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What is a common theme in Mikaal Sulaiman's work? no not the musician here is some stuff he did Originally from Rochester New York, currently resides in Los Angeles working primarily as a sound designer and composer. He attended the University of the Arts receiving a BFA and later studied the Jacque Lecoq approach to avant-garde theatre at the London International School of Performing Arts. Mikaal also writes and directs from time to time. He is currently writing and devising a new headphone play titled Project Black Plague. PBP has received artist residencies at Space on Ryder Farm in upstate New York, UCross Foundation in Wyoming, as well as VoxFest at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Mikaal’s sound design credits on world premiere shows include: Rags Parkland (Ars Nova; Lucille Lortel Award winner), Fairview (Soho Rep; Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama), Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova; Obie Award winner). He has received nominations from Bay Area Theatre Critics, Audelco Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Drama Desk Award for sound design.

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A clear through-line in Mikaal Sulaiman’s work is experimental, immersive sound used to deepen and shape socially and politically charged theatre. His Lecoq/avant‑garde training and frequent writing/devising inform unconventional formats (for example a headphone play), while his sound designs for new, premiere plays like Fairview and Underground Railroad Game show a focus on using texture, space and audio to amplify issues of race, history and identity. He consistently works on new, collaborative theatre that pushes form and uses sound as a storytelling and sensory device.