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Collaborator, Sound Designer

Padra Crisafulli

Padra Crisafulli (they/them) creates theatrical experiences as a sound designer, composer, director, and generative artist, and is most energized when mixing the unexplainable with the unavoidable. Past credits seen and heard at: Playwrights Horizons, SoHo Playhouse, La MaMa, Minetta Lane Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Park Avenue Armory, National Museum of Serbia, Prague Quadrennial, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They were awarded the Triangle Rainbow Theatre and the Riant’s Best Director Award for their online work, as well as a Hæth Grant recipient through Possum Creek Games. MFA in Sound, UC San Diego. BFA in Directing, Carnegie Mellon University.

Projects

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Lunar Retreat

Lunar Retreat performances will premiere September 9-20, 2026 at Leonard Pearlstein Gallery presented by the FringeArts festival. Lunar Retreat is an interactive, multi-sensory performance inspired by…