Biography
Drew is a New York based Sound designer for theatrical projects of all sorts on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, and beyond. He also consults on retail and media installations. On Broadway, he most recently designed A Strange Loop, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! both of which earned him Tony nominations for Sound Design. Drew also won a Drama Desk award for his work on Chaplin, which he co-designed with Scott Lehrer. Regionally he has designed in theaters across the country including The Old Globe, 5th Avenue Theater, Bard’s SummerScape, Williamstown Theater Festival, Huntington Theater Company, Arena Stage, McCarter Theater, Long Wharf, Two River Theater Company, Westport Country Playhouse, and others. Other interesting projects include the Metropolitan Opera’s 125th Anniversary Gala, the Holiday Snowflakes at Saks 5th Avenue, and holiday sound installations at both the Cartier boutique, and Van Cleef & Arpels in New York. He also had the opportunity to work with the band Other Lives on Reconfiguration, a theatrical concert at BAM’s NextWave festival.
Awards & nominations
Tony Nomination | A Strange Loop
Tony Nomination | Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Drama Desk Nomination | Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Outer Critics Circle Nomination | Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma
Special Obie Citation | Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Drama desk nomination | Honeymoon in Vegas
Drama Desk Award | Chaplin
Audelco Viv nomination | Dutchman
Broadway
A Strange Loop | Lyceum Theater
Rogers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! | Circle in the Square
Honeymoon in Vegas | Nederlander
Chaplin | Barrymore
The Winslow Boy | Roundabout, American Airlines
The Importance of Being Earnest | Roundabout, American Airlines
Present Laughter | Roundabout, American Airlines
International
Rogers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! | Young Vic, London
Chaplin | Saint-Petersburg State Theatre of Musical Comedy, Russia
Off-Broadway
Cleopatra | Chelsea Music Hall
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! | St. Ann’s Warehouse
One Day – The Musical | 3LD
Ethel Sings | Beckett
Family Dinner | Beckett
Why Torture is Wrong and The People Who Love Them | Public
Rainbow Kiss | The Play Company
Rock Doves | Irish Arts Center
Emergence-See! | Public
The Mistakes Madeline Made
Dutchman | Cherry Lane
Regional
Most Happy in Concert | Williamstown
Most Happy | Bard SummerScape
Pamela’s First Musical | Two River
Heartbreak Hotel | Broadway Playhouse, Chicago
Dancing at Lughnasa | Two River
Hear Word! | American Repertory Theater
Bad Dates | Huntington
The Ballad of Little Jo | Two River
Bad Jews | George Street Playhouse
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Two River
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! | Bard SummerScape
Guys & Dolls | UNCSA
Absurd Person Singular | Two River
June Moon | Williamstown
The Seagull | Huntington
OIiver! | 5th Avenue Theater
Room Service | Westport Country Playhouse
Animal Crackers | Williamstown
Pygmalion | Williamstown
The Show-Off | Westport Country Playhouse
The Weir | Irish Rep
Pygmalion | The Old Globe
A Month in the Country | Williamstown
Elephant Man | Williamstown
Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Williamstown
The Year of Magical Thinking | Westport Country Playhouse
You, Nero | Arena Stage
She Stoops to Conquer | Williamstown
Quartermaine’s Terms | Williamstown
Vera Laughed | New York Stage & Film
Pirates! (or Gilbert & Sullivan Plundr’d) | Huntington
The Corn is Green | Huntington
She Loves Me | Huntington
Shipwrecked! | Long Wharf
Crimes of the Heart | Williamstown
The Corn is Green | Williamstown
Present Laughter | Williamstown
The Cherry Orchard | Huntington
Sonia Flew | Huntington
Training Wisteria | Huntington
Love’s Labours Lost | Huntington
The Sisters Rosensweig | Huntington
Burn This | Huntington