Theater & Film

 
Featured in The Long Riders. Directed by Walter Hill. Film score by Ry Cooder.

Featured in The Long Riders. Directed by Walter Hill. Film score by Ry Cooder.

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