Also called: Sound Designer (Theater)
Designs the music, sound effects, and speaker system for plays and musicals.
A theater sound designer creates a thunderstorm that rolls across the audience, places speakers around the theater, and adjusts levels during tech rehearsals.
Approximate; per-show fees.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. MFA in sound design common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Sound Design, Theater.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI makes some effects and music fast, but designing a show's sound and system with the director stays human.
Classes: Music, Physics (sound), Theater tech crew, Audio or music technology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-4014.
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