About Me
I am a meticulous, process oriented sound designer, who values spending time in rehearsal in order to fully integrate my sound with the story being developed. My work thrives on collaboration with directors, actors and design team. My 17 years of experience, 10 of which have been at Actors Theatre of Louisville, tackling shows of all sizes, from new plays to classics makes me well suited for work with your company.
News
3/11/12: Eat Your Heart Out opens at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in the 36th Humana Festival of New American Plays
2/26/12: The Veri**on Play opens at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in the 36th Humana Festival of New American Plays
Read a review here
1/25/12: The Whipping Man opens at the Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati
Read a review here
Ameriville by Universes Will be at the Victory Gardens Theatre from Jan 26, 2012 thru Feb 27 2012
3/13/11: Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them opens.
Listen to samples of music
3/06/11: Maple and Vine opens.
Read the Courier Journal Review
1/31/11: Currently in preproduction for the Humana Festival of new American Plays where I am designing:
Maple and Vine
Written by: Jordan Harrison
Directed by: Anne Kauffman
Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
Written by: Ray Pamatmat
Directed by: May Adrales
Press
"Benjamin Marcum’s sound design (including the deft use of incidental music and at the culmination of a global chase scene), and Tom Tutino’s creatively minimalist set give the play plenty of springy energy."
The Veri**on Play in the 36th Humana Festival of New American Plays 2012
Marty Rosen Leo Weekly
"Solid sound design by Benjamin Marcum also adds much to the overall feeling of the show."
The Whipping Man 2012
Behind the Curtain Cincinnati
"Ben Marcum's music choices and Connie Furr Soloman's period costumes are right on the money."
Maple and Vine 2011
Erin Keane, The Courier Journal
"...The actors typically make their own music, stomping and clapping to keep heavy beats, crooning a cappella or singing along with Benjamin Marcum's sound design."
Ameriville 2010
Nelson Pressley, The Washington Post
"...Kudos to sound designer Benjamin Marcum for the buzzing weed-wacker, the bloody shwack of a golf club weapon and the fearful rumblings that punctuate Haley's play."
Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom 2008
Judith Egerton, Courier-Journal
"...Sound design, by Benjamin Marcum, also contributes to the Bugs Bunny-like atmosphere by having classical music stand in for dialogue during several sequences, and giving inanimate objects..."
The Underpants 2005
Leo News Weekly 2007
"...But most outstanding are the aural thrills created by sound designer Benjamin Marcum. Voices whisper in the dark. The hollow drip of water in a foggy catacomb causes chilly shudder."
Dracula 2005
Judith Egerton, Courier-Journal
"...But when it comes to creating creepy, spine-tingling moments, it’s Benjamin Marcum’s sound design the gets the flesh crawling."
Dracula 2004
Marty Rosen, Courier-Journal
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