Blood at the Root

My final design at Penn State University was the 2022 revival production of Blood at the Root. The play originally premiered at Penn State in 2014. As the Sound Designer, my job was to bring audiences out of Penn State’s Pavilion Theatre and into Louisiana in 2006. As part of my sound design for the show, this production of Blood at the Root was the first show at Penn State to have prerecorded Audio Description that ran during every performance.

Creative Team

• Director: Steve H. Broadnax III
• Choreographer: A. Kikora Franklin
• Scenic Designer: Rosalind (Rozy) Izquith
• Costume Designer: Madeline Simpson
• Lighting Designer: James Gibney
• Sound Designer: Michael Smedley
• Vocal Coach: Steven Rimke
• Production Stage Manager: Liz Nugent

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