The classic and hilarious tale of deception, lust and satire.

Written by Moliere
Directed by Marlo Hunter
Sets by Reid Thompson
Costumes by Leon Dobkowski
Lighting by Amith Chandrashaker
Sound & Original Music by Matt Otto

Photos by Joanne Bouknight

Empathitrax is a world premiere play by Ana Nogueira and directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, which tells the story of a couple in the midst of a relationship crisis. They turn to a newly released pill named Empathitrax, when taken allows the patient to feel the emotions and feelings of whomever they touch. The play explores relationships, depression and...empathy.

The music was inspired by the emotions the pill stirs up in the couple on stage and the science used to create it. The music starts in a halting and enigmatic fashion as the play progresses and the emotions start to flow as does the music switching from synthesizers and drum machines to acoustic piano.

All of the cues were written in Sibelius and Ableton Live and played back by QLab.

Written by Ana Nogueira
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Sets by Reid Thompson
Costumes by Sarah Laux
Lighting by Grant Yeager
Properties by Shannon O’Brien
Photos by Robert Altman

This production of The Seagull by Anton Chekov directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt used a modern design vocabulary to help tell the story of this classic play. Adrienne asked the design team to focus on emotional journey and the decay that the characters experience as the play progresses. The original music for the transitions and underscoring was heavily influence by the scenic and costume design. 

The the monochromatic objects found throughout the set led me to the idea of writing melodies based on the emotional context of the moment on top of repeating musical phrases that provided the drive necessary to move the play forward. The modern silhouette of the clothes and the abstract space the set provided allowed me to explore modern recording techniques like quick panning and heavy amounts of reverb. 

All of the cues were written in Sibelius and Ableton Live and played back by QLab.

Written by Anton Chekov
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Sets by Lawrence Moten
Costumes by Adrienne Perry
Lighting by Masha Tsimring

A modern classic by Frank McGuinness, set in a Lebanese basement cell during the 1980s. The play tells the story of three international hostages; one American, one Irishman, and one Englishman; how they deal with each other, their dire situation and their salvation through their compassion.  

Original music was written for all the transitions. A chamber string orchestra consisting only of cello, viola and bass was used to mirror the simplicity of their location, yet still provide enough range to cover the characters’ dynamic emotional swings between hope and dejection.

All of the cues were written in Sibelius and Ableton Live and played back by QLab.

Written by Frank McGuinness
Directed by Jesse Jou.
Sets and Lighting by Scott Mancha
Costumes by Kristin Isola

Examples of my sound editing and mixing work as well as my soundscapes.

1st Video: The prologue from the theatrical adaptation of The Fatal Eggs with sound effects. 

The Fatal Eggs was adapted for the stage by Dustin Wills and Ilya Khodosh
Directed By Dustin Wills

Scenic Design by Kate Noll and Carmen Martinez
Sound Design by Matt Otto
Lighting Design by Solomon Weisbard
Costume design by Nikki Delhomme
Projection Design by Solomon Weisbard


Featuring performances by Chris Bannow, Josiah Bania, Ceci Fernandez, Ilya Khodosh, Michelle McGregor, Jeanna Phillips, Sathya Sridharan, and Mickey Theis.

2nd Video: Samurai Battle Voice Over from the play Stone Cold Dead Serious

In the play Stone Cold Dead Serious the playwright describes via a play play voice over of a real world Samurai Battle competition based on a functional video game between the protagonist, his girlfriend and three trained Samurai warriors. 

Stone Cold Dead Serious was written by Adam Rapp
Set design by Deb O
Sound design by Matt Otto
Lighting design by Barbara Samuels
Costume Design by Corina Chase

3rd Video: House of Yes Hurricane Sequence

In the play House of Yes a dangerous hurricane keeps all the characters trapped inside the protagonist's family home. This is an amalgamation of hurricane transitions which were used to whoosh the audience between scenes.

House of Yes was written by Wendy MacLeod

Directed by Colin Hovde
Set design by Hannah Jean Crowell
Sound design by Matt Otto
Lighting design by Andrew F Griffin
Costume Design by Erin Nugent

Original compositions, and re-scores created for projects outside of my theatrical composition work.

The first video is a Re-Score of original music I composed for a Battletech play through.

The second video is from an art installation at the Yale University Art Museum I wrote music for. The installation was titled Asleep in Harmony. Further details of which can be found here. The projections were designed by Kristen Robinson.

The third and fourth videos are pieces I wrote for my music composition class I took while attending Yale School of Drama.