measure for measure
suny new paltz | 2024 | sound design
director: dr. isabel smith-bernstein | dramaturgs: julia dubinsky & william reymann
costumes: hannah goldberg | lighting: max rosenfeld | sound: oz fen wang | composer/lyricist: william reymann
writer: william shakespeare | modern verse translation: aditi brennan kapil
photos by gab salerno
about the show
this staged reading, using the play on! shakespeare modern translation of measure for measure [translated by aditi brennan kapil] was designed [by necessity] in a week. all music was recorded, mixed, and mastered by oz fen over the course of 3 days, and all other sound cues were found, and the qlab session completed over the course of about 2.
the goal of this design was to help ground the show in location and events. most of the sound cues were transitions between scenes, to bring the audience to the new location that the scene was in. the cues that weren't for location were often music [all composed specifically for the production], to indicate who was in the scene or experiencing conflict and heavy emotions.
sound samples
sound effects
played at top of show, grounding us in the first setting we find ourselves in. the saxophone is being played by julia dubinsky
played at the top of act 4 [the scene immediately following intermission]. this includes marianas theme
a cave like soundscape, indicating when a scene was taking place in the underground deeply unpleasant to be in prison
music
guitar: william reymann | drums: noah speek
saxophone julia dubinski | vocals: will reymann, angelina bell, jocelyn mejia
a theme. a theme for angelo. a theme specifically for angelo. angelo's theme. used in two scenes when angelo is spoken about but not present.
played in ii.4, when angelo is propositioning isabella and looping until angelo speaks the line "who will believe you, isabel?"
played for the transition from iv.5 to iv.6, iv.6 to v.1, and at the very end of the show, when isabella stands alone on stage