Josh Senick is an Los Angeles based sound designer who focuses in design and composition for theater. Originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Josh attended Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio where he received a B.A. in Music and Theater in 2005. He moved to Los Angeles, California in the fall of 2006 to attend the California Institute of the Arts. He received his M.F.A. in Theatrical Sound Design on May 15, 2009.
While attending CalArts, Josh began to work in the Los Angeles theater scene. Notable experiences include working as a technician at Pasadena Playhouse for half a year for sound designers like Mark Bennett and the team from Sound Associates, a New York based design firm. In 2008-09 he worked as Associate Sound Designer for Phil Allen at the Reprise Theatre Company and as Assistant Sound Designer to Jon Gottlieb on various projects. As commencement in May approached, Josh has branched out to begin his professional career as the sound designer for Watts Village Theater Company's production of Ochre and Onyx: The Langston Hughes Project and as the designer and engineer for CSULA's production of Urinetown.
Josh is also a budding composer. He recently finished scoring and playing a silent version of Hamlet entitled Hamlet Shut Up with writer/director Jonas Oppenheim. His first musical, The Bride of Wildenstein will premiere at the end of January 2010. Bride of Wildenstein was workshopped at the O'Neill National Puppetry Conference in June 2009, and has been performed across the country by Marisan DeLellis at puppetry conferences and other venues. Previous showings took place at CalArts and the REDCAT Spring Studio in May 2009.
Josh was recently interviewed by the CalArts Blog for his work on Hamlet Shut Up. You can read the interview here.