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Acme Sound Partners was a company whose staff worked as sound designers for theater.

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History

The company was founded by Nevin Steinberg, Tom Clark, and Mark Menard in 2000. [1]

Awards

Acme Sound Partners received nominations for the Tony Award for Best Sound Design in five consecutive years, from 2008 through 2012. [2]

They won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in 2003 for La bohème . [3]

Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Play, one of two successor awards split from the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design, in 2011 for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo . [3]

The company won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical, the other successor to the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design, in 2010 for Ragtime , [3] and in 2012 for Porgy and Bess .

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References

  1. Gans, Andrew (July 6, 2011). "Nevin Steinberg Will Depart Tony-Nominated Acme Sound Partners".
  2. "Acme Sound Partners: Awards".
  3. 1 2 3 Lampert-Greaux, Ellen (January 29, 2017). "Sound Designer Mark Menard Has Passed Away".

Acme Sound Partners at the Internet Broadway Database