Sharath Patel was raised between Appalachia and India while spending the following years studying across Europe and New England. Before arriving in the Pacific Northwest, he spent nearly a decade as a lead sound designer in New York City. Recent credits include work at include Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, and Profile Theatre (Portland), American Repertory Theatre (Boston), 12th Avenue Arts, A Contemporary Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle), California Shakespeare Theater (Orinda), East West Players (Los Angeles), and Tantrum Theatre (Dublin). He has additional design credits in New York City, Norfolk, Raleigh, Aspen, and Washington DC, as well as India, France, England, Germany, and Romania. He has previously served as a visiting assistant professor, lead designer, guest artist, instructor or lecturer at Reed, Yale, Fordham, Columbia, Willamette, Ohio, Portland State, and Butler colleges and universities. Sharath is a member of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) and is an arts envoy for the US Department of State. He earned an MFA in sound design from the Yale School of Drama and is very proud to be a resident artist at Artists Repertory Theatre. www.sharathpatel.com