Josh Schmidt

Josh Schmidt (He/Him/His)
Sound Design & Original Music, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Josh Schmidt is a composer/sound designer/musician/educator living in Milwaukee. Theatrical credits as Composer/Co-Author include ADDING MACHINE (Minetta Lane, NYC; Next Theatre, Evanston; Finborough, London); A MINISTER’S WIFE (Lincoln Center, NYC; Writers Theatre, Glencoe), WHIDA PERU (59E59, NYC); MIDWESTERN GOTHIC (Signature, VA); GIFT OF THE MAGI (American Players Theatre, WI); KILLING THE CAT (Riverside Studios, London). Incidental music credits include WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING (Lincoln Center, NYC) FIFTY WORDS (MCC Theater, NYC). Theatrical credits as Composer/Sound Designer on Broadway include THERESE RAQUIN (Roundabout/Studio 54), HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES (Walter Kerr), BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Nederlander). Off Broadway projects include ABOUT ALICE (TFANA), DINNER WITH FRIENDS (Roundabout) MODEL APARTMENT (Primary Stages), 3 KINDS OF EXILE (Atlantic), WATER BY THE SPOONFUL (Second Stage), CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (59E59), many others. In Chicago, Josh has designed numerous productions for companies including Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theater, Writers’ Theatre, Victory Gardens, Raven Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Next Theatre Company, many others. REGIONAL: Over 300 productions at venues across the country including 3 seasons Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Ontario, Canada), Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor, NY), Philadelphia Theatre Company (PA), The Kennedy Center, Ford's Theatre (Washington DC); Seattle Repertory Theatre (WA), Alley Theatre (Houston, TX); Arizona Theater Company (AZ); Cleveland Playhouse (OH), Kansas City Rep (MO); South Coast Repertory (CA); Delaware Theatre Company (DE); Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (Holland, MI); 21 Seasons at American Players Theatre (Spring Green, WI); many others. Film credits include the upcoming release of THE END (Final Cut for Real/Neon), MIDWESTERN GOTHIC (Royal Academy of Music, London), ONE FOOT IN (Buckhowl). COMMISSIONS: Metropolitan Opera. TEACHING: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, University of Illinois – Chicago; University of Nevada – Las Vegas; Lectures at Harvard, Suffolk, Mississippi-Oxford, Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Lawrence University, Wisconsin-Madison. MEMBER: ASCAP. AWARDS/RECOGNITION: Lortel, Outer Critics, Jeff, ASCAP, NEA/TCG, Prague Quadrennial 2007, Sundance Theatre Lab UCross 2012, many others