Originally from Rochester New York, currently resides in Los Angeles working primarily as a sound designer and composer. He attended the University of the Arts receiving a BFA and later studied the Jacque Lecoq approach to avant-garde theatre at the London International School of Performing Arts. Mikaal also writes and directs from time to time. He is currently writing and devising a new headphone play titled Project Black Plague. PBP has received artist residencies at Space on Ryder Farm in upstate New York, UCross Foundation in Wyoming, as well as VoxFest at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Mikaal’s sound design credits on world premiere shows include: Rags Parkland (Ars Nova; Lucille Lortel Award winner), Fairview (Soho Rep; Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama), Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova; Obie Award winner). He has received nominations from Bay Area Theatre Critics, Audelco Award, Lucille Lortel Award, and Drama Desk Award for sound design.
Mikaal Sulaiman(pray)
Mikaal Sulaiman, Fat Ham
Mikaal Sulaiman, Sanctuary City
Mikaal SulaimanFat Ham
Mikaal Sulaiman, Macbeth
Mikaal SulaimanRags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
Mikaal Sulaiman has been nominated for several awards: Outstanding Sound Design for "pray" at The Lortels, Outstanding Sound Design of a Play for "Fat Ham" at the Drama Desk Awards, Outstanding Sound Design for a Play for "Sanctuary City" at the Drama Desk Awards, Special Citation at the Obie Awards for "Fat Ham," Best Sound Design of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Macbeth," and Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical for "Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future" at the Drama Desk Awards.
Mikaal Sulaiman won a Special Citation at the Obie Awards for his work on Fat Ham.
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