Scott MacDonald
Sound Designer — ALKESTIS
SCOTT is a sound designer and engineer working in theatre, concerts, and events. At Carnegie Mellon University, he was the sound designer for productions of Cabaret and Alkestis, and the creator of two collaborative sound design pieces, Hear Me Out, and Organized Sound. Scott has interned with the Pittsburgh CLO, the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, and the Glimmerglass Festival. Scott is also a passionate advocate for sustainable practices in the arts and beyond.
Scott is originally from Boston, MA, is currently finishing his BFA in Sound Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and is based in Boston, MA and Pittsburgh, PA.
ALKESTIS was directed by Phillip Gates for CMU School of Drama in February 2018.
Our team was interested in the theme of duality and blurring rules. Alkestis’ anticipated death and surprise return to life during the play creates an uncertainty about life and death. This led our director to ask what other aspects of the production could exist in such a space: one where rules are bent, lines of separation blurred, and where elements of seemingly opposite realms are collaged together. In the most tragic or most comedic moments of the play, one senses the opposite element bubbling under the surface, and when the two combine the audience must grapple with a complex experience which moves beyond boundaries that were previously unquestioned.
