Sound Monkie Designs is the brainchild of ien DeNio. An NYC based, trans non-binary Sound Designer working on Broadway and beyond. The child of a military mother and a mechanic father, ien grew up living all over the world. In middle school, they decided, against the will of the conductor, to begin studying the oboe - a passion that took them through high school to college at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. Shortly into their freshman year they got into a fight with Mozart - yet again - and ran screaming from the music building to the theater building. They stayed for the remainder of their tenure at SLC, studying all types of technical theater with a supreme focus on sound. In their junior year at SLC, they did their first professional shows and began working in New York’s Off-Off-Broadway scene. Now, 15 years and 125+ shows later, ien works steadily as an Associate Off-Broadway. They have worked on Broadway as well, while maintaining a design presence both Off-Off- and Off-Broadway. A composer and designer, they much enjoy the collaborative process - no matter their position - and thrive in the fast-paced world that is Theater Sound.

SOUND SAMPLE

Ethereal Whitacre
A piece made from a recording of a contact mic on a cell phone playing music.

A Trio
A classical trio written for oboe, english horn and cello.

Anne and Emmett
A transition from a production of Anne and Emmett by Janet Langhart

Video Game Music
Background Video Game Music created for a production in the Canadian Fringe Festival.

Blood On These Hands
by Luis Roberto Herrera.

Last Aisle
by Rebecca Ford

Unicorn Afterlife
by Justin Perkins

Planet Egg
by Zvi Sahar

SOUND SAMPLE

Ethereal Whitacre
A piece made from a recording of a contact mic on a cell phone playing music.

A Trio
A classical trio written for oboe, english horn and cello.

Anne and Emmett
A transition from a production of Anne and Emmett by Janet Langhart

Video Game Music
Background Video Game Music created for a production in the Canadian Fringe Festival.

Planet Egg
by Zvi Sahar

 

ien DeNio
829 Union Member TSDCA Member