Matt Tierney

Personal Information
Matt Tierney is a composer and sound designer who is currently an associate of Elevator Repair Service (The Sun Also Rises, The Sound and the Fury: April Seventh, 1928), Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company (The Shipment, Church) and The Wooster Group (Hamlet – 2008 Lucille Lortel Award Nomination, the film There’s Still Time..Brother, Who’s You Dada? at MOMA and The Emperor Jones). Other recent productions include the NY premiere of Sarah Kane’s Blasted (Soho Rep, 2008) directed by Sarah Benson. He has served as music director and assistant director for several productions with Ridge Theater Company including Decasia by Michael Gordon (music) and Bill Morison (film), Jennie Richee by Mac Wellman (2001 OBIE Award for collaborative design), Shelter with Bang on a Can, Oedipus by Harry Partch, and The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
 
Credits

Designer
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Low Road Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 03/07/2018 Sound Designer
2 The Red Letter Plays: In the Blood Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 09/17/2017 Sound Designer
3 A Parallelogram Second Stage Theatre 08/02/2017 Sound Designer
4 Red Speedo New York Theatre Workshop 03/03/2016 Sound Designer
5 Futurity Connelly Theater 10/20/2015 Sound Designer
6 The Tempest Delacorte Theater 06/16/2015 Sound Effects
7 Gloria Vineyard Theatre 06/15/2015 Sound Designer
8 The Sound and the Fury Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 05/21/2015 Sound Designer
9 Pocatello Playwrights Horizons 12/15/2014 Sound Designer
10 Our Lady of Kibeho Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 11/16/2014 Sound Designer
11 The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence Playwrights Horizons 12/09/2013 Sound Designer
12 Arguendo Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 09/24/2013 Sound Designer
13 Luck of the Irish Claire Tow Theater 02/11/2013 Sound Designer
14 Detroit Playwrights Horizons 09/18/2012 Sound Designer
15 The Select (The Sun Also Rises) New York Theatre Workshop 09/11/2011 Sound Designer
16 Kin Playwrights Horizons 03/21/2011 Sound Designer
17 That Face New York City Center/ Stage I 05/18/2010 Sound Designer
18 This Playwrights Horizons 12/02/2009 Sound Designer
19 The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) New York Theatre Workshop 04/29/2008 Sound Designer

Actor
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Select (The Sun Also Rises) New York Theatre Workshop 09/11/2011 Robert Cohn

Other
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Wooster Group Hamlet Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Newman Theater 10/31/2007 Other
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2015 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design Pocatello Sound Designer
2 WON 2015 AUDELCO Award, Sound Design Our Lady of Kibeho Sound Designer
3 NOMINATED 2015 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play Our Lady of Kibeho Sound Designer
4 NOMINATED 2015 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Sound Design Our Lady of Kibeho Sound Designer
5 NOMINATED 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design Detroit Sound Designer
6 NOMINATED 2013 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects Detroit Sound Designer
7 WON 2012 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design The Select (The Sun Also Rises) Sound Designer
8 NOMINATED 2012 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects The Select (The Sun Also Rises) Sound Designer
9 WON 2012 Obie Award, Design The Select (The Sun Also Rises) Sound Designer
10 NOMINATED 2009 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) Sound Designer
11 NOMINATED 2008 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design The Wooster Group Hamlet Other