OH TO BE PURE AGAIN
Actor's Express
February 2023
Lighting Designer: Toni Sterling
Sound Designer: Kate Hoang
During a hot summer at a fundamentalist church camp in Texas, an idealistic young counselor works to shepherd the campers in the girls’ cabin through a delicate phase of self-discovery, only to be confronted with challenges to her own faith. The young women find themselves crashing into the uneasy tension between obedience and rebellion in a culture that is obsessed with their sexual purity.
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
Aurora Theatre
May 2023
Lighting Designer: Toni Sterling
Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. You’ll see an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines); this Olivier Award-winning comedy is a hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes. If you loved Noises Off, Boeing, Boeing and Don’t Dress for Dinner, you are going to love this fall-down funny play that is so wrong… it’s right.
“A RIOTOUS EXPLOSION OF COMEDY!” (The Daily Beast), COMIC GOLD! (Variety) and “A GUT-BUSTING HIT,” (New York Times)
TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS
Theatrical Outfit
March 2023
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Lighting Designer: Toni Sterling
HIGH HEART. Based on the New York Times bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed (author of Wild) and adapted by Academy Award nominee Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding), Tiny Beautiful Thingsexplores Strayed’s time as the anonymous, unpaid, advice columnist Dear Sugar. While strangers on the internet tell her their most personal secrets (which they are terrified to even share with their own families), Strayed weaves together her own personal experiences to create a column full of light, laughter, and humanity. Tiny Beautiful Things is “A Theatrical Hug In Turbulent Times” (Variety).
THE BOY WHO KISSED THE SKY
Alliance Theatre
March 2023
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Set in the heart of Seattle to the rhythms that shaped a generation, THE BOY WHO KISSED THE SKY is inspired by the early life and influences of musical icon Jimi Hendrix. In the early era of rock n roll music, we see a young Black boy conjure his creativity as a budding guitarist. Guided by the spirit of music itself, the Boy learns to find harmony inside the challenging noises of his life. Although more mythology than biography, THE BOY WHO KISSED THE SKY is a celebration of our muses and the forces that pull us to be who we are. Told with vibrant music and daring imagination, this new family musical inspires us to dream big when it matters most. Commissioned by Seattle Children’s Theatre in partnership with Alliance Theatre, this highly theatrical play by Idris Goodwin celebrates all the young artists who follow their muse.
BRIGHT STAR
Georgia Ensemble Theatre
March 2023
Sound Designer: Bailey Gafeney
An editor in 1940s North Carolina sets out to find the true story of her difficult history in this homey musical that flits between the present and the past in a heartbeat. The emotional and uplifting Appalachian tale is inspired by a true story and features a gorgeous Tony-nominated bluegrass score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. How far are you willing to go for love?
SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL
Aurora Theatre
March 2023
The electrifying Queen of Disco shot through the stars from gospel choir to dance floor diva. The 5-time Grammy Award-winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend is known for mega-hits like Hot Stuff, Bad Girls and No More Tears (Enough Is Enough). What the world didn’t know was how Donna Summer risked it all to break through barriers, becoming the icon of an era and the inspiration for every music diva who followed.
Sound Designer and Audio Engineer: Jeremiah Davison
GOOD BAD PEOPLE
True Color's Theatre
February 2023
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
June returns home in an attempt to make amends with her family, after her brother, Amiri, is shot by a police officer. But when her family refuses to make a statement and her personal beliefs are questioned, suddenly June is forced into the spotlight and must decide which is more important: making amends with her family or standing up for her brother's life.
THE FACTOTUM
Lyric Opera of Chicago
February 2023
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Assistant Sound Designer: Chris Lane
"New work inspired by Rossini's The Barber of Seville that has grown into a joyful, original piece all its own, commissioned by Lyric. Updating the action to a Black barbershop on Chicago's South Side, this gifted duo has created an irresistibly upbeat work that celebrates the strength of community. The Factotum blends diverse musical styles with boundless imagination to create a soul opera, moving from gospel and funk to rap, hip-hop, classic barbershop quartet, and R&B. Those styles connect brilliantly with classical singing in a very human comedy that redefines everything that opera can be.
WAITING FOR LEFTY
Quintessence Theatre Group
January 2023
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Grab your picket sign and get ready to march! Later banned in Boston and New Haven, the first performance of Waiting for Lefty by the Group Theatre started a riot. The mysterious disappearance of Lefty, the head of the strike committee, during a union meeting prompts a series of flashbacks that reveal the intensely personal reasons behind a group of taxi workers’ rallying call to action. With the fight for living wages and safe, equitable workplaces continuing to cause political debates, Clifford Odets’ iconic collage of the American working class illustrates the power of individual protest and the right to reform.
WOMEN IN JEOPARDY
Georgia Ensemble Theatre
December 2022
Liz, Mary, and Jo--three mutually supportive, single-again-after-40 friends--disagree about Liz's new boyfriend. He's a dentist! A celebrity look-alike! And just possibly...a serial killer?! It’s Sex and The City meets Murder, She Wrote in a hilarious modern comedy.
Sound Designer: Bailey Gafeney
MOTHER OF GOD
Christian Magby in Associations with Bicentennial production
December 2022
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Lighting Designer: Toni Sterling
The story of Jesus Christ is one that will live on in infamy. But very few know or understand the untold story, about the mother that changed the world. Mother of God is an inspired retelling of the sacrifices and lengths that Mary of Nazareth endured to bring into the world, the Savior humanity desperately needed.
It’s an adventure of hope, a test of faith, an evolution of love, and a quest through peril. These are the natures that Mary must go through, to become the person she was always meant to be, the woman she was destined to invoke, the remembered, Mother of God
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Stage Door
December 2023
Santa skipped a house last year and this story is about the ragtag team determined to get to the bottom of it. Join us on the wild adventures of a mouse, an elf, and a spunky little girl who just won’t take no for an answer. Be sure to join us on this joyful tribute to the holiday season!
Sound Designer and Lighting Designer: Johnathan Taylor
FADE
Kitchen Theatre Company
February 2022
Sound Designer: Johnathan Taylor
At her first TV writing job, Lucia, a Mexican-born novelist, struggles to make new friends, contribute to her writers room, and feel at home as the only Latinx employee in a white male-dominated workplace. Lucia comes to befriend Abel, a Mexican American custodian who works the night shift while she stays late hours. As their friendship grows, his personal stories start to blur with her TV scripts leading to unexpected consequences. Charming and poignant, this fast-paced dramedy is a calculated climb from common ground to the top of the ladder.
BRIGHT HALF LIFE
Theatrical Outfit
February 2022
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
What if life came with a rewind button? Pulitzer Prize finalist Tanya Barfield brings the world a kaleidoscopic new play about love, heartbreak, skydiving and the infinite moments that make a relationship. Bright Half Life shares the four-and-a-half-decade story of Vicky and Erica, who meet, fall in love, and go through all the trials and tribulations of marriage and building a family. Pause. Rewind. Fast forward. And hold on to “A Well-Written, Engaging Portrayal Of Smart Women Finding Themselves And Each Other” (The New Yorker).
BEEHIVE
Atlanta Lyric Theatre
February 2022
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Assistant Sound Engineer: Mikaela Fraser
BEEHIVE celebrates the powerful female voices of the 1960’s with such timeless hits as “My Boyfriend’s Back,” “Be My Baby,” “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Proud Mary,” and “Me and Bobby McGee.” Told from the perspective of six young women who come of age in this enigmatic decade, BEEHIVE takes us from their first Beehive Dance to the challenges we faced as a nation. Audiences will want to dance in the aisles as this show never stops moving and grooving with music by the most famous female performers of the 1960’s.
WRONG RIVER
Flint Repertory
February 2022
Directed by: Jeremiah Davison
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Lighting Designer: Jasmine Williams
As the water crisis in Flint, Michigan begins to make national headlines, a young couple struggling to make ends meet scrambles to fight for a better future for their daughter– even if it means losing everything they have. Developed in Flint Rep’s 2020 New Works Festival.
INTIMATE APPAREL
Actor's Express
January 2022
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Assistant Sound Designer: Kate Hoang
Lighting Designer: Toni Sterling
In 1905 New York, an independent woman named Esther creates beautiful lingerie for clients that range from white society mavens on the Upper East Side to prostitutes in the Tenderloin district. As she works toward her dream of opening a beauty salon for Black women, she earns the trust, respect and friendship of her diverse customers. And when she enters into a romantic correspondence with a mysterious pen pal, her quest for empowerment and self-actualization takes unexpected turns. A landmark play from MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Lyric Theatre
August 2021
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Sound Engineer: Mikaela Fraser
Lighting Designer: Toni Sterling
With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
RED SPEEDO
Actor's Express
August 2021
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
On the eve of Olympic qualifying trials, a champion swimmer’s future rests in the balance. If he makes the team he will sign a lucrative endorsement deal worth millions. But when performance-enhancing drugs are found in his team’s locker room fridge, he must tread water past the rumors to avoid losing it all. With rapid-fire dialogue that builds to an electrifying, twist-filled climax, Red Speedo will leave you breathless. From the acclaimed author of A Doll’s House Part 2 and The Christians.
FIRES IN THE MIRROR
Theatrical Outfit
June 2021
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Asst. Sound Designer: Jeremiah Davison
How do you plan for a reckoning? Theatrical Outfit will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Crown Heights riot by bringing Anna Deavere Smith’s (Shonda Rhimes’ For The People) documentary theatre masterpiece to life with soaring theatricality. Taken directly from a series of interviews with over fifty members of the Jewish and Black communities following the historic riots, Fires In The Mirror turns their voices into a tour de force one-woman show starring January LaVoy.
SHAPE
Kitchen Theatre
June 2021
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Meet Puppy, a 47-year-old lifelong East Coast woman who moves to Texas and learns to get strong. Built on adrenaline, determination, transformation, and sweat, this play cracks open fresh conversations about how we relate to our bodies and what we’re capable of accomplishing. Come see Puppy lift weights live on stage in this wildly hilarious, riotously honest, and uniquely feminist new play. This play also features the best workout playlist you’ve heard. And FYI: laughing burns calories. Watching this play will burn 40 calories and work your abs.
A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW
Theatrical Outfit
March 2021
Sound Designer: Rashaad Pierre
Asst. Sound Designer: C Lane
How do you plan for adventure? 15-year-old Rory’s father always wanted to be an Arctic explorer, but had to settle for being a geography teacher in suburban England. When he dies suddenly in an accident, Rory decides to honor her dad’s lifelong dream and to take his ashes on one last, great expedition to the North Pole. Direct from a sold-out run on London’s West End, Tatty Hennessy’s epic and hilarious A Hundred Words For Snow will take you on an unforgettable journey through love, loss, and endless snow.
Theatre for the
Very Young (TVYA)
Alliance Theatre
2020-2021 Season
Sound Designers & Audio Editors:
C Lane, Rashaad Pierre & Johnathan Taylor
In My Granny's Garden
September 15 - October 31
KNOCK KNOCK
December 8 - January 31
The Curious Cardinal
October 12 - May 31
HANDS UP
Alliance Theatre
Fall 2021
Co-Sound Designer: Lorenzo Moore
Co-Sound Designer: C Lane
"Originally commissioned by the New Black Fest in response to the 2015 events in Ferguson, MO, where a police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, Hands Up is comprised of separate monologues written by seven Black playwrights. The play depicts the realities of Black America from the perspective of varying genders, sexual orientations, skin tones, and socioeconomic backgrounds."
"From Broadway icon Terry Burrell (Ethel; Ever After; Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous) comes a holiday celebration of all the things that give us joy – even in the most chaotic of times. Terry will take us on a tour of her favorite Atlanta destinations while sharing her personal holiday stories and songs in this pre-recorded streaming production. Give yourself the gift of laughter, light, and love by spending a very Terry evening with the Alliance Theatre."
Sound Designer & Mixer: C Lane
Asst. Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Alliance Theatre
November 27 - December 31
A VERY TERRY CHRISTMAS
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Filmed & Edited By: Multiband Studios
Directors of Photography:
Divie Moss & Charles Robinson
Co-Sound Designers:
Jeremiah L. Davison & C Lane
Actor's Express
November 07- 22
NEAT
SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD
University of West Georgia
September 2020
Sound Designer: Jeremiah L. Davison
Post-Production Audio: Multiband Studios
WATER BY THE SPOONFUL
Kennesaw State University
November 2020
Co-Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Co-Sound Designer: C Lane
"This Pulitzer prize-winning play charts multiple paths towards recovery for characters who are haunted by war, drug addiction, and broken families. As the play travels between online and real worlds, we are reminded that human connections and authentic relationships in both worlds rescue us from despair and make us whole."
DOWNTOWN DIALOGUES
Theatrical Outfit
Autumn 2020
Sound Designers:
C Lane, Jeremiah L. Davison,
Rashaad Pierre & Mikaela Fraser
"Downtown Dialogues is a four-part series of digital readings, each followed by a live video podcast in which a panel of experts and special guests dive deep into the play and its themes hosted by journalist and writer Gail O’Neill."
The Children directed by Susan Booth
Flex directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
Eureeka Day directed by January LaVoy
Stew directed by Ibi Owolabi
Kennesaw State University
October 2020
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
"A poetic and athletic play about rock-climbing.
Faced with a painful chapter in her life and fighting the inertia of depression, Emm decides to enter the world of competitive rock-climbing. Her quest through the rugged and humorous terrain of physical training and personal relationships charts the journey of a young woman suspended between love and loss, strength and fear, and the ardor and grace of being human."
GRACE, OR THE ART OF CLIMBING
THE BLUEST EYE
Synchronicity Theatre
TBD
Sound Designer: Mikaela Fraser
Asst. Sound Designer: Kate Hoang
"Adapted for the stage by Lydia R. Diamond, this is the powerful story of Pecola Breedlove, an African-American girl who believes that all the obstacles in her life could be overcome if she just had blue eyes. Gripping, thoughtful, and stunning, THE BLUEST EYE offers a poignant experience for audience members familiar and unfamiliar with this classic novel. "
TOURS
NEW JACK CITY LIVE
Je'Caryous Ent. National Tour
Oct. 2022 - until
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Assistant Audio Engineer: Rashaad Pierre
"Transports audiences to metropolis Harlem, NY where they bear witness to the journey of the infamous Nino Brown, a drug lord who, when caught in the crossfires of the dangerous drug game, must decide whats most important: friendship, money, or total domination. Balancing betrayal between friends, lovers, and
ultimately generational hardships, this riveting rendition of the time honored movie will have everyone leaving the theatre wondering Am I my brothers keeper?"
DRUMFOLK
Step Afrika! National Tour
Jan. 2020 - until
Sound Designer: Chris Lane
Audio Engineer: Jeremiah L. Davison
Monitoring Engineer: Mikaela Fraser
"Inspired by the Stono Rebellion of 1739, Drumfolk explores this little-known event in history that would forever transform African American life and culture. When Africans lost the right to use their drums, the beats found their way into the body of the people, the Drumfolk. Step Afrika! brings to this show across the country featuring distinct performance traditions like ring shout, tap, and step."
Audio Supervisor: Chris Lane
Audio Engineer: Rashaad Pierre
Audio Stagehand: Lorenzo Moore
SET IT OFF LIVE!
Je'Caryous Ent. National Tour
Feb. 2020 - until
"Je’Caryous Johnson presents Set It Off based on the hit iconic movie by the same name. This hit heist, cult classic stage play is coming to your city. The same iconic characters – Frankie, Tisean (T.T.), Stoney and Cleo are back bringing action packed, adrenaline filled robbery scenes and emotionally charged antics against an equally exciting music soundtrack that will have you on the edge of your seat."
FILM
TRANSMISSION
Boom Operator: Johnathan Taylor
Music Composer: C Lane
Sound Designer: C Lane
METASTASIS
Writer: C Lane
Director: Jeremiah L. Davison
Original Score: Johnaton Taylor
Director of Photography: Divie Moss
A Multiband Studios Original
BLOODY ROMEO
Sound Mixer: C Lane
Foley: C Lane & Rashaad Pierre
Sound FX: Rashaad Pierre & Hakeem Fraiser