:

  • This production was put on in a 299 seat, three-quarters thrust theater.

  • 23 person cast.

  • For this summer season, I was the only individual in the sound department. This meant balancing the duties and responsibilities of both the A1 and A2.

  • The sound designer was completely remote for this production.

  • The music aspect of this production was done using prerecorded tracks.

  • Mixed on Yamaha LS9.

Input/Output sheet.

Sound cue sheet.

Photo by: Chad DiBlasio

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

Weathervane Playhouse 2023

Assistant Sound Designer/Sound Engineer

Director: Steven Higginbotham

Music Director: Spencer Stern

Sound Design: Casey Palbicki

Lighting Design: Jennifer Sansfacon & Lea Pick

Scenic Design: Jonathan Allender-Zivic

Costume Design: Camille Lerner

Stage Manager: Amelia Ringer

Additional Production Information:

  • This production was put on in a 299 seat, three-quarters thrust theater.

  • 7 person cast.

  • For this summer season, I was the only individual in the sound department. This meant balancing the duties and responsibilities of both the A1 and A2.

  • The sound designer was completely remote for this production.

  • The music aspect of this production was done live by the performers in the show. The directors of this production preferred the sound coming out of instrument amps rather than having it put directly into the sound system, so the amps were mic’d rather than the instruments themselves. The only exception to this was the piano.

  • Mixed on Yamaha LS9.

Input/Output Sheet.

QLab excerpt.

Photo by: Chad DiBlasio

ELF THE MUSICAL

Weathervane Playhouse 2023

Assistant Sound Designer/Sound Engineer

Director: Jennifer Sansfacon

Music Director: Spencer Stern

Sound Design: Casey Palbicki

Lighting Design: Jonathan Allender-Zivic

Scenic Design: Jennifer Sansfacon

Costume Design: Camille Lerner

Stage Manager: Amelia Ringer

Additional Production Information:

  • This production was put on in a 299 seat, three-quarters thrust theater.

  • 20 person cast.

  • For this production, I was the only individual in the sound department. This meant balancing the duties and responsibilities of both the A1 and A2.

  • The sound designer was completely remote for this production.

  • The music aspect of this production was done using prerecorded tracks.

  • For this production, I was also responsible for QLab video programming and playback.

  • Mixed on Yamaha LS9.

Sound cue sheet.

Input/Output sheet.

Photo by: Isaac Ramsey

BRIGHT STAR

Otterbein Theatre & Dance 2023

Assistant Sound Designer / A1

Director: David Caldwell

Music Director: Lori Kay Harvey

Sound Design: Kitty Mader

Lighting Design: TJ Gerckens

Scenic Design: Isaac Ramsey

Costume Design: Anna Grywalski

Stage Manager: Alex Munzke

Additional Production Information:

  • Entire production moved from 1,000+ seat proscenium theatre to a 245 seat 3/4 thrust black box stage after production work and rehearsals had begun. This was due to a major flood that occurred on our proscenium stage. The show was redesigned and reworked to suit our new performance space. Additional show dates were added to accommodate our subscribed patrons.

  • The black box theater typically did not need much sound support due to the nature of the space, meaning that there was very little sound equipment in the space to start. This meant that we needed to transport all of the equipment we had in the department from the main theater to the black box and set it up there .

  • 20 person cast.

  • Mixed on Midas M32.

  • Production was designed to be mixed without using DCAs.

QLab excerpt.

The orchestra was set up directly behind the stage along the back wall of the theater. Additional instruments that cannot be seen in the image above were located along the back wall, behind the set walls.

LEWBERGER

Weathervane Playhouse 2023

Sound Engineer

Additional Production Information:

  • I was hired on by the venue as the sound engineer for the Newark, Ohio stop of the Lewberger tour.

  • Performers played various instruments throughout the production. Some musical numbers were performed with live instruments, and others were performed using prerecorded tracks.

  • Performers brought a lot of their own equipment. I was responsible for setting it up with the venue’s in-house sound system and operating it for the performance.

  • Mixed on Yamaha LS9.

Photo by: Mark Mineart

SOMETHING ROTTEN

Otterbein Theatre & Dance 2022

Assistant Sound Designer / A1

Director: Mark Mineart

Music Director: Lori Kay Harvey

Sound Design: Nik Engelhart

Lighting Design: Elliot France

Scenic Design: Edith D. Wadkins

Costume Design: Rebecca White

Stage Manager: Avery Barrett

Additional Production Information:

  • Production was housed in a 1000+ seat proscenium style theater.

  • 27 person cast.

  • Mixed on Yamaha M7CL.

Input/Output list, created by Sound Designer.

Orchestra pit set up.

This production was designed to be mixed without using DCAs. Above are images of the console set up.

Wireless microphones for cast.