About

Kate Marvin is a New York based sound designer, composer, and musician for theater, film, puppetry, and podcasts. She specializes in making music using found sounds and everyday objects.

Recent designs: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Lucille Lortel Theatre), Merry Me (New York Theatre Workshop - co-design with Caroline Eng), Wolf Play* at MCC Theater (originally at Soho Rep in collaboration with Ma-Yi Theater), Big Trip (LaMaMa, Krymov Lab NYC), Bulrusher (McCarter/Berkeley Rep), Vanessa in Bed (Audible), the best we could [a family tragedy] (Manhattan Theatre Club), Misery (Playmakers Rep), Sense & Sensibility (Northern Stage), Dial M for Murder (Westport Country Playhouse), Bloodmeal (Theater in Quarantine), Chimpanzee (HERE, The Barbican, Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes - co-design with Avery Orvis), Three Sisters (Two River Theater - co-design with Caroline Eng), The Memory Trade (Handmade Puppet Dreams), as well as projects with Target Margin Theater, Clubbed Thumb, 59E59, Playwrights Horizons, TFANA, and more. Kate is an Associate Artist with Target Margin and a member of USA829.

*2023 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Sound Design

Upcoming:

The Dancing Room by Yehuda L. Hyman - Mystical Feet

Jonah by Rachel Bonds - Roundabout Theatre Company

The Scarlet Letter by Kate Hamill - Two River Theater

The People Vs. Nature by Kevin Augustine - Lone Wolf Tribe

The Game by Bekah Brunstetter - Playmakers Repertory Company