AWARDS & PRESS
Acknowledgements, Nominations, & Awards
2023 Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical
Weightless at WP Theater
2022 GRAMMY Nomination for Best Musical Theater Album
Recording Engineer for Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots with Broadway Records
Broadway Women's Fund 2021 "Women to Watch On Broadway"
2020 Chicago "Jeff" Award Nomination for Outstanding Original Music for a Play
Bernhardt/Hamlet at Goodman Theatre
2020 BroadwayWorld Nashville Award for Outstanding Sound Design of the Decade
Mockingbird at Nashville Children's Theatre
2018 Nashville "The First Night" Award for Outstanding Sound Design
Mockingbird at Nashville Children's Theatre
2017 San Diego Theatre Critics "Craig Noel Award" for Outstanding Sound Design
Wild Goose Dreams at La Jolla Playhouse
2023 Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Sound Design of a Musical
Weightless at WP Theater
2022 GRAMMY Nomination for Best Musical Theater Album
Recording Engineer for Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots with Broadway Records
Broadway Women's Fund 2021 "Women to Watch On Broadway"
2020 Chicago "Jeff" Award Nomination for Outstanding Original Music for a Play
Bernhardt/Hamlet at Goodman Theatre
2020 BroadwayWorld Nashville Award for Outstanding Sound Design of the Decade
Mockingbird at Nashville Children's Theatre
2018 Nashville "The First Night" Award for Outstanding Sound Design
Mockingbird at Nashville Children's Theatre
2017 San Diego Theatre Critics "Craig Noel Award" for Outstanding Sound Design
Wild Goose Dreams at La Jolla Playhouse
Press
The Good John Proctor - Trinity Rep
"The sound design by Joanna Lynne Staub is especially good, with random, unplaceable noises, voices, and distant screams
often interrupting the action, making the audience feel the unease of hearing such things on a dark
17th century night in the woods." - BroadwayWorld.com
Life After - Goodman Theatre
"Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design is a big plus, achieving perfect balance and clarity throughout the house." - TheatreMania
"The sound, whether hushed a cappella vocal or a lush, soaring string crescendo is rich, clear and balanced.." - Chicago Sun Times
Bernhardt/Hamlet - Goodman Theatre
"Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design and original music are nothing short of perfection" - Windy City Times
How to Catch Creation - Goodman Theatre
"The technical aspects of this production as always are spot on perfect... set, costumes, lighting, sound, and
original music all add to the wonder of this theatrical experience. And it is just that." - Around the Town Chicago
Mother of the Maid - The Public Theatre
"Alexander Sovronsky & Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design summon a world in which
people are unavoidably subject to the whims of nature" - The New York Times
Mockingbird - Nashville Children's Theatre
"Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design creates an amazing ambient for the play that surrounds and envelops the audience,
ensuring the the impact of Mockingbird is strongly felt" - BroadwayWorld.com
The Good John Proctor - Trinity Rep
"The sound design by Joanna Lynne Staub is especially good, with random, unplaceable noises, voices, and distant screams
often interrupting the action, making the audience feel the unease of hearing such things on a dark
17th century night in the woods." - BroadwayWorld.com
Life After - Goodman Theatre
"Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design is a big plus, achieving perfect balance and clarity throughout the house." - TheatreMania
"The sound, whether hushed a cappella vocal or a lush, soaring string crescendo is rich, clear and balanced.." - Chicago Sun Times
Bernhardt/Hamlet - Goodman Theatre
"Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design and original music are nothing short of perfection" - Windy City Times
How to Catch Creation - Goodman Theatre
"The technical aspects of this production as always are spot on perfect... set, costumes, lighting, sound, and
original music all add to the wonder of this theatrical experience. And it is just that." - Around the Town Chicago
Mother of the Maid - The Public Theatre
"Alexander Sovronsky & Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design summon a world in which
people are unavoidably subject to the whims of nature" - The New York Times
Mockingbird - Nashville Children's Theatre
"Joanna Lynne Staub's sound design creates an amazing ambient for the play that surrounds and envelops the audience,
ensuring the the impact of Mockingbird is strongly felt" - BroadwayWorld.com
Features
Dramatics Interview
"Reflections of Six Leading Women Sound Designers" - LINK HERE
The Backstage Creative Podcast Interview - LINK HERE
TSDCA Interview - LINK HERE
The Color Purple - Broadway
Lighting & Sound International Feature - LINK HERE
Pro Sound Web Feature - LINK HERE
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Broadway
Lighting & Sound International Feature - LINK HERE
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Disney Theatrical
Stage Directions Feature - LINK HERE
Dramatics Interview
"Reflections of Six Leading Women Sound Designers" - LINK HERE
The Backstage Creative Podcast Interview - LINK HERE
TSDCA Interview - LINK HERE
The Color Purple - Broadway
Lighting & Sound International Feature - LINK HERE
Pro Sound Web Feature - LINK HERE
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Broadway
Lighting & Sound International Feature - LINK HERE
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Disney Theatrical
Stage Directions Feature - LINK HERE