Theater & Film
For over 30 years, Mitch has composed music and designed sound for theater productions from coast to coast.
Broadway: An Almost Holy Picture at the Roundabout Theatre, starring Kevin Bacon, directed by Michael Mayer.
Regional: Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Trinity Rep, San Jose Rep, Alley Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse.
Representative Productions:
An Almost Holy Picture / Roundabout Theatre : Director, Michael Mayer; The Unseen Hand / Odyssey Theatre Ensemble : Director, Darrell Larson; Stick Fly / Matrix Theater : Director, Shirley Jo Finney; Alice * / Kennedy Center and tour : Director, Shirley Jo Finney; Hannah and Martin / San Jose Repertory : Director, David Schweizer; Sleuth /Falcon Theatre : Director, Michael Michetti; Boy Gets Girl / Seattle Repertory : Director, Roberta Levitow; The Carpetbagger’s Daughters /South Coast Repertory : Director, Martin Benson; Proof /South Coast Repertory : Director, Michael Bloom; The Piano Lesson / Trinity Repertory : Director, Edris Cooper-Anifowashe; Ikebana * / Pasadena Playhouse : Director, Shirley Jo Finney; The Glass Menagerie / Pasadena Playhouse: Director, Andy Robinson; Amy’s View / South Coast Repertory : Director, Mark Rucker; References to Salvador Dali / South Coast Repertory : Director, Juliette Carrillo; The Last Hurrah */ Huntington Theatre Company: Director, Eric Simonson; The Piano Lesson / South Coast Repertory : Director, Seret Scott; How I Learned to Drive / Arena Stage : Director, Molly Smith; Flyin’ West / Pasadena Playhouse : Director, Shirley Jo Finney; The Faraway Nearby / Arena Stage : Director, Roberta Levitow; The Lion in Winter / La Mirada Theatre : Director, Richard Seyd; Blues for an Alabama Sky / Los Angeles Theatre Center : Director, Gary Yates; How I Learned to Drive / Berkeley Repertory Theatre : Director, Molly Smith; Mules / Mark Taper Forum : Director, Lisa Peterson; Sidney Bechet Killed a Man / South Coast Repertory : Director, Juliette Carrillo; Having Our Say /Berkeley Repertory Theatre / Alley Theatre / GeVa Theatre : Director, Roberta Levitow; Collected Stories * / South Coast Repertory : Director, Lisa Peterson; An Almost Holy Picture * / McCarter Theatre / La Jolla Playhouse : Director, Michael Mayer; The Waiting Room * / Mark Taper Forum/ Arena Stage/ Trinity Theatre : Director, David Schweizer; Hedda Gabler / Portland Stage Company : Director, Roberta Levitow; The Mad Dog Blues / Pilot Theatre : Director, Darrell Larson
* world premiere
THEATER AWARDS
Drama-Logue Award: Original Music, Getting Away With Murder 1992
Drama-Logue Award: Original Music, The Waiting Room 1994
Helen Hayes Award Nomination: Sound Design, The Waiting Room, 1996
Drama-Logue Award: Original Music, Sidney Bechet Killed a Man, 1997
FILM, TV, RADIO
-The Long Riders (performer, musician, adapter), 1980
-The Three Pickers PBS Great Performances, associate producer, 2003
-Unquestioned Integrity KCRW/LA Theatre Works, sound design, 2009
-Commercials and industrials for Mattel, Toyota, BBD&O etc., composer