DONALD STARK COMPOSER + SOUND DESIGNER

*  For productions involving only Sound Design, look under: SOUND DESIGN > THEATER

Joanne Hoersch’s historical drama imagining the joys and tragedies that come into the lives of Percy and Mary Shelley, and the envisioning of Frankenstein.

Keith Huff’s fresh-from-Broadway drama about two cops, tainted by domestic affairs, violence, and the rough streets of Chicago.  Directed by Frank Licato, produced by Hudson Theatre Works, and mounted at Weehawken Water Tower.

Axe-wielding, grudge-bearing original walk-in music for Bryan D. Leys’s underworld comedy revue, staged at the Elektra Theatre in NY.  My offering: original walk-in tunes.

Jarry’s zany absurdist folly, featuring Donald Stark's original music (based on a motif from the original score) from a dozen genres from tango to klezmer, directed by Michael Bias, mounted at the Black Box Theatre at Bergen PAC

Garage Theatre Group’s conception of Lucy Prebble’s ever relevant Broadway play, set in a circus venue, directed by Mikaela Kafka

Michael C. O’Day’s original paranormal play about the peril of creative writing in an age of religious intolerance.  Directed by Mikaela Kafka, presented as part of NYC’s 2014 Fringe Festival. 

(Donald's second Fringe production.)

Hudson Theatre Works's mainstage revival of Dale Wasserman’s stage retelling of Kesey’s classic, shifting greater focus onto the character of the Chief.  Directed by Frank Licato.

Deb Margolin’s imagining of the recesses of Madoff’s mind as he wreaks havoc with trusting colleagues and investors, presented by Garage Theatre Group, directed by Frank Licato

Director Frank Licato’s edgy vision of Genet’s masterwork for the Arclight Theatre

Italian American Repertory Company's revival of Eric Bogosian's harrowing play about a talk show host and his troubled callers.

Frank Licato's staging of the funniest, bawdiest comedy since Shakespeare

Ionesco's rule-shattering linguistically absurdist anti-play, directed by Michael Bias

Lee Blessing play exploring the fluid nature of memory, directed by Michael Bias

Garage Theatre Group's production of EE Schmitt's play of evasions, lies, revelations, and reversals, directed by Frank Licato

A reading of Budd Schulberg's stage play, featuring an introductory performance of "I Cover the Waterfront."

Revival of Louis LaRusso’s play about Hoboken residents recalling the glory days when their hometown Hoboken was a movie set, featuring Sopranos cast members.

A Rex Knowles comedy, directed by Frank Licato, featuring a TV-show-style song, lyrics by Frank Licato, tune and performance by Donald Stark

Revival of Hoboken native Louis LaRusso’s play “about a kid from Hoboken,” presented at the kid’s hometown Historic Museum, featuring Sopranos cast members, directed by Frank Licato

Clifford Odet's pugilistic play about violence and violins, directed by Frank Licato

Clifford Odet's play, directed by Frank Licato

Robert Clem's award-winning Fringe Festival play, directed by Frank Licato, imagining Crime and Punishment in tumultuous 1969

Richard Vetere's stage play, directed by Frank Licato

Vincent Lamberti's supernatural-tinged play riffing on Lord Byron and his demons; directed by Frank Licato

Vincent Lamberti's haunting Victorian penny dreadful, fictionalizing Bram Stoker sparring with Henry Irving and conceiving the undead; directed by Frank Licato

Frank Licato's revival of Sam Shepard's poetic play riffing on the spirit of Howard Hughes, set during the Siege of Leningrad

Frank Licato's revival of Aleksei Arbuzov's play set during the Siege of Leningrad

Classic Mamet play, revived and directed by Frank Licato