- Ph.D., Composition, University of Minnesota
- M.M., Composition, Butler University
- B.A., History, Grinnell College
Dr. Andrew Hopson
Full Professor, Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance
Sound Design
- anhopson@indiana.edu
- Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, A210
- Office Hours
Education
About Andrew Hopson
As a theatre composer and sound designer, Andrew has designed or written the scores for shows at such theatres as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Repertory Theatre, American Players Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pioneer Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Victory Gardens, Harvard University, and the Indiana Repertory Theatre, where he was resident sound designer for five years. In 2004, his New York debut Trying, was rated one of the best Off-Broadway shows of the year. In film, he has scored the documentaries, Birth of Legends, The Battle of Comm Avenue, Hockey’s Greatest Era 1942-1967, The Frozen Four and Utah’s Olympic Legacy. He has produced, engineered or performed on over 40 CDs, ranging from stories for children to collections of modern American piano works. He is a member of United Scenic Artists, local 829 and the United States Institute of Theatre Technology.
Recent Credits
New Moves/New Directions
IU Contemporary Dance Theatre — Sound Designer
Pipeline
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Cultural Immersion
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Into the Woods
IU Summer Theatre — Sound Designer
Vox Pop! a post-democratic musical
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
IU Summer Theatre — Sound Designer
The 39 Steps
IU Summer Theatre — Sound Designer
JUMP
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
The Well of Horniness
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Twisted Tales of Poe
IU Summer Theatre — Sound Designer
waycross
IU Summer Theatre — Sound Designer
Hamlet
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
At First Sight - A Festival of New Plays
IU Theatre — Sound Designer (Only Child)
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Notes toward a definition of tragedy)
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
New Moves: Student Choreographers' Showcase
IU Theatre — Sound Design
City of Angels
IU Theatre — Sound Designer*
The 2018 Winter Dance Concert: Bodies of Light
IU Theatre — Sound Designer*
Julius Caesar
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Peter and the Starcatcher
IU Theatre — Co-Sound Designer
Urinetown
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Dames at Sea
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
The Drowsy Chaperone
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Jesus Christ Superstar
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
Dancing at Lughnasa
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
The 2016 Winter Dance Concert: Leading Edges
IU Contemporary Dance Theatre — Sound Designer
Sweet Charity
IU Theatre — Sound Designer
The College of Arts