We are grateful to all of the individuals and organizations who are essential to our professional existence.

Michael Merritt Awards Committee
Michael Merritt Awards Past Recipients
MUSICIANS
We have been privileged to work with, and learn from, amazing musicians over the years (including jazz greats Kurt Elling, Larry Gray, Orbert Davis as well as members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony and the Houston Symphony), but these are our frequent collaborators:
- Piano
- Violin
- Percussion
- Bass, Hammered Dulcimer
- Jazz Saxophone, Woodwinds
- Jazz Saxophone, Woodwinds
- Cello
- Piano, Our Teacher
- Vocals
- Vocals
STUDIO ENGINEERS
We have worked at some terrific studios around the country but these have been our go to guys:
- Craig Bauer, Jeff Breakey, James Auwarter – Hinge Studio, Chicago
ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER FOR BROADWAY
OTHER ASSOCIATES, ASSISTANTS AND ENGINEERS
We want to sincerely thank all the wonderful and instructive collaborators we have had over time: production managers, sound supervisors, engineers and assistants, stage managers, technical directors, property masters, costumers, carpenters, electricians, dramaturges, playwrights, actors, musicians, choreographers, music directors, designers, directors, producers and the entire staff of every theater and producing organizations we have had the pleasure to work with.
- Steppenwolf Theatre
- Remains Theatre
- Alley Theatre
- McCarter Theatre
- Arena Stage
- Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
- Geffen Playhouse
- Guthrie Theatre
- CENTERSTAGE
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- Writers’ Theatre
- Royal George Theatre
- Goodman Theatre
- Milwaukee Repertory Theater
- Philadelphia Theatre Company
- South Coast Repertory
- Huntington Theatre Company
- Alliance Theatre
- Berkeley Repertory Theatre
- Seattle Repertory Theatre
- Minetta Lane Theatre
- Second Stage
- Vineyard Theatre
- August Wilson Theatre
- The Belasco Theatre
- Music Box Theatre
- Lyceum Theatre
- Barbican Center
- Comedy Theatre
- National Theatre of Great Britain
- Hartford Stage Company
- Long Wharf Theatre
- La Jolla Playhouse
- Trinity Repertory Theatre
- Mark Taper Forum
- Ahmanson
- ACT, San Francisco
- Children’s Theatre Company
- Intiman Theatre
- Weston Playhouse
- Dallas Theater Center
- The Old Globe Theatre
- Yale Repertory Theatre
- Kansas City Repertory
- Pittsburgh Public Theater
- Crossroads Theatre
- People’s Light & Theatre
- Geva Theatre
- Court Theatre
- Northlight Theatre
- Next Theatre
- Shakespeare in the Park
- New Victory
- Al Hirschfeld Theatre
- Bernard B Jacobs Theatre
- Cort Theatre
- Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
- Neil Simon Theatre
- Cameri Theatre
- Darts, Japan
- Wisdom Bridge Theatre
- Organic Theatre Company
- Lookingglass Theatre Company
- Victory Gardens Theatre
- Lifeline Theatre
- About Face Theatre
- Center Theatre
- Mercury Theatre
- Arizona Repertory Theatre
- The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
- Fisher Center at Bard
- Shubert Theatre Boston
- Colonial Theater Boston
- The Kennedy Center
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- MCC at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
- Manhattan Theatre Club
- Playwrights Horizons
- The Public Theatre
- Union Square Theatre
- Brooks Atkinson Theatre
- Circle in the Square
- Toronto Theatre Festival
- Dublin Theatre Festival
- Galway Theatre Festival
- Sydney Festival
- Perth International Arts Festival
- The Shakespeare Theatre Company