Palmer Hefferan is a Tony Award® nominated sound designer and composer for theater, opera and podcasts. She has designed over 100 productions on stages in New York and across the country. She received a 2019 Obie Award® for Sustained Excellence in Sound Design from the American Theatre Wing. In 2022, she was an honorary chair of the American Theatre Wing Gala, which celebrated women theater practitioners. ​Recent productions include the Broadway premiere of JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (Tony Award® nomination) starring Sadie Sink and directed by Danya Taymor, the World Premiere production of VELOUR: A DRAG SPECTACULAR by Sasha Velour and Moisés Kaufman, and TEETH, a new musical by Michael R. Jackson and Anna K. Jacobs.  

 

Highlights from the last decade include collaborating with Jeanine Tesori on her Metropolitan Opera commission, GROUNDED, the Broadway production of Alex Edelman: JUST FOR US,  now available on HBO Max, and the Tony Award® nominated production of Thornton Wilder's  THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz.