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Arshan

Arshan Gailus’ music and soundscapes have been heard at ArtsEmerson, The Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, The Guthrie, Capital Repertory Theatre, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, A.R.T Institute, The Lyric Stage Company, New Repertory Theater, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Harvard College, Brandeis University, The Nora Theatre Company, SpeakEasy Stage, Gloucester Stage, and Company One.  

Arshan was awarded the 2016 IRNE Award for Best Sound Design (Small Theater) for appropriate by the SpeakEasy Stage Company. Arshan was also a member of the Elliot Norton Award winning design teams for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Company One, 2012) and Twelfth Night (Actors’ Shakespeare Project, 2011). 

Other previous work includes teaching theatrical sound design at Emerson College and creating music and sound for independent video games in the Boston area and internationally.

Arshan holds a B.S. in Music from MIT, having studied composition, instrumental performance, psychoacoustics, computer science, and electrical engineering and holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. Arshan has studied classical saxophone with Ken Radnofsky and Philipp Stäudlin.

Member, United Scenic Artists Local USA 829

Sound Design Production History

* indicates Original Music in addition to Sound Design

2023*Mr. ParentAlso presented at Geva TheatreBoston Playwrights' TheatreMegan Sandberg-Zakian, dir.
2022*MalaThe Old GlobeDavid Dower, dir.
*A Walk in the WoodsShakespeare & CompanyJames Warwick, dir.
2021*Mr. ParentWorld PremiereLyric Stage Company of BostonMegan Sandberg-Zakian, dir.
2020*CorduroyEmerson StageMelia Bensussen, dir.
The Gorn GalaxyForum for Cultural EngagementMegan Sandberg-Zakian, dir.
*Good BreedingEmerson StageElaine Vaan Hogue, dir.
*The CakeLyric Stage Company of BostonCourtney O’Connor, dir.
2019*Lobby HeroCapital Repertory TheatreMegan Sandberg-Zakian, dir.
*The History PlaysPlays in Place/Mount Auburn CemeteryCourtney O’Connor, dir.
*House of JoyCalifornia Shakespeare TheaterMegan Sandberg-Zakian, dir.
*Twelfth NightShakespeare & CompanyAllyn Burrows, dir.
The Nature PlaysPlays in Place/Mount Auburn CemeteryCourtney O’Connor, dir.
EverybodySuffolk UniversityAnna Kohler, dir.
*What Remains Hidden (Is Still Known)Emerson StageRinde Eckert, dir.
2018*The RoyaleCapital Repertory TheatreMegan Sandberg-Zakian, dir.
*As You Like ItShakespeare & CompanyAllyn Burrows, dir.
*Dancing at LughnasaGloucester Stage CompanyBenny Sato Ambush, dir.
Three AmericanismsHarvard Theater, Dance & MediaPaul Lazar, dir.
Antigone ProjectEmerson StageDavid R. Gammons, dir.
Death and the MaidenCommonwealth Shakespeare CompanySteven Maler, dir.
2017*Hold These TruthsLyric Stage Company of BostonBenny Sato Ambush, dir.
KissArtsEmersonDavid Dower, dir.
OleannaNew Repertory TheaterElaine Vaan Hogue, dir.
Exit the KingActors' Shakespeare ProjectDmitry Troyanovsky, dir.
*The TempestShakespeare & CompanyAllyn Burrows, dir.
TitanicEmerson StageScott Lafeber, dir.
*Stage KissLyric Stage Company of BostonCourtney O'Connor, dir.
2016*The TempestActors' Shakespeare ProjectAllyn Burrows, dir.
*MartyrBrandeis UniversityDmitry Troyanovsky, dir.
MalaArtsImpulse Award nomination
Also presented at The Guthrie Theater (2017) and The Huntington Theatre (2018)
ArtsEmersonDavid Dower, dir.
*HamletActors' Shakespeare ProjectDoug Lockwood, dir.
*Marjorie PrimeNora Theatre CompanyM. Bevin O'Gara, dir.
*Fast CompanyLyric Stage Company of BostonM. Bevin O'Gara, dir.
*Richard IIActors' Shakespeare ProjectAllyn Burrows, dir.
2015MacbethBrandeis UniversityZoë Golub-Sass, dir.
*O BeautifulEmerson StageBenny Sato Ambush, dir.
appropriateIRNE Award
Elliot Norton Award nomination
SpeakEasy Stage CompanyM. Bevin O'Gara, dir.
The New Electric BallroomGloucester Stage CompanyRobert Walsh, dir.
*World BuildersContemporary American Theater FestivalNicole A. Watson, dir.
Desdemona: A Play About a HandkerchiefAmerican Repertory Theatre InstituteMelia Bensussen, dir.
Merrily We Roll AlongEmerson StageScott Lafeber, dir.
Uncommon Women, and OthersEmerson StageMaureen Shea, dir.
2014*PhèdreActors' Shakespeare ProjectM. Bevin O'Gara, dir.
Dancing at LughnasaEmerson StageCourtney O'Connor, dir.
*Becoming CubaHuntington Theatre CompanyM. Bevin O'Gara, dir.
*The Cherry OrchardActors' Shakespeare ProjectMelia Bensussen, dir.
2013SplendorCompany OneShawn LaCount, dir.
*Romeo and JulietActors' Shakespeare ProjectBobbie Steinbach and Allyn Burrows, dirs.
TribesIRNE Award nominationSpeakEasy Stage CompanyM. Bevin O'Gara, dir.
*PericlesActors' Shakespeare ProjectAllyn Burrows, dir.
Clybourne ParkSpeakEasy Stage CompanyM. Bevin O'Gara, dir.
LungsNew Repertory TheaterBridget Kathleen O’Leary, dir.
2012*ChinglishLyric Stage Company of BostonLarry Coen, dir.
MacbethActors' Shakespeare ProjectPaula Plum, dir.
*The Elaborate Entrance of Chad DeityElliot Norton Award
IRNE Award nomination
Company OneShawn LaCount, dir.
Avenue QLyric Stage Company of BostonSpiro Veloudos, dir.
*The TemperamentalsLyric Stage Company of BostonJeremy Johnson, dir.
Superior DonutsLyric Stage Company of BostonSpiro Veloudos, dir.
2011*The Divine SisterSpeakEasy Stage CompanyLarry Coen, dir.
Twelfth NightElliot Norton AwardActors' Shakespeare ProjectMelia Bensussen, dir.
1001Company OneMegan Sandberg-Zakian, dir.
*The UnderstudyLyric Stage Company of BostonLarry Coen, dir.
2010*GRIMMCompany OneShawn LaCount and Summer Williams, dirs.
Blithe SpiritLyric Stage Company of BostonSpiro Veloudos, dir.
*Legacy of LightLyric Stage Company of BostonLois Roach, dir.
The Sing Song ShowBoston Arts AcademyRosalind Thomas-Clark, dir.
2009The OverwhelmingCompany OneShawn LaCount, dir.
*after the quakeCompany OneShawn LaCount, dir.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Emerson Umbrella Center for the ArtsRobert Knapp, dir.
2008*Voyeurs de VenusCompany OneSummer Williams, dir.

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