Stan mathabane

Sound Design

Stan Mathabane (they/he) is a sound designer / composer / multi-instrumentalist / actor / lyricist based in NYC, by-way of Portland, OR - the coastal opposite of their birthplace, High Point, NC.

Their recent design and performance credits include: A Thousand Ways (Under The Radar Festival @ The Public / Dublin Theatre Festival / + international tour), Jazz Singer at (Abrons Arts Center [off-broadway]), The White Dress (Access Theater and The American Theatre of Actors [off-broadway]), A Dream Play (McCarter Theatre [regional]).

Stan holds a bachelor’s degree in Cognitive Psychology and Theater from Princeton University. Before college, Stan’s passion for theatre and music landed them at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; playing saxophone on Esperanza Spalding’s Grammy award-winning album “Radio Music Society”; and studying at Berklee Music Conservatory (Summer Intensive).

At Princeton, Stan designed and performed two thesis productions. They composed original music for and starred as "William" in a production of Kenneth Lonergan’s “Lobby Hero” (dir. Mark Nelson | @ The Lewis Center for the Arts); and sound designed “A Dream Play” by August Strindberg (dir. Catherine Andre | @ The Berlind Regional Theater).

While living in New York City Stan worked full-time as a Stage Manager at Rockwood Music Hall in the Lower East Side; Audio-Engineered for local and touring artists; performed and recorded music with recording artist “Nathan Bajar”; DJ’ed parties in Brooklyn; and performed as a solo artist at venues around the Greater Northeast Area under their alias, “SunSon”.

Stan is also Founder/CEO of “SunSon Records LLC,” their Music Publisher Company that supports artists and organizations in the creation of radically authentic works that defy the perceived gravity of convention.

They currently live in New Haven, CT and are in the first year of the Sound Design MFA Program at the Yale School of Drama (’24).