Recent Projects:
My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (click for work samples)
Sound Design and Original Music
The Wilma Theatre: Director - Yury Urnov
2024
A Case for the Existence of God
Sound Design and Original Music
Theatre Exile: Director - Matt Pfeiffer
2024
A Christmas Carol
Sound Design
Walnut Street Theatre: Director - Brian Kurtas
2023
School Pictures
Sound Design and Music Direction
Playwrights Horizons: Director - Morgan Green
2023
Fun Home
Sound Design
University of the Arts: Director - McKayla Prophett
2023
Choir Boy
Sound Design
Temple University: Director - Devon Sinclair
2023
My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion (click for work sample)
*World Premiere*
Sound Design and Original Music
Woolly Mammoth: Director - Yury Urnov
2023
The Garden
Sound Design and Original Music
Nichole Canuso Dance Company/Teatro Sardinia/Artworks - Argentiera, Sardinia, Italy
2023
Twelfth Night (click for work sample)
Sound Design, Original Music, Music Direction
The Wilma Theatre: Director - Yury Urnov
2023
Urinetown
Sound Design
University of the Arts: Director - Kikau Alvaro
2023
Polyphone Festival:
Sound Design
University of the Arts
Wits - Director: Steven Wright
Untitled Cherry Orchard Musical - Director: Priyanka Shetti
2023
Flyin’ West (click for work sample)
Sound Design and Original Music
Indiana Repertory Theatre - Director: Raelle Myrick-Hodges
2023
Theatre - A Love Story
Sound Design, Original Music, Vocal Instruction
Willams College: Director - Emmanuelle Delpech
2022
School Pictures
Sound Design, Music Direction, Vocal Instruction
The Wilma Theatre: Director - Morgan Green
2022
A Leg Up
Sound Design
Bristol Riverside Theatre: Director - Amy Kaissar
2022
The Garden (click for work sample)
Sound Design and Original Music
Nichole Canuso Dance Company
Sweden Biennial, Västeras, Sweeden
2022
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Sound Design
Delaware Theatre Company: Director - Bud Martin
2022
Curtains
Sound Design
Villanova University: Director - Peter Donohue
2022
Upon Re-Entry
Sound Design and Original Music
Die-Cast Theatre at Drexel University: Director - Brenna Geffers
2021
Minor Character (click for work sample)
Sound Design, Original Music and Music Direction
The Wilma Theatre: Director - Yury Urnov
2021
The Garden: Invisible Branches
Sound Design and Original Music
by Nichole Canuso Dance Company at The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sound Assistant: Adiah Hicks
2021
Kill The Whale
Sound Design, Recording and Mixing
A work in progress showing at The Polyphone Festival at University of the Arts, written by David Henri Emond, Directed by Chloe Treat
2021
TrailOff
TrailOff is a series of 10 geo-locational soundwalks Michael created in collaboration with Swim Pony and The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts for the 2020 FringeArts Festival. Michael recorded, produced, edited, mixed, sound designed, composed and performed original music for all 10 of the pieces (except where indicated). Each piece is to be heard on a different nature trail in the Philadelphia region via the TrailOff app. All pieces were directed by Adrianne Mackey. Please click the “play” icons to hear work samples of each walk. CLICK HERE to listen to work samples.
River Devil II by Carmen Maria Machado
The Inside Outside by Erin T. McMillon
Chronicles of Asylum by Li Sumpter
A Sycamore’s Psalm by donia salem harhoor (with music by Kinan Abou-afach)
The Way the Sand Wants for Water by afaq
Where the Light Won’t Go by ari
The Land Remembers by Jacob Winterstein
Deeply Rooted by Denise Valentine (with music by Owen Valentine)
Conversations by Jacob Camacho (with music by Tyronne “Dancing Wolf” Ellis Jr. and Teri Hislop)
Appear To Me by Eppchez! (with music by Eppchez! and Kira Rodriguez)
Outside Mullingar
Sound Design and Original Music
Delaware Theatre Company - Director: Bud Martin
2020
Sneakers
Sound Design and Original Music
Nichole Canuso Dance Company - Director: Suli Holum
2019
The Christians
by Lucas Hnath
Sound Design, Music Direction, and Music Arrangements
Bristol Riverside Theatre - Director: Matt Pfeiffer
2019
Krapp Hour (work in progress showing)
by Anne Carson
Sound Design and Original Music
Lightning Rod Special - Director: Eva Steinmetz
2019
Heartland
by Gabriel Jason Dean
Sound Design
InterAct Theatre - Director: Evren Odcikin
2019
The Few
by Samuel Hunter
Sound Design and Original Music
Theatre Horizons - Director: Matthew Decker
2019
An Oak Tree
by Tim Crouch
Sound Design and Original Music
Theatre Exile - Director: Joe Canuso
2019
Saint Joan
Adapted from Shaw by Chelsea Marcantel
Sound Design and Original Music
Delaware Theatre Company - Director: Bud Martin
2019
Completeness
by Itamar Moses
Sound Design and Original Music
Theatre Exile - Director: Matt Pfiefer
2018
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
by Anne Washburn
Sound Design, Original Music and Music Direction
The Wilma Theatre - Director: Yury Urnov
2018
Hope and Gravity
by Michael Hollinger
Sound Design and Original Music
1812 Productions - Director: Jen Childs
2018
Much Ado About Nothing
by Shakespeare
Sound Design and Original Music
Villanova University Theatre - Director: James Ijames
2018
The Tempest
by Shakespeare
Sound Design and Original Music
The Lantern Theatre Company - Director: Charles McMahon
2018
The Diary of Anne Frank
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Sound Design
Drexel University Theatre - Director: Bill Fenelley
2018
Heisenberg
by Simon Stephens
Sound Design and Original Music
Delaware Theatre Company - Director: Matt Pfeiffer
2018
Grindstone Devotional - A Tacony Neighborhood Soundwalk
by The Mural and The Mint
A GPS controlled installation available via iTunes and Android
Conceived and Produced by Michael Kiley
App development by Jesse Garrison
2018
Mutant Water Babies
by Collaboration Town
Sound Design
Drexel University Theatre - Director: Geo Decas O'Donnell
2017
The Gap
by Emma Goidel
Sound Design and Original Music
Azuka Theatre Company - Director: Rebecca Wright
2017
Close Music for Bodies
by Michael Kiley
Lead Artist, Creator, Performer
FringeArts Festival - Director: Rebecca Wright
2017
Doctor Atomic
by John Adams with Libretto by Peter Sellars
Sound Design
The Curtis Institute of Music - Director: R.B. Schlather
The Perelman Theatre at The Kimmel Center
2017
John
by Annie Baker
Sound Design
The Arden Theatre Company - Director: Mathew Decker
2017
The Invisible Hand
by Ayad Achtar
Sound Design and Original Music (Barrymore Award Winner for Sound Design, Nominee for Original Music)
Theatre Exile - Director: Matt Pfeiffer
2016
The Shame Symposium
Chelsea and Magda
Sound Design, Original Music, Vocal Direction
FringeArts
2016
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by John Glore
Sound Design (Barrymore Award Nominee for Sound Design)
The Arden Theatre Company - Director: Matthew Decker
2016
Thank You For Coming: Attendance
Faye Driscoll Group
Original Music, Sound Design, Vocal Instruction and Live Performance
2015 Tour:
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (Boston, MA)
Centro de Arte Experimental UNSAM (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Centro Cultural Le Parc (Mendoza, Argentina)
Patricelli ’92 Theater (Wesleyan University, Connecticut)
Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)
Theatre de Gennevilliers (Paris, France)
2016 Tour:
Museum of Contemporary Arts/Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College (Hudson, NY)
Melbourne Festival, Arts House (Melbourne, Australia)
Belfast International Arts Festival, The MAC (Belfast, Ireland)
Made in The USA Festival, Onassis Cultural Center (Athens, Greece)
2017 Tour:
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, MA)
Rizzo
by Bruce Graham
Original Music and Sound Design
Theatre Exile – Director: Joe Canuso
Christ Church Neighborhood House (Phila, PA)
2015
Philadelphia Theatre Company - Director: Joe Canuso
Suzanne Roberts Theatre
2016
The Garden
Original Music and Sound Design
Nichole Canuso Dance Company
2013 - Premiere, Power Plant Productions (Philadelphia, PA)
2014 - Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (College Park, MD)
2015 - Universal Preservation Hall – The Orchard Project (Saratoga Springs, NY)
2016 - American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, MA)
2017 - The BOK Building (Philadelphia, PA)
Hard Earned Hedonism (in progress production)
Chelsea and Magda
Original Music, Sound Design, Vocal Instruction
Shoernberg Fellowship Production
The Yard (Chillmark, MA)
2015
A Hundred In The One
Faye Driscoll
Original Music
The Wooden Floor (Irvine, California)
2015
Ludic Proxy
by Aya Ogawa
Sound Design
The Play Company – Director: Aya Ogawa
WalkerSpace (NY)
2015
The Vulgar Early Works
Chelsea and Magda
Original Music, Sound Design, Vocal Instruction
Jack (NY), FringeArts (Phila)
2014/2015
With Happiness For You, World
Composition of a pop song in five movements, with lyrics by 16 year old Than Than Nain for If You Could Hear These Walls, a commission from The American Composers Forum – Philadelphia Chapter and Philadelphia Mural Arts.
Performed in front of the Southeast by Southeast mural by Shira Walinsky and Miriam Singer (Phila)
2014
Blood Wedding
by Gabriel García Lorca
Musical Direction
Philadelphia Artist Collective with Drexel University – Director: Damon Bonetti
Mandell Theater (Phila)
2014
Otro Teatro
Luciana Achugar
Vocal consultant
Walker Art Center (MN), New York Live Arts (NY)
2013-14
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Sound design and composition
The Acting Company – Director: John Rando
The Pearl Theater (NY), National Tour
2014
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Sound Design and Original Music
The Acting Company – Director: Ian Belknap
Valley Performing Arts Center (CA), National Tour
2013
Animina– A GPS sensitive iPhone application for The Race Street Pier available via iTunes
Design, composition and conception of original application
2013
Kuerner Sounds
Composition
This piece was commissioned by the museum to be heard during a tour of the Kuerner Farm, a place that inspired the work of painter Andrew Wyeth for 70 years.
Brandywine River Museum (PA)
2013
The Empty Air-A GPS sensitive iPhone application for Rittenhouse Square available via iTunes
Design, composition and conception of original application
2013
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Sound Design and Original Music
The Acting Company – Director: Dan Rothenberg
Guthrie Theater (MN), New Victory (NY), Lincoln Center (NY), National Tour
2013
Return Return Departure
Nichole Canuso Dance Company
Sound Design and Original Music
American Philosophical Society (Phila)
2012
TAKES
Sound Design and Original Music
Nichole Canuso Dance Company
Philadelphia FringeArts Festival
2010
Only Sleeping
Sound Design and Original Music
SubCircle
Perfomance Garage (Phila)
2010
As The Eyes of the Seahorse
Composition and conception of original performance
The Mural and The Mint / Nichole Canuso Dance Company
HERE Arts Center (NY), MAAS Building (Phila)
2010
Software and Musical Skills:
Processing, Arduino, Corona SDK, Lua, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, QLab, Live Mixing, Music Arranging, Musical Direction, Vocal Instruction, Voice, Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Electronic Programming
Education:
B.A. in Theatre and Music received from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, with honors May 1999. Dean’s List (Crimson Scholar)
Fellowships and Grants:
The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage Project Grant 2016, The Hacktory Artist in Residence 2014, Cross Pollination (Swim Pony) 2014, Wyncote Foundation 2013 & 2016, Pew Center for Arts and Heritage-Discovery Grant 2013, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts-Project Stream 2013, American Composers Forum-Subito 2013, Live Arts Brewery Fellowship 2013, Independence Foundation 2013, Artists U 2012.