Joe Payne – Sound, Music, Media
Upcoming/Recent Projects
- Sound Design: She Loves Me and Something Rotten @ Utah Shakespeare Festival Summer 2026
- Projection Design: Heist @ Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and Gulfshore Playhouse September 2026 – January 2027
- Sound Design: Clyde’s @ Clarence Brown Theatre October 2026
- Sound Design: Cabaret in the brand-spanking-new Jenny Boyd Theatre @ Clarence Brown Theatre February 2026
- New Web Content: Almost Heaven, John Denver’s America, Weston Theatre 2025
- New Web Content: The Medium and Suor Angelica, UT Opera Theatre 2023
- New Web Content: Knoxville a New Musical and Kinky Boots, Clarence Brown Theatre 2024
- New Web Content: Silent Sky and The Mountaintop projections, Utah Shakespeare Festival 2024
Soundtracks/Albums
This is one of the most recent pieces of music I have created/written. My students challenged me to join their composition assignment. This was my submission. I call it Joe’s Goth Tune.
“Where the Bee Sucks, there Suck I” for The Tempest at the Utah Shakespeare Festival 2013. Featuring my sister, Wrenne.
This is one of my favorites. King Lear at the Utah Shakespeare Festival, 2015. Was featured at World Stage Design 2017.








































