Joe Payne    Sound Designer

801-585-5856  joe@paynepayne.com  www.paynepayne.com

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  Member of United Scenic Artists local 829, as a Sound Designer. 2003-Present.


Pioneer Theatre Company, SLC, UT.  2000-Present (LORT B)

Over 50 Productions, Including:

Original Music and Sound Design:

The Vertical Hour 2008 Charles Morey Director
Othello 2007 Gavin Cameron-Webb Dir.
Julius Caesar (Prague Quadrennial 2007) 2006 Charles Morey Dir.
Humble Boy 2006 Charles Morey Dir.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 2002 John Going Dir.

Resident Sound Designer:

The Ladies Man (world premiere) 2007 Charles Morey Dir.
Metamorphoses 2005 Charles Morey dir.
Dumas' Camellias (world premiere) 2004 Charles Morey Dir.
Cyrano de Bergerac 2003 Charles Morey Dir.
Macbeth 2003 Charles Morey Dir.
Laughing Stock (world premiere) 2001 Charles Morey Dir.

Sound Design for a Musical and Engineer:

The Producers 2008 Charles Morey Dir.
Les Misérables (Regional Theatre premiere) 2007 Charles Morey Dir.
Chicago 2006 Charles Morey Dir.
Disney's Beauty and The Beast 2004 & 05 Paul Barnes Dir.

Pioneer Theatre Company webmaster and website designer.


University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.  2000-Present

Department of Theatre Adjunct Faculty:

Teach 3500 Sound Design I, and teach 4500 Sound Design II

Teach 3915 and 4915 Independent design projects

Co-teach 1550 Scenography (intro to theatrical design elements)

Supervise and/or design mainstage productions.

Department of Theatre webmaster and website designer.

Selected Original Music and Sound Design:

Helen 2007 Barbara Smith Dir.
Iphigenia 2005 L.L. West Dir.
The Monster Spider (world premiere) 2003 Linda Brown Dir.
Desdemona; A Play About a Handkerchief 2002 L.L. West Dir.
Rhinoceros 2000 Linda Brown Dir.

Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, UT.  1999-Present

Over 30 Productions, Including:

Original Music and Sound Design:

Two Gentlemen of Verona 2008 Jesse Berger Dir.
King Lear 2007 J.R. Sullivan Dir.
Twelfth Night 2007 B.J. Jones Dir.
Hamlet 2006 J.R. Sullivan Dir.
Merry Wives of Windsor 2006 Kate  Buckley Dir.

Sound Design:

Doctor Faustus 2005 Howard Jensen Dir.
The Winter's Tale  2004 Fontaine Syer Dir.
Richard III   2003 J.R. Sullivan Dir.
The Tempest  2001 Kathleen Conlin Dir.
The War of the Roses 2000 Howard Jensen Dir.
Damn Yankees   1999 Roger Bean Dir.

Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN. 2009

Sound Design

The Ladies Man 2009 Charles Morey Dir.

Alabama Shakespeare Festival,  Montgomery, AL. 2007-2008

Original Music and/or Sound Design: 

Les Miserables 2009 Charles Morey Dir.
The Count of Monte Cristo 2008 Charles Morey Dir.
Death of a Salesman 2007 Charles Morey Dir.

Repertory Theatre of St. Louis,  St. Louis MO. 2006

Original Music and Sound Design: 

I Am My Own Wife 2006 John Going Dir.
Humble Boy 2006 Steven Woolf Dir.

Salt Lake Shakespeare, SLC, UT 2005-2006

Scenic Design and Original Music:

Henry V 2006 L.L. West  Dir.
Measure For Measure 2005 Kyle Lewis Dir.

Mystery, This Is The Place.  Radio drama. SLC, UT. 2004

Original Music and Sound Design: 

The Abracadabra Man 2004 Joyce Cohen Dir.

Utah Symphony & Opera, Salt Lake City, UT.  2002 and 2004

Sound Design and Engineer:

A Little Night Music  (2002 Olympics Cultural Olympiad) 2002 Michael Leeds Dir.
How The Trumpet Got Its Toot  2004 Craig Rich Dir.
H.M.S. Pinafore  (Deer Valley Music Festival) 2004 Patricia Weinmann Dir.

The Egyptian Theatre Company, Park City, UT.   2001-2004 (SPT)

Original Music:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 2004 L.L. West Dir.
A Village Fable 2002 Dana Keiter Dir.

Sound Design:

Macbeth   2001 Kyle Lewis Dir.
I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change 2002 John Caywood Dir.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH.   2002

Original Music:  

Ten Little Indians 2002 John Going Dir.

Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI.  1999 (LORT B)

Sound Design:  

Noises Off 1999 Paul Barnes Dir.

Virginia Stage Company, Norfolk, VA.  1996-99 (LORT C-1)

Over 20 Productions, Including:

Resident Sound Designer:

The Beauty Queen of Leenane 1999 Jeanette Lambermont Dir.
Travels With My Aunt  w/ Syracuse Stage 1998 Michael Laswell Dir.
A Christmas Carol   1998 & 99 Charles Hensley Dir.
Terra Nova 1997 Charles Hensley Dir.

Sound Design and Engineer:

Nobody Lonesome for Me (world premiere)  1999 Charles Hensley Dir.
Midsummer Night's Dream w/Virginia Symphony 1998 Paul Barnes Dir.
Appalachian Strings 1997 Randal Myler Dir.
Snapshots (world premiere)   1996 Michael Scheman Dir.

The Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA.  1998 (LORT D)

Sound Design:  

Having Our Say 1998 Julie Wilson

Freelance Audio Engineering Credits:

2007-07 Mountain Town Stages, Park City, UT: Park city Arts Festival, Various summer concerts.

1996-99 Onyx Engineering, Virginia Beach, VA: Virginia Symphony, VA Beach Boardwalk Concert Series, VA Beach Arts Fest.

1995-95 Performance Audio, SLC, UT: 40+ various concerts and events; incl. symphonies, choirs, rock concerts, festivals.

1992-95 Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts, Ogden, UT: 300+ various theatrical tours, concerts, and events.

1992-95 Babymoon Recording, Alpine, UT: 50+ pre and post-production projects; including voice-overs, ensembles, & bands.


Bachelor's Degree in Theatre with emphasis in Sound & Scenic Design:  Weber State University, 1995.

Co-founder of the USITT Intermountain Desert regional Section.