Josh Schmidt is a composer/sound designer based in both Milwaukee and New York. His work has been featured at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Writers Theatre In Glencoe, Next Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and Seanachai Theatre Company (Chicago); Kennedy Center and Ford’s Theatre (Washington DC); 59E59, Builders Association (associate design), Jean Cocteau Rep, and Genesius Theatre Guild (NYC); Alley Theatre (Houston) Seattle Rep (Seattle) American Players Theatre (Spring Green); Madison Rep and UW-Madison (Madison) Milwaukee Rep, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Renaissance Theaterworks, Bialystock and Bloom, Next Act Theatre, Theatre X, In Tandem, Wild Space Dance Company, and UW-Milwaukee Theatre and Dance (Milwaukee). As a recitalist of new music, he has performed at Kunstverein Genthiner 11 and Rumänisches Kulturinstitut in Berlin, Germany; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; University of Mississippi-Oxford; and throughout his home state of Wisconsin. He is a recipient of the 2003-2005 NEA/TCG Career Development Program Award and was named one of nine emerging designers in Entertainment/Design Magazine in 2004. Adding Machine represents his first leap into the form of musical theatre.

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	3 Kinds of Exile	Linda Gross Theater	06/11/2013	Original Music
2	A Minister's Wife	Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater	05/08/2011	Music
3	Fifty Words	Lucille Lortel Theatre	10/01/2008	Original Music
4	Adding Machine	Minetta Lane Theatre	02/25/2008	Libretto
5	Adding Machine	Minetta Lane Theatre	02/25/2008	Music

	Production	Theatre	Opened	Credit
1	3 Kinds of Exile	Linda Gross Theater	06/11/2013	Sound Designer
2	Water By The Spoonful	Second Stage Theatre	01/08/2013	Sound Designer
3	Wrecks	Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater	10/10/2006	Assistant Sound Designer
4	Candida	Bouwerie Lane Theatre	12/28/2005	Sound Designer

		Award	Production	Function
1	WON	2008 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical	Adding Machine	Libretto
			Adding Machine	Music
2	NOMINATED	2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical	Adding Machine	Libretto
			Adding Machine	Music
3	NOMINATED	2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music	Adding Machine	Music
4	NOMINATED	2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Lyrics	Adding Machine	Libretto
5	NOMINATED	2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Book of a Musical	Adding Machine	Libretto
6	WON	2008 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical	Adding Machine	Libretto
			Adding Machine	Music
7	WON	2008 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Score	Adding Machine	Music