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Michael Costagliola

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Selected Work

Production Director Credit Theater Date
The Reservoir Shelley Butler composition & sound design Denver Center for the Performing Arts, CO,
Alliance Theatre, GA & Geffen Playhouse, CA
2025
Clyde's Josiah Davis original music & sound design St Louis Repertory Theatre, MO 2025
Everybody Samer Al-Saber sound design Williams College, MA 2025
The Lehman Trilogy Arin Arbus composition & sound design Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC
& Guthrie Theater, MN
2024
A Christmas Carol Rick Dildine original music & arrangements,
sound design
Alabama Shakespeare Festival, AL 2024
Open Throat Caitlin Ryan O'Connell composition & sound design Little Island, NY 2024
Dad Rock James Rutherford sound design The Shed, NY 2024
Hurricane Diane Michael T. Williams composition & sound design Georgetown University, DC 2024
It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Kate Bergstrom sound design & foley direction St. Louis Repertory Theatre, MO 2023
United States Vs. Gupta Caitlin Sullivan sound design JACK, NY 2023
King Lear Luke Harlan composition & sound design Juilliard School, NY 2023
The Tempest Drew Foster composition & sound design Juilliard School, NY 2023
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - #2B Aneesha Kudtarkar original music & sound design Dorset Theatre Festival, VT 2023
Clyde's Josiah Davis original music & sound design Alabama Shakespeare Festival, AL and Arkansas Rep, AR 2023
Lady M Emma Jaster sound design Heartbeat Opera @ BPAC, NY 2023
Tosca Shadi G. sound design Heartbeat Opera @ BPAC, NY 2023
Murder on the Orient Express Hana Sharif assoc. sound design,
Charles Coes & Nathan Roberts
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, MO 2023
Twelfth Night Carl Cofield assoc. sound design, Fred Kennedy Classical Theatre of Harlem @ NYU Skirball, NY 2023
It's a Wonderful Life:
A Live Radio Play
Kate Bergstrom sound design & foley direction Alabama Shakespeare Festival, AL 2022
The Great Leap Jessica Holt sound design Oklahoma Repertory Theatre, OK 2022
To the Academy Kym Moore composition & sound design Williams College, MA & tour 2022
The Lightning Thief (TYA) Josiah Davis sound design TheatreWorks, NY & national tour 2022
Candida David Staller sound design Gingold Theatrical Group @ Theatre Row, NY 2022
Sometimes the Rain,
Sometimes the Sea
Kym Moore composition, sound design &
foley direction
Williams College 2022
Into the Woods Addie Gorlin sound design Arkansas Repertory Theatre, AR 2022
Man Cave Taylor Reynolds sound design Page73 @ Connelly Theater, NY 2022
The Thanksgiving Play Jessica Holt sound design Virginia Stage Company, VA 2022
A Christmas Carol Hana Sharif assoc. sound design,
Charles Coes & Nathan Roberts
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, MO 2021
Polylogues Molly Clifford sound design Colt Coeur @ HERE, NY 2021
American Mariachi Rebecca Rivas sound design TheatreSquared, AR 2021
Today and Tomorrow Shanti Pillai composition & sound design Williams College, MA (virtual) 2021
Plays On Call Michael Legg sound design Montana Repertory Theatre, MT (virtual) 2021
Legal Tender Michael Williams
& Francesca Montanile
composition & sound design FringeArts, PA (virtual) 2020
The Siblings Play Jenna Worsham sound design Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, NY 2020
Twelfth Night Em Weinstein composition & sound design Two River Theater, NJ 2020
And Then They Came For Me Addie Gorlin sound design Alabama Shakespeare Festival, AL 2020
The War of the Worlds Caitlin Ryan O'Connell sound design & foley direction Montana Repertory Theatre, MT 2020
Marie Antoinette Josiah Davis original music & sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2020
COOP Sam Max sound design Paradise Factory, NY 2020
Term of Art Kate Kremer sound design JACK, NY 2020
MANMADE EARTH Michael Silverstone
& Abigail Browde
composition & sound design 600 Highwaymen @
Invisible Dog Arts Center, NY & tour
2019
Circle Jerk Michael Breslin & Patrick Foley composition & sound design Ars Nova, NY 2019
A Doll's House, Part 2 Margarett Perry original music & sound design Hudson Stage Company, NY 2019
Go. Please. Go. Michael Legg original music & sound design Montana Repertory Theatre, MT 2019
Leap and the Net Will Appear Tara Ahmadinejad sound design New Georges @ The Flea, NY 2019
Good Person of Szechwan Addie Gorlin composition & sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2019
Macbeth Sara Holdren composition & sound design Two River Theatre, NJ 2019
June is the First Fall Michael Leibenluft sound design Yangtze Rep @ New Ohio Theatre, NY 2019
Pride & Prejudice Hana Sharif assoc. sound design,
Charles Coes & Nathan Roberts
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, MO 2019
Twin Sized Beds Caitlin Ryan O'Connell sound design The Public, NY 2019
She Kills Monsters Tatyana Marie-Carlo sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2019
How We Got On Josiah Davis sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2019
References to Salvador Dali
Make Me Hot
Tatyana Marie-Carlo original music & sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2019
Porch Play Lillian Meredith sound design Brooklyn College, NY 2019
tick, tick... BOOM! Ken-Matt Martin sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2018
Natural Shocks May Adrales assoc. sound design,
Charles Coes & Nathan Roberts
Women's Project, NY 2018
Lewiston/Clarkston Davis McCallum asst. sound design, Fitz Patton Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, NY 2018
Term of Art Kate Kremer sound design Brooklyn College @ The Public, NY 2018
KISS Evan Yionoulis sound design & original music Yale Repertory Theatre, CT 2018
This American Wife Michael Breslin & Patrick Foley sound design Next Door @ NYTW, NY 2018
Salome James Rutherford composition & sound design M34 Productions @ Irondale, NY 2018
Xander Xyst: Dragon 1 Jesse Rasmussen sound design Ars Nova, NY & Yale Cabaret, CT 2017
Death of Yazdgerd Shadi Ghaheri sound design & music direction Yale School of Drama, CT 2017
The Hour of Great Mercy Kevin Hourigan sound design Yale School of Drama, CT 2017
Everything That Never Happened Jesse Rasmussen sound design Yale School of Drama, CT 2017
BULGARIA! REVOLT! Elizabeth Dinkova composition & sound design Yale School of Drama, CT 2016
The Moors Jackson Gay asst. sound design, Daniel Kluger Yale Repertory Theatre, CT 2016
The Pajama Game JV Mercanti sound design Pace School of Performing Arts, NY 2015
The Bitter Tears of
Petra von Kant
Caitlin Ryan O'Connell sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2015
Look Back in Anger James Dean Palmer sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2015
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Lee Kasper sound design Lee Strasberg Institute, NY 2015
Pericles Dan Rogers composition & sound design Brown/Trinity Rep, RI 2015
Our Town Adam Fitzgerald sound design St. Bart's Players, NY 2014
The School Play Danny Sharron sound design Lee Strasberg Institute, NY 2014
Old Paper Houses Tara Ahmadinejad sound design & addl. music Columbia MFA @ Connelly Theater, NY 2014
IN THE FOG Sarah Rose Leonard composition & sound design Dixon Place, NY 2014
nellie/nellie Michael Williams composition & sound design Antigravity Performance Project
@ Broad Street Ministry, PA
2014
The Importance of Being Ernest
Hemingway
James Rutherford sound design M34 Productions @ Access Theater,
NY
2013
What it Means to Disappear Here Danny Sharron sound design UglyRhino Productions, NY 2013
Angelina Ballerina the Musical Sam Viverito sound engineer Vital Theatre, NY & national tour 2013
Yermedea Raw Kym Moore composition & sound design Antigravity Performance Project
@ La MaMa, ETC, NY & tour
2012
sixsixsix Dan Rogers sound design AntiMatter Collective
@ Magic Futurebox, NY
2012
Miss Julie Anne Troup composition & sound design Jimmy's 43, NY 2012
The Inexplicable Redemption of
Agent G
Robert Ross Parker sound engineer Vampire Cowboys
@ Incubator Arts Project, NY
2011
A Midsummer Night's Dream James Rutherford sound design Columbia MFA @ Riverside Theatre, NY 2011
El Extraño Viaje Gabriel Olivares sound design & addl. music El Reló Productions, Madrid & tour 2010
Bernarda's Backstage Alejandra Prieto sound design & addl. music Winged Cranes, Madrid & tour 2010

Education

  • M.F.A. Yale School of Drama, Sound Design
  • Received the Freida Shaw, Dr. Diana Mason OBE and Denise Suttor Prize in Sound Design
  • A.B. Brown University, Electronic Music & Multimedia, and English
  • Received Honors in Music and the Weston Award for Music Composition

Recognition & Other Info

  • St. Louis Theater Circle Awards 2023 – Outstanding Sound Design for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
  • Henry Hewes Design Awards 2022 – nomination in Sound Design for Man Cave
  • Motif Magazine 2019 Theater Awards – Best Sound Design (College) for tick, tick... BOOM!
  • Author of "Multi-user shared augmented audio spaces using motion capture systems," 2018 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Visiting Lecturer posts at Williams College and Playwrights Horizons/NYU
  • Master Teaching Artist in Sound Design for the Roundabout Theatre Company
  • Resident Composer of the Antigravity Performance Project
  • Member IATSE United Scenic Artists, Local 829