Rory Shea (she/her)
Rory is an NYC-based sound designer and audio technician from Morristown, New Jersey. She graduated from Boston University in December 2025 with a BFA in Sound Design.
She is known for her humor, attention to detail, and ability to create thoughtful, vivid, and sometimes campy designs. A fluffy friend or two is sure to be found at her tech table or console (see left)!
Rory is comfortable in QLab, Vectorworks, ProTools, Logic, Dante Network Controller, TheatreMix and line-by-line mixing on digital and analog mixing desks.
Outside of work, she enjoys karaoke, board games, playing the drums, and petting as many dogs as possible.
You can follow her on freesound.org for the latest and greatest in free sounds.
email: rory.aehs@gmail.com
cell: 973-494-4384
Recent Projects
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“The Odd Couple”*
2026
Sound Designer
“Flowers for Mrs. Harris”
“The Ceremony”
“The Woman in Black”
“Once on this Island”
“Fully Committed”
“Little Shop of Horrors”
“POTUS”
“The Wedding Singer”
“Desdemona”
“Corpus Christi”
“BU X ORANGE BLOSSOM”
2025
Sound Designer
A2
Audio Supervisor
Sound Designer, A1
Audio Supervisor
Sound Designer, A1
Audio Supervisor
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
“Julius Caesar”
“The Frat Boy Monologue”
“Jekyll & Hyde”
“Clue: on stage”
“The Wizard of Oz”
“Anything Goes”
“Footloose”
“Yerma”
“The Drunken City”
“Grow… Until”
“One Penny Down”
2024
Sound Designer
Playwright
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer, A1
A1 Mixer
Engineer
Sound Designer
Sound Designer
Asst. Designer
“The School for Lies”
“Orlando”
“Hydrogen Jukebox”
“Alice Tierney”
“Footloose”
“South Pacific”
“Kinky Boots”
“Fiddler on the Roof”
“Andromeda in the Stars”
“Art House”
“Three Sisters”
“El Nogalar”
2023
Sound Designer
Assoc. Designer
Asst. Engineer
Asst. Engineer
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer, A1
Sound Designer
A1 Mixer
Sound Designer
Asst. Engineer
2022
“Aurora Borealis”
2021
“Machinal”
Sound Designer
Production Assistant
Dir. Rebecca Tucker
Dir. Shamus McCartey
Supv. Ben Emerson
Des. Ben Emerson
Dir. Kira Sarai Helper
Des. Elizabeth Atkinson
Dir. Timothy L'Ecuyer
Des. Thom Beaulieu
Dir. Clayton Philips
Dir. Grant Sorenson
Dir. Gregg Wiggans
LD. Val Zhao
Dir. Grant Sorenson
Dir. Ambria Benjamin
Dir. Tommy Ranieri
Dir. Cameron King
Dir. Chaz Wolcott
Dir. Tommy Ranieri
Des. Michael Donahue
Des. Katie Chen
Dir. Charlie Berger
Dir. Lila Heller
Des. Mackenzie Adamick
Dir. Shana Gozansky
Des. Katie Chen
Eng. Irene Wang
Eng. Irene Wang
Dir. Tommy Ranieri
Dir. Brian S. Newman
Dir. Michael Stoddard
Dir. Michael Stoddard
Dir. E Ellene Brenard
Des. Sam Bliss
Dir. Rani O’Brien
Des. Mackenzie Adamick
Dir. Yo-El Cassell
Dir. Shamus McCartney
Winnipesaukee Playhouse
Boston University
Huntington Theatre Co.
Winnipesaukee Playhouse
Winnipesaukee Playhouse
Winnipesaukee Playhouse
Winnipesaukee Playhouse
Winnipesaukee Playhouse
Winnipesaukee Playhouse
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Timber Lake Playhouse
Timber Lake Playhouse
Timber Lake Playhouse
Timber Lake Playhouse
Timber Lake Playhouse
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Interlakes Theatre
Interlakes Theatre
Interlakes Theatre
Interlakes Theatre
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
July 2026
November 2025
October 2025
August 2025
August 2025
July 2025
July 2025
June 2025
June 2025
April 2025
April 2025
March 2025
October 2024
September 2024
August 2024
August 2024
July 2024
July 2024
June 2024
May 2024
May 2024
March 2024
February 2024
December 2023
December 2023
October 2023
October 2023
August 2023
August 2023
July 2023
July 2023
May 2023
May 2023
March 2023
March 2023
December 2022
December 2021