Jane Shaw

Personal Information
Ms. Shaw designs for theater uptown and downtown, as well as dance and performance art. Her sound design and original music credits include Hamlet (Theater for a New Audience), Another Side of the Island (with Olympia Dukakis), Gentleman Dancing Master and Imaginary Invalid at the Pearl. With Theater for a New Audience she designed Antony and Cleopatra, Jew of Malta, and the Merchant of Venice (with F. Murray Abraham - RSC tour). She has enjoyed designing several shows at the Mint, including the Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd, Fifth Column, Susan and God, The Return of the Prodigal, and Walking Down Broadway. Her sound designs include Liberty City (New York Theater Workshop), CROOKED at the Women's Project, Monster with Classic Stage Company, National Asian American Company's Out Cry, Othello, Ivanov, Blind Mouth Singing and Synapse Productions' Bloody Poetry and Machinal. She has also designed for the Queens Company, Urban Stages, Primary Stages, Ripetime, Target Margin, Juilliard Drama Department, Kean University, New Georges, Immediate Theater Company, Shakespeare on the Sound, and the New School. Dance credits include work with Susan Marshall (Adamantine, Cloudless, Sawdust Palace, Other Stories, Sleeping Beauty), David Dorfman Dance (Disavowal), and Terry Creach. She first collaborated with Big Dance Theater in 1998, and has designed for the company for the last eleven years - productions including Comme Toujour Here I Stand, Girl Gone, Simple Heart, Plan B, and Shunkin. Graduate: Yale School of Drama, Harvard University. Meet the Composer grant for Hecuba at the Pearl Theater, Nomination for Best Sound Design for Thunder Knocking at the Door (Yale Rep). Recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program, 2005 - 2007. Member: USA 829.
 
Credits

Designer
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Fears Pershing Square Signature Center/ Irene Diamond Stage 05/18/2023 Sound Designer
2 The Wanderers Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 02/16/2023 Sound Designer
3 53% Of McGinn-Cazale Theatre 06/28/2022 Sound Designer
4 Chekhov/Tolstoy: Love Stories Theater Four 02/10/2020 Sound Designer
5 Fear Lucille Lortel Theatre 10/24/2019 Sound Designer
6 Terra Firma Baruch Performing Arts Center 10/10/2019 Sound Designer
7 L.O.V.E.R. Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 09/08/2019 Sound Designer
8 Ira Fuchs' Vilna Theater at St. Clement's Church 03/20/2019 Sound Designer
9 I Was Most Alive With You Playwrights Horizons 09/24/2018 Sound Designer
10 Actually New York City Center/ Stage II 11/14/2017 Sound Designer
11 Men on Boats Playwrights Horizons/ Peter Jay Sharp Theater 08/01/2016 Sound Designer
12 Women Without Men New York City Center/ Stage II 01/30/2016 Sound Designer
13 The New Morality Mint Theater 09/21/2015 Sound Designer
14 Fashions for Men Mint Theater 03/01/2015 Sound Designer
15 The Fatal Weakness Mint Theater 09/15/2014 Sound Designer
16 Donogoo, or The Miracles of Science Mint Theater 06/23/2014 Sound Designer
17 The Rivals Pearl Theatre 05/04/2014 Sound Designer
18 No Exit Pearl Theatre 03/09/2014 Sound Designer
19 London Wall Mint Theater 02/24/2014 Sound Designer
20 A Picture of Autumn Mint Theater 06/10/2013 Sound Designer
21 Basilica Cherry Lane Theatre 05/23/2013 Sound Designer
22 Jackie New World Stages/ Stage II 03/04/2013 Sound Designer
23 Katie Roche Mint Theater 02/25/2013 Sound Designer
24 Figaro Pearl Theatre 11/04/2012 Sound Designer
25 Red Dog Howls New York Theatre Workshop 09/24/2012 Sound Designer
26 Mary Broome Mint Theater 09/10/2012 Sound Designer
27 Food and Fadwa New York Theatre Workshop 06/07/2012 Sound Designer
28 Love Goes to Press Mint Theater 06/06/2012 Sound Designer
29 The Philanderer New York City Center/ Stage II 01/22/2012 Sound Designer
30 Richard II New York City Center/ Stage II 11/20/2011 Sound Designer
31 Temporal Powers Mint Theater 08/03/2011 Sound Designer
32 A Little Journey Mint Theater 06/06/2011 Sound Designer
33 The Coward The Duke on 42nd Street 11/22/2010 Sound Designer
34 The Sneeze New York City Center/ Stage II 09/26/2010 Sound Designer
35 The Subject Was Roses New York City Center/ Stage II 04/18/2010 Sound Designer
36 Measure for Measure The Duke on 42nd Street 02/14/2010 Sound Designer
37 Misalliance New York City Center/ Stage II 12/13/2009 Sound Designer
38 So Help Me God! Lucille Lortel Theatre 12/07/2009 Sound Designer
39 Vieux Carre Theater 80 St. Marks 05/27/2009 Sound Designer
40 Hamlet The Duke on 42nd Street 03/29/2009 Sound Designer
41 The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd Mint Theater 03/01/2009 Sound Designer
42 crooked Julia Miles Theater 04/20/2008 Sound Designer
43 Antony and Cleopatra The Duke on 42nd Street 04/03/2008 Sound Designer
44 The Fifth Column Mint Theater 03/11/2008 Sound Designer
45 Liberty City New York Theatre Workshop 03/04/2008 Sound Designer
46 The Merchant of Venice The Duke on 42nd Street 02/04/2007 Sound Designer
47 The Jew of Malta The Duke on 42nd Street 02/04/2007 Sound Designer
48 Mary Stuart Theater 80 St. Marks 04/20/2006 Sound Designer
49 Measure for Measure Theater 80 St. Marks 02/23/2006 Sound Designer
50 Hecuba Theater 80 St. Marks 01/05/2006 Sound Designer
51 The Gentleman Dancing-Master Theater 80 St. Marks 11/10/2005 Sound Designer
52 The Master Builder Theater 80 St. Marks 09/22/2005 Sound Designer
53 Widowers' Houses Theater 80 St. Marks 04/10/2005 Sound Designer
54 The House of Bernarda Alba Theater 80 St. Marks 01/16/2005 Sound Designer
55 Marriage Theater 80 St. Marks 11/21/2004 Sound Designer
56 The Imaginary Invalid Theater 80 St. Marks 10/10/2004 Sound Designer
57 No Time For Comedy Mint Theater 03/15/2002 Sound Designer
58 Monster East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 01/15/2002 Sound Designer

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Wanderers Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 02/16/2023 Music
2 53% Of McGinn-Cazale Theatre 06/28/2022 Original Music
3 53% Of McGinn-Cazale Theatre 06/28/2022 Original Music
4 Chekhov/Tolstoy: Love Stories Theater Four 02/10/2020 Original Music
5 Women Without Men New York City Center/ Stage II 01/30/2016 Original Music
6 The New Morality Mint Theater 09/21/2015 Original Music
7 Donogoo, or The Miracles of Science Mint Theater 06/23/2014 Original Music
8 Red Dog Howls New York Theatre Workshop 09/24/2012 Original Music
9 Food and Fadwa New York Theatre Workshop 06/07/2012 Original Music
10 Hamlet The Duke on 42nd Street 03/29/2009 Music
11 crooked Julia Miles Theater 04/20/2008 Original Music
12 Measure for Measure Theater 80 St. Marks 02/23/2006 Original Music
13 Hecuba Theater 80 St. Marks 01/05/2006 Original Music
14 The Gentleman Dancing-Master Theater 80 St. Marks 11/10/2005 Original Music

Director
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Chekhov/Tolstoy: Love Stories Theater Four 02/10/2020 Director

Musician
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 The Rivals Pearl Theatre 05/04/2014 Musical Arrangements
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2019 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design I Was Most Alive With You Sound Designer
2 NOMINATED 2019 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play I Was Most Alive With You Sound Designer
3 NOMINATED 2019 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects I Was Most Alive With You Sound Designer
4 NOMINATED 2017 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Sound Design in a Play Men on Boats Sound Designer
5 NOMINATED 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design Jackie Sound Designer
6 NOMINATED 2013 Hewes Design Award, Notable Effects Jackie Sound Designer
7 NOMINATED 2009 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Sound Design The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd Sound Designer