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use less big words Mikaal Sulaiman uses immersive surround sound audio coming from all around the audience to strengthen plays and examine social and political issues. Trained in Lecoq and experimental theatre, he co-creates unusual formats (like headphone plays) and designs textures, spatial placement, and effects for works such as Fairview and Underground Railroad Game to explore race, history, and identity, treating sound as part of the story rather than background.

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Mikaal Sulaiman uses surround sound coming from all around the audience to strengthen plays and look at social and political issues. He trained in the Lecoq method of physical theatre and in experimental theatre. He helps create unusual formats—like plays you listen to through headphones—and designs sound layers, where sounds come from, and effects for works such as Fairview and Underground Railroad Game. He treats sound as part of the story, not just background.