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: Jonah (Roundabout Theatre Company), Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Lucille Lortel Theatre), The Scarlet Letter (Two River Theater), 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), The Game (Playmakers Repertory Company), 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:

As You Like It - Shakespeare at Notre Dame

Yellow Face - Roundabout Theatre Company

The Reservoir - Denver Theater Center / The Alliance / Geffen Playhouse