Ash

Sound Designer

Ash (they/she) is an active composer, choral arranger, songwriter, sound designer, and music director for choir and theatre. As a queer, non-binary, Persian, and hard-of-hearing artist, she values storytelling as a means of connection, revelation, and celebration. Their theatrical credits for music direction and sound design include productions with Portland Center Stage (Dracula: a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really; Choir Boy; tick, tick… BOOM!; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Macbeth), Between Us Theatre Co. (EGG; Velvet Rage; Texas Gothic), SpeakEasy Stage (English), Lower East Side Shakespeare Co. (The Words Will Come; BEE), Fuse Theatre Ensemble (Crumbs, Magnetic Electric), Oregon Children’s Theatre, Corrib Theatre, Jewish Theatre Collaborative, Milagro Theatre (2015 Drammy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music for ¡O Romeo!), Post5 Theatre, and Portland Actors Ensemble (2012 Outdoor Shakespeare Festival Award for Best Sound Design for Twelfth Night). As a composer and writer, they are currently developing Crumbs (musical), Move-Bend-Fall (collection of short plays), Magnetic Electric (play with music), and other projects. Ash is the former artistic director of Transpose PDX, a non-profit choral arts organization serving the trans community, and her choral works and arrangements have been performed by various choirs across the country. They grew up in Portland, OR and currently reside in NYC. www.MusicByAsh.com