Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (The Argyle Theatre)

BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL - July 2026 at The Argyle Theatre (Babylon, NY)

Directed by Banji Aborisade, Choreography by Victoria Casillo, Sound Design by Kimberly S. O’Loughlin, Scenic and Projections Design by Elizabeth Olson (Asst. Abbey Kuhns), Costume Design by Amanda Scanze, Wig Design by Emma Uva, Lighting Design by Gib Gibney

Role: Assistant sound designer

Sound Team: Kimberly S. O’Loughlin (Designer), Rory Shea (Asst. Designer), Matt Walsh (Audio Supervisor, A2), Daniel Flores (A1)

Photos by Richard Termine

For BEAUTIFUL, I had the pleasure of working with designer Kimberly O’Loughlin, whom I met in 2019 and have considered a mentor and role model ever since. My responsibilities over the course of the show included recording cast voice-overs, note-taking, updating paperwork, communicating with both the SM and A1 on behalf of my designer, and programming work notes in MainStage, QLab and the theatre’s Avantis mixer.

This show was the first time I’d worked with MainStage as the primary form of outboard processing for Reverb, De-essing, EQ, etc. It was really interesting how using this software helped recreate the “studio” aesthetic of these well-known songs in their live form.

Carole King’s music holds a special place in my heart, as it does for many. It was a joy to see her work and story recreated and I very much enjoyed being apart of it.