Cricket S. Myers is an American sound designer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. She graduated with a MFA from California Institute of the Arts and has since then worked on over 300 productions around LA. She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Sound Design in 2011 for Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo [1] and won best sound at the Drama Desk Award. In 2007 LiveDesign named her a Young Designer to Watch. [2] [3]
Awards | Production | Category | Venue/Prod Company | Result | Notes |
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2007 Ovation Awards | Trying | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | The Colony Theater | Nominated | [4] |
2007 Ovation Awards | The Bacchae | Best Sound Design (Intimate Theater) | The Celebration Theater | Nominated | [4] |
2008 Ovation Awards | Dark Play Or Stories For Boys | Best Sound Design (Intimate Theater) | The Theatre @ Boston Court | Nominated | [5] |
2008 Ovation Awards | Emergency | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Geffen Playhouse | Nominated | [5] |
2008 Ovation Awards | Norman's Ark | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | John Anson Ford Theatre | Nominated | [5] |
2008 Ovation Awards | Picasso At The Lapin Agile | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Rubicon Theatre Company | Nominated | [5] |
2009 Ovation Awards | Battle Hymn | Best Sound Design (Intimate Theater) | Circle X Theatre Company | Nominated | With Michael Levine [6] |
2009 Ovation Awards | Mary’s Wedding | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Colony Theatre | Nominated | [6] |
2009 Ovation Awards | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Center Theatre Group | Nominated | With Kathryn Bostic [6] |
2009 Ovation Awards | The Little Dog Laughed | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Center Theatre Group | Nominated | With Lewis Flinn [6] |
2010 Ovation Awards | Cousin Bette | Best Sound Design (Intimate Theater) | The Antaeus Company | Nominated | [7] |
2010 Ovation Awards | Grace & Glorie | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Colony Theatre | Nominated | [7] |
2010 Ovation Awards | The Lieutenant of Inishmore | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Center Theatre Group | Nominated | [7] |
2011 Drama Desk Awards | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Outstanding Sound Design in a Play | Richard Rodgers Theatre | Won | With Acme Sound Partners [8] |
2011 Tony Awards | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Best Sound Design of a Play | Richard Rodgers Theatre | Nominated | With Acme Sound Partners [9] |
2013 Ovation Awards | Bad Apples! | Best Sound Design (Intimate Theater) | Circle X Theatre Company | Nominated | [10] |
2013 Ovation Awards | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Center Theatre Group | Nominated | [10] |
2013 Ovation Awards | The Second City's A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens! | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Center Theatre Group | Nominated | [10] |
2014 Ovation Awards | Play Dead | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Geffen Playhouse | Nominated | [11] |
2015 Ovation Awards | Bent | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Center Theatre Group | Nominated | [12] |
2016 Ovation Awards | Endgame | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Center Theatre Group | Nominated | [13] |
2016 Ovation Awards | I Only Have Eyes for You | Best Sound Design (Large Theater) | Al Dubin Musical/Corky Hale | Nominated | [13] |
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