Working as aSound designer, composer, writer, director, producer, consultant, coach, podcaster

CV

SELECT HONORS AND PROJECTS.FULL CV AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

Honors

  • 2026 Tony Award RecipientBest Sound Design of a Play
  • 2024 Obie Award RecipientSustained Achievement in Design
  • 2023–2019 Drama Desk AwardNominations (4)
  • 2023 Obie Award RecipientSpecial Citation
  • 2023 Audelco Award Recipient
  • 2022 Tony Award Nomination
  • 2022 Creative Capital Award Recipient
  • 2022 Henry Hewes Design Award Recipient
  • 2021 CTG Sherwood Award Recipient
  • 2019 Henry Hewes Design Award Recipient

Brand & Commercial

  • Skittles The Broadway MusicalDirected by Sarah BensonSmuggler / DDB WorldwideImmersive theatre
  • The Female BondMercedes-BenzDirected by Aldona KwiatkowskiShort film ad
  • The Big ChaseDirected by Annie SaundersAsics / Helo AgencyImmersive theatre
  • My Black Is BeautifulDirected by Tchaiko OmawaleTV commercial
  • Hulu GuruHuluAddy Awards · two Silver
  • Bear AssaultDirected by Max WinklerNational White House PSA
  • Film TrailersThe Imitation Game · Southpaw Woman in Gold · No EscapeWeinstein CompanyFilm trailers

Writing & Directing

  • #1 Happy Family USAWriter, two seasonsCreated by Ramy YoussefA24 / Amazon MGM Studios
  • Cornerstore FolkloreDirector, Producer & EditorPoetry travel show, pilot filmed in Tehran, IranHBO
  • Laying Flowers.:.Setting FiresCreative DirectorDirected by Amir SulaimanShort film
  • ForkWriter & DirectorDevelopmental workshopBerkeley Rep · The Ground Floor
  • MoonmanCo-Creator, DirectorCommissioned new workPAC NYC
  • Project Black PlagueWriter & DirectorCreative Capital Award · CTG Sherwood AwardOriginal theatre work
  • Black Enso PodcastCreator & hostSonic essays and conversations with artists on the creative process

Broadway

  • Death of a SalesmanDirected by Joe MantelloWritten by Arthur MillerWinter Garden Theatre2026 · Tony Award
  • DownstateDirected by Joe MantelloWritten by Bruce NorrisBooth Theatre2026
  • Other Desert CitiesDirected by John Benjamin HickeyWritten by Jon Robin BaitzHudson Theatre2026
  • ArtDirected by Scott EllisWritten by Yasmina RezaMusic Box Theatre2025
  • Pirates! The Penzance MusicalDirected by Scott EllisAdaptation by Rupert HolmesTodd Haimes Theatre2025
  • The RoommateDirected by Jack O'BrienWritten by Jen SilvermanBooth Theatre2024
  • DoubtDirected by Scott EllisWritten by John Patrick ShanleyTodd Haimes Theatre2024
  • An Enemy of the PeopleDirected by Sam GoldAdapted by Amy HerzogCircle in the Square2024
  • Fat HamDirected by Saheem AliWritten by James IjamesAmerican Airlines Theatre2023
  • The Thanksgiving PlayDirected by Rachel ChavkinWritten by Larissa FastHorseHayes Theater2023
  • Death of a SalesmanDirected by Miranda CromwellWritten by Arthur MillerHudson Theatre2022
  • MacbethDirected by Sam GoldWritten by William ShakespeareLongacre Theatre2022 · Tony nomination
  • Cost of LivingDirected by Jo BonneyWritten by Martyna MajokSamuel J. Friedman Theatre2022 · Composer
  • Thoughts of a Colored ManDirected by Steve Broadnax IIIWritten by Keenan Scott IIGolden Theatre2021

Pulitzer Prize Winners

  • Primary TrustDirected by Knud AdamsWritten by Eboni BoothLaura Pels Theatre at Roundabout2023 · Original Sound Designer
  • Fat HamDirected by Saheem AliWritten by James IjamesThe Public Theater2022 · Original Sound Designer
  • FairviewDirected by Sarah BensonWritten by Jackie Sibblies DrurySoho Rep2018 · Original Sound Designer

Installations & Immersive

  • HoloscenesDirected by Lars JanEarly Morning OperaMiami · London · Abu Dhabi · NYC
  • Black Artists RetreatCurated by Theaster GatesPark Avenue ArmoryImmersive event
  • MasterDirected by Taibi MagarThe Foundry Theatre CompanyImmersive theatre

Teaching & Consulting

  • Black Enso: Aesthetic IntelligenceFounderTeaches taste, originality, and artful decision-making in the age of AI
  • Head of Sound Design (MFA)David Geffen School of Drama at YaleCrafting the program’s curriculum and overall educational direction2021–2023
  • Chief Sound ConsultantMasjid al-Haram (the Grand Mosque), MeccaConsulted on an unwanted reverberation issue, for Le-vi Elektrovertrieb GmbH, Berlin2012
  • Guest ArtistPrinceton University · Bard College (“Going Viral”)2020
  • Lecturer, Movement for Theatre II (Lecoq)UC San Diego MFA Acting2017