Benjamin Stickels

Benjamin Stickels is an experienced audio engineer and educator, currently serving as a Lecturer and the resident sound designer and engineer at UNC Charlotte since August 2011, where responsibilities include overseeing audio for the Theatre, Dance, and Music departments. With a long tenure in sound design, Stickels has been the Lead Designer at BGS Sound Design since August 2007, and served as the Sound Designer for the Texas Shakespeare Festival from May 2008 to August 2012, managing all audio for a five-show rotating repertory season. Prior experience includes roles as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Theatre Sound at UMKC and as a Student Assistant in Digital Media Production at Western Michigan University. Stickels holds a Master of Fine Arts in Sound Design from UMKC and a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, focusing on Design and Technical Production from Western Michigan University.