A Sound Odyssey

Over the past five years, I have gone from running a highly ranked theatre school program to becoming a student in a completely different one — not the usual career trajectory. But as I approach 50 — which I've been reliably told is the new 30 — I am reminded yet again that a career in theatre is anything but conventional.

Currently in my 16^th year as the resident sound designer for the Center Theatre Group — which includes the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre, and th