Sound Design, Webmaster

Joe Payne is in his tenth season as resident sound designer for Pioneer Theatre Company and teaching sound design for The University of Utah Department of Theatre.  He has designed sound and/or composed music for more than 100 productions in theaters throughout the country, including The Utah Shakespearean Festival (10 years), Indiana Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Salt Lake Shakespeare, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park, The Virginia Stage Company (4 years), The Egyptian Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Utah Opera, The Fulton Opera House, and Utah Musical Theatre.  Joe has created and designed media and projections for Pioneer Theatre Company, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Salt Lake Shakespeare, and the University of Utah.  Joe is a member of United Scenic Artist local 829.  His composition and design for PTC’s Julius Caesar was presented at the Prague Quadrennial design exhibition 2007, and toured the states in 2008 as part of  USITT's regional and national conferences.  Recent projects include composition of the rock musical, The Bakkhai, presented by U Theatre's Classical Greek Theatre Festival.