Member Directory

Master of Fine Arts, Theatre Sound Design and Technology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2013

Bachelor of Arts, Music

University of Wisconsin-Parkside

2008

Sound Superivisor

American Players Theatre

2015-present

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Syracuse University

BFA in Musical Theatre

1984-1988

London Academy of Musical and Dramatic Arts

London, UK

1988

Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts

London, UK

1988

Head of Sound Design

The Theatre School at DePaul University

2009-current

Best Sound Design of a Play - Baskerville

SALT Award

2016

Outstanding Sound Design - The White Road

Joseph Jefferson Award

2015

Outstanding Sound Design - Mary's Wedding

Joseph Jefferson Award

2010

Outstanding Sound Design - The Mark of Zorro

Joseph Jefferson Award

2009

Outstanding Incidental Music - The Island of Dr. Moreau

Joseph Jefferson Award

2008

Outstanding Sound Design - The Shadow

Joseph Jefferson Award

2004

Outstanding Sound Design - The Shadow

After Dark Award

2004

Outstanding Sound Design - Fiddler on the Roof

After Dark Award

2004

Outstanding Sound Design - Around the World in 80 Days

Joseph Jefferson Award

2002

Best Ensemble - WRENS

Joseph Jefferson Award

1996

Certificate in Technical Theater

Yale School of Drama

Technical Internship Certificate – Conferred 2016

Relevant Classes: Production Sound Design Boot Camp, Introduction to Sound Design, Individual Music Lessons: Composition, Sound Design Production Organization, Production Sound Design & Technology, Recording Arts

Sound Focus

2015 - 2016

Bachelor of Liberal Arts

Sarah Lawrence College

Liberal Arts Degree with a focus in Technical Theater and Sound Design – Conferred 2008

Relevant Classes: Sound and Music for the Theater I, Gateway to Theater: Technology, The Director/Designer Dialogue, Sound and Music for the Theater II, Stage Design I, Costume Design I, The Anthropology of Sound, Lighting Design I, Costume Design II, Sound Design III, Internship: Practical Study in Sound Design, Sound Design IV, Sound Design Conference, Advanced Costume Design Conference, Advanced Sound Conference – Pro Tools, Lighting Design II

2004 - 2008

Outstanding Sound Design Nomination – Deliverance

The Drama Desk Organization

2015

Henry Hewes Design Award for Notable Effects Nomination– Deliverance

American Theater Wing

2015

Outstanding Sound Design Nomination– The Pilo Family Circus

The Drama Desk Organization

2013

NYIT for Outstanding Sound Design Nomination – The Pilo Family Circus

The Innovative Theater Foundation

2013

Richard III

Great River Shakespeare Festival

Doug Scholz-Carlson

June 23 - July 30, 2017

The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin

History Theatre

Mei Ann Teo

March 18 - April 9, 2017

We Are Proud to Present...

Guthrie Theater

Taibi Magar

February 21 - March 12, 2017

The Children

Pillsbury House Theatre

Noel Raymond

September 16 - October 16, 2016

Bachelor of Arts

University of Iowa

1997 - 1999

McKnight Theatre Artist Fellow

McKnight Foundation

2017-2018

Keeper Award

Metro Magazine

2010

Bachelor of Arts, "Music, Media, and Communications"

SUNY Buffalo

Bachelor of Arts

Brown University

Graduated Spring 2002

Martian Chronicles

Theater C

Carlos Armesto

ongoing

MFA - Musical Theater Writing

New York University / Tisch School of the Arts Musical Theater Writing Program

1993

Bachelor of Music - Music Composition and Theory

Miami University, Oxford, OH,

1984

Composer / Sound Designer for Theater

ORIGINAL MUSIC and SOUND DESIGN for THEATER

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE dir. by Tina Packer; Shakespeare & Co, Lenox MA June 2016

THE TEMPEST dir. Ann Hering ; Orlando Shakespeare, January 2016

TIS PITY SHE’S A WHORE (reading/Gala) dir. by Jesse Berger; Red Bull Theater NYC October 2013

THE TEMPEST dir. by Jim Helsinger; Pennsylvania Shakespeare, June 2012

THE WITCH OF EDMONTON dir. by Jesse Berger; Red Bull Theater NYC January 2011

A MIDSUMMERNIGHT’S DREAM dir. by Eleanor Holdridge; Shakespeare & Co, Lenox MA June 2007

REVENGER’S TRAGEDY dir. by Jesse Berger; Red Bull Theater NYC December 2005

ANTHONY & CLEOPATRA dir by Jim Helsinger; Orlando Shakespeare, March 2004

LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST dir. by Eleanor Holdridge; Juilliard Drama Theater (4th Year) NYC, February 2004

THE GOLEM dir. by Larry Sacharow; Manhattan Ensemble Theater NYC, April 2002

THIN WALLS dir. by Elizabeth Margid; 78th Street Theater Lab, NYC May 2002

HENRY V dir. by Johnny Epstein; Shakespeare & Co, Lenox MA, June 2002

TWELFTH NIGHT dir. by Stephen Burdman; NYClassic Theater in Central Park, NYC, June 2002

THE TEMPEST dir. by Michael Carleton; Orlando Shakespeare, October 2002

THE TEMPEST dir. by Eleanor Holdridge; Shakespeare & Co, Lenox MA August 2001

THREE SISTERS dir. by Larry Sacharow; Fordham Univ. NYC, Oct 2001

A BLINDING LIGHT by Wm. Mastrosimone, dir. by Julie Boyd; Passage Theater, Trenton NJ, May 2000

TWELFTH NIGHT dir. by Eleanor Holdridge; Shakespeare & Co, June 2000

TWELFTH NIGHT dir. by Eleanor Holdridge; USC Sept 2000

RICHARD III dir. by Russ Treyz; Pennsylvania Shakespeare, May 2000

6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR dir. Eva Patton   Fordham Univ., Oct 2000

THE BEARD   dir. by Larry Sacharow; La MaMa NYC, Sept 1999

ANGELS IN AMERICA   dir. by Julie Boyd; Fordham Univ. , Oct 1999

HENRY V dir by Michael Carleton; Orlando Shakespeare, March 1999

TWELFTH NIGHT dir. by Russ Treyz; Orlando Shakespeare, March 1999

MIDSUMMERNIGHT’S DREAM   dir. by Russ Treyz; Merrimack Repertory Company, Lowell MA, April 1999

THE WILD DUCK   dir. by Elizabeth Margid; NYPA/Bulldog NYC, Oct 1998

MIDSUMMERNIGHT’S DREAM   dir. by Larry Sacharow; Fordham Univ., Oct 1998

HENRY IV dir. by Russ Treyz; Orlando Shakespeare, April 1998

RICHARD III   dir by Jim Helsinger; Orlando Shakespeare, April 1997

NOT FOR CHILDREN by Elmer Rice; Theater Asylum, Gene Frankel Theater Feb 1997

SECOND HAND SMOKE by Mac Wellman; dir by Matthew Maguire, Fordham Univ. , Oct 1996

ADOLF BECKH Music for monologues by Hugh Palmer; Franklin Furnace Feb 1992; Dangerous Ideas Festival Oct 1990

CYRANO DE BERGERAC by Edmund Rostand; Riverside Shakespeare Company, NYC June 1989

1989-2017

Composer for Opera, Music Theater, and Film

MUSIC THEATER and OPERA SCORES

THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES (book/lyrics Elizabeth Margid; based on the book by Ray Bradbury)

Full-length music-theater piece; reading Orlando UCF Shakespeare Festival 2006; workshop – Fordham Alumni Theater Company, Fordham University Lincoln Center 2008; NYC Cornelia Street Café Cabaret 2013; ARS NOVA NYC reading January 2015; Miami University Opera Theatre production September 2015

www.martianchroniclesmusictheater.com

LAUGHING PICTURES – A HOLLYWOOD ODYSSEY (book/lyrics Matthew Maguire)

Full-length musical; produced at Fordham University Lincoln Center April 2008

staged readings PUBLIC Theater NYC August 2004, FLEA Theater NYC July 2003 & 2005

THE JUNGLE BOOK (new musical version)

adaptation & lyrics: April Dawn Gladu; music & lyrics Levy

mainstage production by the Orlando UCF Shakespeare Festival March 2006, 40+ international productions 2006-2016

MOTHER DAUGHTER MOTHER (w/playwright Elizabeth Diggs)

Play w/8 songs for a Courtney Love-type character; staged reading VINEYARD Theater March 2005

CONFESSIONS of a RELUCTANT BUDDHIST (music, lyrics & text: Levy)

90-minute solo performance piece; HERE, NYC January 2002

THE SINGING – A Cyberspace Opera (playwright: Lenora Champagne; lyrics by Champagne & Levy)

8 characters and chorus, dur: 2 hrs. Staged readings presented by Dance Theater Workshop (Sept 97 NYC), New Dramatists (October 98 NYC), and the York Theater (Oct 99 NYC) directed by Eleanor Holdridge;

Winner of the 1999 Richard Rodgers Award in Music Theater

ORIGINAL MUSIC for FILM

TOMORROW: A Look Ahead (the upturn will be sizable, but not as exuberant as otherwise) (3 min) with collaborating filmmaker Julie Winokur, commissioned by the Hermitage Artists Retreat for Symphony Space, November 2013

QUIERO SER PAYASO (5 min) writer/director Elvira Carrizal

continous music for an otherwise silent film; September 2006 – winner – Ford/Mercury National Student Film Award 2006

SHADAYIM (16 min) writer/director Richard Haber- a klezmer score featuring Frank London on trumpet; September 2006

NATURALIZED (9 min) writer/director Julia Kots – winner: Columbia University Film Festival Faculty Award; March 2006

THE BLUE DIE (5 min) writer/director Robert Snow

continuous music and sound design; May 2006 – winner: Film of Highest Distinction, Siouxland Film Festival 2006

INTIMATE SHIFT (65 min) music and images: Daniel Levy

live performance piece for strings and piano + projected images; HERE, NYC January 2003

Hermitage Artist Residency

The Hermitage Artist Retreat, FL

2008-2014

HARP Artist in Residence

HERE Arts Center NYC

2001-2003

Richard Rodgers Development Award

American Academy of Arts and Letters NYC

1999

Loewe Foundation Award

New Dramatists NYC

1997 & 1998

Lake Placid Residency

New Dramatists NYC

1996

Berlinner Theaterfestspiele Fellowship

Goethe Institute

1991

Project Awards

Meet The Composer

1988-1998

The Sweetheart Deal

Los Angeles Theater Center

Dir. Diane Rodrieguz

4/2017-5/2017

Endgame

Kirk Douglas Theater

Dir. Alan Mandell

2016

I Only Have Eyes for You

The Montalbaun Theater

Dir. Kay Cole

2016

The Gospel According to... Discord

Arizona Theater Company

Dir. Matt August

Sex With Strangers

Geffen Theater

Dir. Kimberly Senior

2016

The Seigel

South Coast Rep

Casey Stengel

2017

A Doll's House Part 2

South Coast Rep

Shelley Butler

2017

Yoga Play

South Coast Rep

Crispin Whittell

2017

Next to Normal

East West Players

Nancy Keystone

2017

MFA

California Institute of the Arts

Drama Desk Award- Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

The Drama Desk Organization

2011

Tony Nomination- Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

The American Theatre Wing

2011

Ovation Nomination- I Only Have Eyes for You

LA Stage Alliance

2016

Ovation Nomination- Endgame

LA Stage Alliance

2016

Ovation Nomination- Bent

LA Stage Alliance

2015

The Kinetic Award for Outstanding Achievements in Theatrical Design

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle

2015

Ovation Nomination- Play Dead

LA Stage Alliance

2014

Ovation Nomination- Joe Turner's Come and Gone

LA Stage Alliance

2013

Ovation Nomination- Twist Your Dickens

LA Stage Alliance

2013

Ovation Nomination- Bad Apples

LA Stage Alliance

2013

Ovation Nomination- The Lieutenant of Inishmore

LA Stage Alliance

2010

Ovation Nomination- Grace and Glorie

LA Stage Alliance

2010

Trayf

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Benjamin Kamine

May - June 2017

Daniel's Husband

Cherry Lane Theatre / Primary Stages (New York, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

April 2017

Gently Down the Stream

The Public Theater: Martinson Theater (New York, NY)

Director: Sean Mathias, Sound Designers: Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen

March - May 2017

Kid Victory

Vineyard Theatre (New York, NY)

Director: Liesl Tommy, Sound Designer: Peter Hylenski

February - March

You Will Remember Me

Hudson Stage Company (Armonk, NY)

Director: Dan Foster

October 2016

Daniel's Husband

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

September - October 2016

Dancing Lessons

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Nick Demos

August - September 2016

Nunsense

Harbor Lights Theatre Company (Staten Island, NY)

Director: Bill Castellino

July - August 2016

Buyer & Cellar

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Stephen Nachamie

July 2016

The Immigrant

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

May - June 2016

Animals Out of Paper

Hudson Stage Company (Armonk, NY)

Director: Stephen Nachamie

April - May 2016

Boeing-Boeing

Gulfshore Playhouse (Naples, FL)

Director: Julia Gibson

November 2015

Other Desert Cities

Hudson Stage Company (Armonk, NY)

Director: Dan Foster

October 2015

Priceless

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

October 2015

Drop Dead Perfect

St. Clements (New York, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

August - October 2015

Small World

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

May - June 2015

Outside Mullingar

Hudson Stage Company (Armonk, NY)

Director: Dan Foster

April - May 2015

The God Game

Hudson Stage Company (Armonk, NY)

Director: Giovanna Sardelli

October 2014

Drop Dead Perfect

St. Clements (New York, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

July - August 2014

Othello

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Christopher V. Edwards

July - August 2014

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Eric Tucker

July - August 2014

The Liar

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Russell Treyz

July - August 2014

The Fox on the Fairway

White Plains Performing Arts Center (White Plains, NY)

Director: Jeremy Quinn

May 2014

Drop Dead Perfect

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

August 2013

King Lear

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Terrence O'Brien

July - August 2013

All's Well That Ends Well

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Russell Treyz

July - August 2013

The Three Musketeers

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Christopher V. Edwards

July - August 2013

Othello (Educational Tour)

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Christopher V. Edwards

February - May 2013

Working on a Special Day

59E59 / The Play Company (New York, NY)

Directors: Ana Graham and Antonio Vega

January - February 2013

Stones in His Pockets

Hudson Stage Company (Briarcliff Manor, NY)

Director: Dan Foster

November - December 2012

The Good Mother

Theatre Row: Acorn Theatre / The New Group (New York, NY)

Director: Scott Elliott, Sound Designer: Bart Fasbender

October - December 2012

The How and the Why

Penguin Rep (Stony Point, NY)

Director: Joe Brancato

October 2012

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Terrence O'Brien

July - August 2012

Romeo and Juliet

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Christopher V. Edwards

July - August 2012

The 39 Steps

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Russell Treyz

July - August 2012

Talley’s Folly

Hudson Stage Company (Briarcliff Manor, NY)

Director: Dan Foster

April - May 2012

Russian Transport

Theatre Row: Acorn Theatre / The New Group (New York, NY)

Director: Scott Elliott, Sound Designer: Bart Fasbender

January - March 2012

God of Carnage

Hudson Stage Company (Briarcliff Manor, NY)

Director: Dan Foster

November 2011

Burning

Theatre Row: Acorn Theatre / The New Group (New York, NY)

Director: Scott Elliott, Sound Designer: Bart Fasbender

October - December 2011

The Little Prince

New Victory Theater

Director: Susan D. Atkinson

October 2011

Hamlet

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Terrence O'Brien

July - August 2011

The Comedy of Errors

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Kurt Rhoads

July - August 2011

Around the World in 80 Days

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Christopher V. Edwards

July - August 2011

Julius Caesar (Educational Tour)

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Christopher V. Edwards

February - May 2011

The Little Prince

Bristol Riverside Theatre (Bristol, PA)

Director: Scott Hitz

January - February 2011

Blood From a Stone

Theatre Row: Acorn Theatre / The New Group (New York, NY)

Director: Scott Elliott, Sound Designer: Bart Fasbender

December 2010 - February 2011

The Little Prince

Cape May Stage (Cape May, NJ)

Director: Scott Hitz

November - December 2010

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Bristol Riverside Theatre (Bristol, PA)

Director: Keith Baker

September - October 2010

The Taming of the Shrew

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (Garrison, NY)

Director: Kurt Rhoads

July - August 2010

Up

Bristol Riverside Theatre (Bristol, PA)

Director: Keith Baker

March - April 2010

The Foreigner

Bristol Riverside Theatre (Bristol, PA)

Director: Keith Baker

January - February 2010

Master of Music

New York University

2009

Bachelor of Music

University of Miami

1994

LA Critics Circle Dramalogue Award for Sound Design

Old Globe Theatre

1988

Bachelor of Arts in Music

Swarthmore College

2005-2009

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Swarthmore College

2005-2009

PerelsteinResume

Outstanding Sound Design

Barrymore Awards

2014

(most recent) - Santa Monica Artist Fellowship

Santa Monica Arts Commission

2016-17

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Northern Kentucky University

I completed my BFA in Theatrical Design and Technology with a primary focus in Sound Design and Technology

2008 - 2012

Master of Fine Arts

University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music

I completed my MFA in Sound Design under the guidance and mentorship of Jeremy J. Lee, Brad Berridge, and Jason Sebastian.

2013 - 2016

Men on Boats

Playwrights Horizons

Will Davis

July 20th- Aug 21st 2016

Yours Unfaithfully

Mint Theater

Jonathan Bank

Dec 27th - Feb 18th, 2017

Rear Window

Hartford Stage

Darko Tresnjak

Oct 22th - Nov 15th, 2016

A Taste of Honey

Pearl Theater

Austin Pendleton

Sept 6th - Oct 30th, 2016

Ironbound

Rattlestick/Women's Project

Daniella Topol

March 3- April 24th, 2016

Jackie

Women's Project

Tea Alagic

Feb 24- March 31st, 2013

The Crucible

Cleveland Playhouse

Laura Kepley

Oct 10th - Nov 8th, 2015

The Price

Triad Stage

Preston Lane

Jan 29th - Feb 19th, 2017

En el tiempo de las Mariposas

Repertorio Espanol

Jose Zayas

ongoing

Bachelor of Arts

Harvard College

Master of Fine Arts - Sound Design, Sound Engineering

Yale School of Drama

Drama Desk

Theater for a New Audience - Tamburlaine

2015

Connecticut Critics Circle

Hartford Stage - Hamlet

2015

Henry

Denver Center - The Catch

2011

Bessie

Comme Toujours, Here I Stand

2010

Premios ACE Award

Repertorio Espanol

2012

Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with emphasis in Sound Design and Technology

University of Missouri - Kansas City

2007 - 2010

Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with emphasis in Design and Technical Production

Western Michigan University

2002 - 2007

Freelance Sound Designer

BGS Sound Design

2007 - present

Lecturer; Audio Engineer and Asst. Production Manager

University of North Carolina at Charlotte - College of Arts + Architecture

2011 - present

Festival Sound Designer and Audio Engineer

Texas Shakespeare Festival

2008 - 2012

Festival Audio Engineer

Texas Shakespeare Festival

Summer 2007

Outstanding Sound Design - Drama

Metrolina Theatre Association

2013

Music as a Chariot

Routledge Books

Target Publish Date: March, 2018

Master of Fine Arts

Purdue University

1980

Professor

Purdue University

1980 - Present

Distinguished Achievementin Sound Design and Technology

USITT

2017