AJ KLEIN
Sound Designer & A1
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Wrangler of Details
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"Eclectical" Engineer
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Sound Designer & A1 〰️ Wrangler of Details 〰️ "Eclectical" Engineer 〰️
About Me
‘Eclectical’ Engineer and Detail-Wrangler
Download My: Resume | Artist’s Statement
Check Out My: Latest Technical Drawings | Live Recording Samples
I love to take creative and technical risks. That's why, as a theatre and electrical engineering student, my goal is to elevate vulnerable experiences through compassionate communication and the arts. It’s my mission to proactively step in when things inevitably go awry, step back to elevate others’ ideas, too, and put out all of the countless, thrilling little fires that appear as the show approaches.
As an A1 and sound designer for live musicals, my job is to activate empathy and excitement through my technical and creative background in audio. I want to build bridges and advance the frontier of acoustic communication through emotional attunement, technical mastery, and administrative responsibility.
More broadly, as a member of the theatre community, I believe in the power of embracing tension and discomfort in order to challenge the status quo. I strive to create change in and through environments that require constant adaptation and problem-solving.
“I’m always open to feedback, but you’re never going to hear it from the PA!”
Live Multitrack Samples
Upcoming Productions
Updated April 2026
Title — Role(s) — Company — Venue — Director — City
Dillo Day Disaster — Sound Designer, A1 — 95th Annual Waa-Mu Musical — Tommy Rapley — Cahn Auditorium — Evanston IL
The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical — Sound Designer, A1 — The Freshman Musical — Joey Collins — Harris Auditorium — Evanston IL
Legally Blonde — Sound Designer — Arts Alliance — Myah Shelton — Shanley Pavilion — Evanston, IL
Iris Company Installation — Audio Installation Engineer — Sophia Stoller — SOMArts — SF, CA
Once Upon a Mattress — Sound Designer — Coastal Repertory Theatre — Erica Racz — Half Moon Bay, CA
Grace and the Butterfly Effect — A1 — Barber Theatre @ Wirtz Center — Henry Godinez — Evanston, IL