JEFF SHERWOOD
Sound Designer, Composer, Engineer
RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE
Resident Sound Designer, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 2021-2022
Sound designed 8 new play readings for the National Playwrights Conference.
Audio Supervisor, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 2019-2021
Worked closely with sound designers to realize their designs for 32 new play readings, 3 new musical readings, 9 cabaret shows, and special events across 5 conferences. Sound designed 6 pieces for National Puppetry Conference and 4 new play readings for National Theater Institute (NTI) Theatermakers. Negotiated, prepped and led the install of PRG rental package for 2 outdoor and 2 indoor venues. Supervised, mentored, and trained team of sound interns.
Sound Mentor, Technical Theater Training Program & Sound Observership, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 2020-2021
Originated the virtual Sound Observership training program in response to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, mentored and trained team of sound interns. Supervised sound design for virtual National Puppetry Conference participant strand projects.
Sound Design Fellowship, Chautauqua Theater Company, 2018
Assisted MainStage sound designers, maintained paperwork and draftings, coordinated changeovers with Sound Supervisor, designed New Play Workshop (NPW) Festival.
Resident Sound Designer & Sound Supervisor, Cape Playhouse, 2016-2017
Supervise and train sound intern. Rep sound system design, shop build, load-in. Installing, operating, maintaining equipment.
Installation Technician, Masque Sound, 2016
Overhire technician for installation department shop builds. All custom length interconnect cables, firmware updates, testing.
Sound Intern, Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF), 2015
Operate sound for productions and special events. Festival load-ins, changeovers, strikes. Design select WTFestival PTP shows.
Resident Sound Designer & Sound Engineer, Totem Pole Playhouse, 2014
Supervise and train sound technicians and interns. Installing, operating, maintaining, and purchasing equipment.
SOUND DESIGN EXPERIENCE
The Bridges of Madison County
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Machinal
The Wanderers
Jersey Boys
The Bridges of Madison County
She Loves Me
Men on Boats
The Amish Project
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
The Amish Project
Jump
Untitled Russia Play
As You Like It
25th Annual Putnum Co. Spelling Bee
The Foreigner
Art
Kiss Me Kate
The Mousetrap
Cabaret
The Music Man
Talley's Folly
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Emily Dickinson: Paranormal Inv.
Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline
Take The Car
The Nerd
The Light in the Piazza
O Pioneers!
A Christmas Carol
Godspell
Steel Magnolias
Much Ado About Nothing
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Dir. Hunter Foster
Dir. J. Chittick/D. Ruttura
Dir. Hal Kohlman
Dir. Colette Robert
Dir. Hunter Foster
Dir. Hunter Foster
Dir. J.K. Curry
Dir. Cindy Gendrich
Dir. Sarah E. Wansley
Dir. Kristine Holtvedt
Dir. Ameenah Kaplan
Dir. Sarah E. Wansley
Dir. Summer L. Williams
Dir. Nicholas Avila
Dir. Andrew Borba
Dir. Jeffry Denman
Dir. Hunter Foster
Dir. Matt Lenz
Dir. Bethany C. Elkin
Dir. Pamela Hunt
Dir. Hunter Foster
Dir. James Brennan
Dir. Skip Greer
Dir. Tim Threlfall
Dir. Ben Ferber
Dir. Gabriel Weismann
Dir. Ben Ferber
Dir. David H. Caldwell
Dir. Bethany C. Elkin
Dir. Kevin Connell
Dir. Rowan Joseph
Dir. Rowan Joseph
Dir. Skip Greer
Dir. Rene' Moreno
Dir. D. Lance Marsh
Dir. Michael Baron
Bucks County Playhouse
Theatre Aspen
TheatreOCU
City Theatre Company
Theatre Aspen
Axelrod Performing Arts Center
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
PlayMakers Repertory Co.
Purdue University Theatre
Purdue University Theatre
Chautauqua Theater Co. NPW
Chautauqua Theater Co. NPW
Chautauqua Theater Co. NPW
Chautauqua Theater Co.
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
Marymount Manhattan College
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
PowerOut
Williamstown Theatre Fest. PTP
Williamstown Theatre Fest. PTP
Totem Pole Playhouse
Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan College
Totem Pole Playhouse
Totem Pole Playhouse
Totem Pole Playhouse
OK City Repertory Theatre
OK City Repertory Theatre
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
New Hope, PA
Aspen, CO
Oklahoma City, OK
Pittsburgh, PA
Aspen, CO
Deal Park, NJ
Winston-Salem, NC
Winston-Salem, NC
Chapel Hill, NC
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN
Chautauqua, NY
Chautauqua, NY
Chautauqua, NY
Chautauqua, NY
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
New York, NY
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
New York, NY
Williamstown, MA
Williamstown, MA
Fayetteville, PA
New York, NY
New York, NY
Fayetteville, PA
Fayetteville, PA
Fayetteville, PA
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
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ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Next to Normal
The Wanderer
Into the Breeches
Airness
An Octoroon
Cost of Living (Off-Bwy)
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Off-Bwy)
Clue On Stage
On the Exhale (Off-Off-Broadway)
Turn Me Loose (Off-Broadway)
For Heavens' Sake
Brightness of Heaven (Off-Off-Bwy)
SD. Zackery A. Bennett
SD. Miles Polaski
SD. Robert Kaplowitz
SD. Miles Polaski
SD. Vincent Olivieri
SD. Robert Kaplowitz
SD. Robert Kaplowitz
SD. Bart Fasbender
SD. Bart Fasbender
SD. Leon Rothenberg
SD. Janie Bullard
SD. Janie Bullard
Purdue University Theatre
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Chautauqua Theater Company
Chautauqua Theater Company
Chautauqua Theater Company
Manhattan Theatre Club
Second Stage Tony Kiser Theatre
Bucks County Playhouse
Roundabout Theatre Company
Westside Theatre
710 Main Theatre Shea's Buffalo
Cherry Lane Studio Theatre
West Lafayette, IN
New York, NY
Chautauqua, NY
Chautauqua, NY
Chautauqua, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New Hope, PA
New York, NY
New York, NY
Buffalo, NY
New York, NY
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
2015
2014
MUSIC COMPOSITION EXPERIENCE
Machinal
The Amish Project
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
She Kills Monsters
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
The Amish Project
The Beaux' Stratagem
Dir. Hal Kohlman
Dir. Sarah E. Wansley
Dir. Kristine Holtvedt
Dir. Amy Lynn Budd
Dir. Ameenah Kaplan
Dir. Sarah E. Wansley
Dir. Richard Sullivan Lee
TheatreOCU
PlayMakers Repertory Co.
Purdue University Theatre
Purdue University Theatre
Purdue University Theatre
Chautauqua Theater Co. NPW
Purdue University Theatre
Oklahoma City, OK
Chapel Hill, NC
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN
Chautauqua, NY
West Lafayette, IN
2023
2020
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
SOUND ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
The Nutcracker
Jeannette
25th Annual Putnum Co. Spelling Bee
Cabaret
The Music Man
Turn Me Loose (Off-Broadway)
Rock and Roll Refugee (Off-Off-Bwy)
NAMT 27th Festival of New Musicals
Off the Main Road
The 39 Steps
Godspell
Ring of Fire: Music of Johnny Cash
South Pacific
Big River: Adventures of Huck Finn
Choreog. Ilya Kozadayev
SD. Jon Weston
Dir. Jeffry Denman
Dir. Hunter Foster
Dir. James Brennan
SD. Leon Rothenberg
SD. D. Erdberg/J. Wu
SD. David Fowler
SD. Ben Truppin-Brown
SD. Barry G. Funderburg
Dir. Rowan Joseph
SD. Curtis Craig
Dir. Len Pfluger
SD. Toby Algya
UNCSA Stevens Center
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
Cape Playhouse
Westside Theatre
Royal Family Productions
Nat. Alliance for Musical Theatre
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Resident Ensemble Players at UD
Totem Pole Playhouse
Totem Pole Playhouse
OK City Repertory Theatre
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Winston-Salem, NC
Waterford, CT
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
Dennis, MA
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
Williamstown, MA
Newark, DE
Fayetteville, PA
Fayetteville, PA
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
2021
2019
2017
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A2/DECK SOUND EXPERIENCE
Purdue Musical Org Christmas Show
Purdue Musical Org Christmas Show
Sweet Charity (Off-Broadway)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Unknown Soldier
The Will Rogers Follies
The King and I
Tarzan: The Stage Musical
Chita Rivera: Live in Concert
Call Me Madam
Sweet Charity
Bye Bye Birdie
SD. Dallas Johnson
SD. Dallas Johnson
SD. Leon Rothenberg
SD. Ed Chapman
SD. Leon Rothenberg
Dir. Lyn Cramer
Dir. Alan Muraoka
Dir. Michael Baron
M.D. Michael Croiter
Dir. Michael Baron
Dir. Ashley Wells
Dir. Lyn Cramer
Purdue University Hall of Music
Purdue University Hall of Music
The New Group @ Signature
Big League Productions
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
West Lafayette, IN
West Lafayette, IN
New York, NY
Nashville, TN
Williamstown, MA
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
Oklahoma City, OK
2018
2017
2016
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2015
2013
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2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
FILM & PODCAST SOUND EXPERIENCE
McCobb Mortality Services (Podcast)
Pivot Pals (Short)
The Jewish Story (YouTube)
Faces of the Holocaust (YouTube)
Holding the Mirror up to Nature (Short)
Connected in the Deep (Podcast)
Master of Return (Short)
EXPATS "PILOT" (TV Series)
White Noise (Short)
Troilus & Cressida (Short)
We Are ROM3 (Short)
Naked Radio Musicals: Co-Op
Life and Career of Gary Strongflock
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Sound Design/Editor
Recording Eng./Editor
Prod. Drew Nichols
Dir. Doron Drew Feldman
Dir. Doron Drew Feldman
Dir. Doron Drew Feldman
Dir. Sharon Andrews
Dir. Cindy Gendrich
Dir. Drew M. Feldman
Dir. Drew M. Feldman
Dir. Drew M. Feldman
Dir. Drew M. Feldman
Dir. Drew M. Feldman
Dir. Liz Carlson
Dir. Laura Savia
McCobb Radio Team
Ayin Productions
OpenDor Media
OpenDor Media
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Prod. Drew M. Feldman
Prod. Hayim Ezra Ani
Prod. Sarah Jane Murray
Prod. A.C. Sanford
Prod. Torey Byrne
Naked Angels Radio
Naked Angels Radio
New York, NY
Pittsburgh, PA
Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Winston-Salem, NC
Winston-Salem, NC
New York, NY
Jerusalem, Israel
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
New York, NY
2023
2022
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RELATED EXPERIENCE
Love's Labour's Lost
NY Shakespeare in the Park Season
Head of Passes
Turken Foundation Cocktail & Dinner
Twitter Corporate Meeting Industrial
Target Fashion Corporate Industrial
NY NY Stake Conference Webcast
Worldwide Broadcast for Young Adults
Production Sound Eng.
Sound Load-In Crew
Sound Load-In Crew
Audio Engineer/Mixer
Audio Load-In Crew
Audio Load-Out Crew
Lead Audio Engineer
Audio Technician
York Theatre
The Public Theater
The Public Theater
NYPL Schwartzman Build.
Highline Stages
Cedar Lake, Inc.
Lincoln Square Chapel
Lincoln Square Chapel
SD. Toby Algya
The Public Theater
SD. Michael Bodeen
PRG Audio
Twitter Inc
Target
LDS Church
LDS Church
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION & AFFILIATIONS
OISTAT Sound Sub-Commission Vice-Chair
Design, Tech, Mgmt (DTM) Vice-Chair
Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award
IATSE ACT Member
TSDCA Member
USITT Member
AES Member
Sound Design Award & National Finalist
Meyer Excellence in Sound Design Award
Meritorious Achievement in Sound Design
Sound Design Award & National Finalist
Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Rank
Int'l Organization of Scenographers, Theatre ...
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Assoc.
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
Audio Engineering Society
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
USITT Southwest Region
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
Great Plains District
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2023
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2015
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2011
2014
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2012
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SPECIAL SKILLS
Audinate Dante Level I & II Certified, Audio Engineering & Recording, Digital Performer, Adobe Audition, Sound Forge, Stage Research SFX 6, QLab v2, 3, 4, 5, Vectorworks, Meyer Sound MAPP, d&b audiotechnik Array Calc, L'Acoustics Soundvision, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft Office Suite, Spreadsheet Management with MS Excel, Disc-Jockey Services, Logic Problem Solving, Intermediate Pianist, Baritone Vocalist
EDUCATION
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2020
Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Sound Design
Oklahoma City University (OCU), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Production, Sound Design and Technology Emphasis