THEATER SOUND DESIGN
2020
The Black Queen Screen Test
The Tank theater production
An ALL-BLACK, virtual, workshop production of "The Black Queens, or House of Dinah" built to elevate the theatricality and explore the “live”. On November 20th, 2020 - after a series of in-house workshops - the Tank hosted a live stream of our experiments. But most importantly, this endeavor was created and entirely run by a 20+ team of BLACK creative artists, artisans, and technicians.
This absurd musical, which taps into the art of drag, mixes lip-syncing and live moments of dance and music to tell an intergenerational BLACK, QUEER story of self-reliance, resilience and survival. Songs from jazz legend, black/queer icon, Dinah Washington’s catalogue were celebrated here – and new, hybrid, virtual theater positions were created and built by an ALL BLACK TEAM!
This Patterson Projects Workshop Production is sponsored by an Artistic Residency with the Tank NYC and produced in conjunction with Alan K. Schuster. Written and Directed by Jerome A. Parker Sound design by Luqman Brown
Legacy Land
KCRep production
Barbara is a recluse who has hunkered down for an intimate weekend with her younger lover during a Thanksgiving weekend blizzard. When Barbara’s estranged sister unexpectedly arrives with her fiancé, the reason for the visit is slowly revealed, and the sisters are forced to grapple with secrets, lies, and the painful legacy of their dysfunctional family. Written by Stacy Rose Directed by Logan Vaughn Sound design by Luqman Brown
Hot Wing King
Signature Theater production
Ready, set, fry! It’s time for the annual "Hot Wang Festival" in Memphis, Tennessee, and Cordell Crutchfield knows he has the wings that’ll make him king. Supported by his beau Dwayne and their culinary clique, The New Wing Order, Cordell is marinating and firing up his frying pan in a bid to reclaim the crispy crown. When Dwayne takes in his troubled nephew however, it becomes a recipe for disaster. Suddenly, a first place trophy isn’t the only thing Cordell risks losing. Written by Katori Hall Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III Sound design by Luqman Brown
2019
American version 2.1: The Sad Demis & Eventual Extinction of the American Negro
Barrington Stage Company
America v. 2.1 is a day in the life of a troupe of Black actors who are charged with re-enacting the revised history of the once-thriving American Negro. It quickly becomes a day of reckoning. A provocative, funny and dark look at Black Americans in post-apocalyptic America. Written by Stacy Rose Directed by Logan Vaughn Sound design by Luqman Brown
What You Are
Old Globe Theater production
Don scrapes together a living and struggles to support his family through hard work and good intentions. But everything around him, from his younger co-workers, to the technology in his office job, to even his own opinionated daughter, seems alien to the certainties and stabilities he once knew. When a simple misunderstanding at work escalates into an all-out confrontation, Don hatches a plan to set right all the things he feels have gone wrong. Can the people who love him manage to hold him together? JC Lee’s Globe-commissioned world premiere is a riveting, of-the-moment exploration of the personal struggles that accompany sweeping social change. Written by JC Lee Directed by Patricia McGregor
The 43rd annual Humana Festival of new American plays
This Festival program featured five world premieres, listed in order of first performance:
We’ve Come to Believe by Kara Lee Corthron, Emily Feldman and Matthew Paul Olmos directed by Will Davis
The Corpse Washer adapted by Ismail Khalidi and Naomi Wallace, from the novel of the same name by Sinan Antoon
directed by Mark Brokaw
How to Defend Yourself by Lily Padilla, co-world premiere with Victory Gardens Theater directed by Marti Lyons
Everybody Black by Dave Harris directed by Awoye Timpo. Sound design for all of these plays except Everybody Black where I did original music composition
2018
CONGRATULATIONS!!! ONCE AGAIN TO LUQMAN BROWN FOR WINNING THE 46TH ANNUAL ViVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO, RECOGNITION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BLACK THEATRE FOR SOUND DESIGN FOR THE PECULIAR PATRIOT AT THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATER. NOVEMBER 29 2018
Detroit ‘67
Julliard Fouth Year Drama Production 2018 - 2019 Season
In 1967 Detroit, Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. But when a mysterious woman finds her way into their lives, the siblings clash over much more than the family business. As their pent-up feelings erupt, so does their city, and they find themselves caught in the middle of the '67 riots. Written By Dominique Morisseau Directed by LisaGay Hamilton, Sound Design by Luqman
SKELETON CREW
TheatreSquared production
In Detroit’s last exporting auto plant, Sparks fly on the production line-and in the break room. As rumors saurface about a closing date, new power dynamics emerge When the lines between blue collar and white collar blurs. Written by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Kimile Howard Sound Design by Luqman Brown
THE REVOLVING CYCLES TRULY AND STEADILY ROLL’D
The Playwrights Realm at Duke theater Presents
Karma’s foster brother, Terrell has gone missing, and she’s
trying to find him amidst the inner city chaos that is the Oblong
Written by Jonathan Payne Directed by Awoye Timpo
Sound Design by LUQMAN BROWN
WILLIAM INGE THEATER FESTIVAL HONORING CARLYLE BROWN PLAYWRIGHT
Honoring him for Distinguished Achievement in American Theater.
We did a melange of his plays. Sound Design by Luqman Brown
SENSE & SENSIBILTY
Cape Fear Theater production
A Gifted adaptation of the classic novel by Jane Austin
Adapted by Kate Hamil Directed by Mary Catherine Burke
Sound Design and Composition by Luqman Brown
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
Asolo Rep Theater Production at New Colony Theater in Miami.
Written By Kristoffer Diaz Directed By Jen Wineman
Sound Design and Composition by Luqman Brown
Remount of the one we did before.
2017
THE PECULIAR PATRIOT
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With more than 2.5 million people behind bars, America is the worlds leading prison superpower. Liza Jessie Peterson examines the human impact and inhuman machinery of the prison industrial complex.
Written and performed by Liza Jessie Peterson Directed by Talvin Wilks Sound design by Luqman Brown
CONGRATULATIONS!!! TO LUQMAN BROWN FOR WINNING THE 45TH ANNUAL ViVIAN ROBINSON AUDELCO, RECOGNITION AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BLACK THEATRE FOR SOUND DESIGN FOR THE THREE MUSKETEERS WITH CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM NOVEMBER 20 2017
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THE 45TH ANNUAL AUDELCO WINNER FOR SOUND DESIGN THE THREE MUSKETEERS
One for all and all for one!
Written by Catherine Bush, Adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas Directed by Jenny Bennett, Sound Design by Luqman Brown
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ACE
New York city. 1987. A cab. A lad. A finance titan dad.
A Lyle Courtney Production Written and performed by Ted Greenberg Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
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THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY
A wickedly smart comedy about professional wrestling.
An Asolo Rep Theater Production
Written by Kristoffer Diaz, Directed by Jen Wineman,
Sound design & original music composition
by LUQMAN BROWN@)
2016
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THE PARCHMAN HOUR
Songs and stories of the 61 Freedom Riders and their time in Parchman prison.
A Guthrie Theater Production
Written by Mike Wiley, Directed by Patricia McGregor,
Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
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EL COQUI ESPECTACULAR AND THE BOTTLE OF DOOM
The play examines societal expectations of latino cultural Identity through Superhero Fantasy.
A La Vega Production
Written by Mat Barbot, Directed by Jose Esquea,
Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
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WHITE PEOPLE
A Fordham University Theater Production
Written by J.T. Rogers, Directed by Elizabeth Margid,
Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
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COCK FIGHT
A coming of age story in Florida.
A Fordham University Theater Production
Written by Peter Gil Sheridan, Directed by Anna Brenner,
Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
12 ANGRY MEN: REIMAGINED
A rethinking of the play based upon the book 12 Angry Men:
True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today.
A Billie Holiday Theater Production
Directed by Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sound design
& original music composition by LUQMAN BROWN
12 ANGRY MEN
True stories of everyday men subjected to racial profiling,
based on the book 12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today
A Billie Holiday Theater Production
Directed by Tony Award winner George Faison, Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
2015
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AN ORESTEIA
A modern take on an Ann Carson’s translation of the ancient Greek plays Agamemnon, Elektra, and Orestes.
A Rutgers Theater Company Production
Directed by Mary Kate Burke, Sound design, original music composition, & musical director LUQMAN BROWN
HURT VILLAGE
The story of a family dealing with the closing
of their housing complex
A Signature Theater presentation
Written by Katori Hall, Directed by Patricia McGregor
Sound design & original music composition
by LUQMAN BROWN
2014
BR'ER RABBIT THE OPERA: A FUNKY MEDITATION ON GENTRIFICATION AND HOW TO SURVIVE
A BRIC Fireworks Residency
Developed by Aisha Cousins, Greg Tate, Directed by
Letitia Guillory, Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
ADORATION OF AN OLD WOMAN
Winner of the Susan Smith Black Burn Award
An Intar Theater production
Written by Jose Rivera, Directed by Patricia McGregor
Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
2013
SEED
ADELCO-NOMINATED Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
for Hip Hop Theater festival production
of Radha Blank’s NEA award-winning production
at the National Black theater, Area Stage
and Classical Theater of Harlem
2012
RICE AND CHICKEN PARTS
New York University Tish Grad acting program production Written by Radha Blank, Directed by Patricia McGregor Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN
THE KING OF INFINITE SPACE
A Central Park Summer Stage Production
Mando Alvarado’s Hamlet set to the music of Pearl Jam’s 10 Sound design & musical director by LUQMAN BROWN
MOLLY MUFFET’S MONSTER SITTING SERVICE
The story of Molly Muffet, the great-great-great-great granddaughter of the original, Little Miss Muffet.
A Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater production Sound design by LUQMAN BROWN