Hello Gender Reveal Team!
My name is Mia Glenn-Schuster and I am a queer sound designer, editor, and producer currently based out of Los Angeles, California.
I’ve picked out a few of my past projects that I think best showcase what I could bring to Gender Reveal on both a personal and professional level, but feel free to take a look at some of my other work shown in my general portfolio above.
For a wider view of my past experience, check out my resume here.
dorothy’s friends theater company
Named for the euphemism “Friend of Dorothy,” dorothy’s friends theater company (dftc) is an independent student production company I co-founded during my time at the University of Southern California. dftc’s mission is to put positive queer stories in the spotlight. During my senior year at USC I worked as the Artistic Director, curating a season that consisted of a full length student written play, a queer cabaret (bottom right), a variety show, a shadow cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show (a fundraiser to benefit the Massman Theater) and a Dungeons and Dragons Module.
Full Credits at dftc include
She Kills Monsters - Asst. Producer, Sound Designer and Audio Engineer
Fun Home - Asst. Sound Designer and Audio Engineer
(i’ll) tell your story - Producer, Audio Engineer, Mixer and Sound Designer
A Queer Weird Variety Show - Producer and Sound Designer
Cabargay - Producer and Sound Designer
Projections - Producer and Sound Designer
The Rocky Horror Puppet Show - Producer and MC
d&dftc - Co-Writer
Other productions I worked on with dftc included a production of She Kills Monsters (above) complete with a live band and ten foot tall five headed dragon and a talkback celebrating Blackness in the arts featuring, among others, Alexandra Billings and Roger Q. Mason (below). We also wrote a 20 page grant application to Visions and Voices (V&V) which secured us the funding to mount the West Coast Collegiate Premier of Fun Home (see left) as the first ever student produced V&V event.
(ill) tell your story
Directed by: Derek Christiansen
Produced by: Derek Christiansen and Mia Glenn-Schuster
Sound Design, Edit, and Mix: Mia Glenn-Schuster
Composition by: Cyrus Leland
Listen Here on Spotify
This is a project that is incredibly personal for me. Produced as a project with dftc, we interviewed queer students from throughout the theater community on campus and compiled it into a story that is meant to showcase the beauty of queer connection that comes with the intense honesty and venerability of late nights.
(i'll) tell your story invites you to join the experience of the late night talking, laughing, and sharing between queer friends.
Because this project was about the importance of community I produced a launch event that encouraged other queer artists to gather around the fire and share their own stories during an evening of queer musical performance, s’mores, and themed refreshments (my favorite was the Dyke to Watch Out For, a sour cherry mezcal margarita with a spicy chili salt rim).
Foodimals and Rock’em Sock’em Robots
In 2020 I worked for Sony Entertainment Pictures as a Sound Designer and Dialogue editor for voice games. Working on these projects taught me a lot about voice editing, designing for restrictive playbacks systems (the Amazon Echo), and that I would much rather work on independent projects that I’m passionate about than larger, more established ones.
Gender Reveal is a long running production with an avid community of listeners. My experience working with brand representatives from Mattel and the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise has taught me a lot about maintaining an established sonic brand. This experience would allow me to easily adjust my editing style to fit within the pre-established audio aesthetic of the Gender Reveal podcast. Check out the games below.