Experience

Design

Theatrical Trailer

House of Bones Theater Company

 

Sound Designer, Mix Engineer

June − October 2025

HOBTC Co-Artistic Directors: Ash Baudelaire and Matthew Cooperberg
Video Editor and Camera Operator: Milan Eldridge
Sound Design and Mixing: Emily Murray

Full credits in linked video description.

Designed, edited, and mixed audio for an original trailer promoting the new theater startup House of Bones Theatre Company.

Disorder: An Immersive Theatrical Installation

The Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University

 

Sound Designer

September 2022 − February 2023

Co-created an immersive installation about the American healthcare system, in which audience members used stethoscopes to listen to monologues within the walls of the open plan set. Precisely placed speakers and mixed audio levels for optimal sound quality as audience members moved through the installation. Completed as Senior Independent Work for the Program in Theater.

Post-Production

Graveyard Shift

House of Bones Theater Company

 

Post-Production Mix Engineer

November 2025 − January 2026

 

HOBTC Co-Artistic Directors: Ash Baudelaire and Matthew Cooperberg
Playwright & Dramaturg: Ash Baudelaire
Director: Matthew Cooperberg
Lighting Design: Jenna Mullin
Sound Design: Ryan Gao
Co-Set Designers: Ash Baudelaire and Matthew Cooperberg

Post-Production
Video Editor: Milan Eldridge
Mix Engineer: Emily Murray

Full credits in linked video description.

Mixed recorded dialogue, music, and ambience for a first-person perspective virtual theater experience.

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Act II:

Live Production

The Trustees of Reservations: Winterlights

The Bradley Estate, Canton, MA

 

Event Technician, Sound Designer

September 2025 − February 2026

Assistant Event Technician

September 2024 − January 2025

Led the installation of a half-mile outdoor light display, installing and troubleshooting equipment, planning and implementing power distribution, and constructing displays. Managed the outdoor team during run of show. Created a comprehensive inventory database to improve organization and reduce overspending in future years.

Curated instrumental music, designed soundscapes, and positioned speakers to enhance the immersive environment as patrons moved through the show. The audio received numerous compliments from patrons.

The Glimmerglass Festival

Cooperstown, NY

 

A/V Staff

Summers 2024 − 2025

A/V Apprentice

Summer 2023

Worked in a fast-paced repertory opera environment, programming and mixing on audio consoles, diagnosing and making repairs, fitting microphone rigs, programming and troubleshooting systems of multiple projectors, working with the broadcasting team for the National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions, and mentoring apprentices.

Various Organizations

Greater Boston, MA

 

Freelance Technician

February 2025 − Present

Working as an A/V, Lighting, and Scenic Technician for theatrical organizations including The Huntington and Emerson College; and corporate event companies including VDA, Inc. and Groundwork Operations.

The Norwood Theatre

Norwood, MA

 

Theater Technician

November 2023 − May 2024

Earned the trust of the theater’s most demanding directors as an audio engineer, lighting technician, backline technician, and stagehand for musicals and concerts.

Education

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

B.A. Astrophysical Sciences, Certificate in Theater

2019 − 2023

Berklee College of Music: Berklee Online 

Boston, MA

Online Course: Live Event Sound Engineering and Concert Mixing 201

January − March 2024
Emily Murray

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Massachusetts & New York

Emily Murray

Sound Engineer & Designer