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‘Water for Elephants’

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The Broadway musical, based on the 2006 novel, opened March 21. Photo by Matthew Murphy

Sound Company

PRG

Venue

Imperial Theatre

New York, NY

 

Crew

  • Sound Designer: Walter Trarbach
  • FOH Mixer: Ron Sinko
  • Associate Sound Designer/System Architect: John McKenna
  • Assistant Sound Designer/Sound Effects Specialist: Angela Baughman
  • Production Sound Engineer: Matt Walsh
  • A2: Jamie Tippett
  • Deck Sound/A3: John Cooper

 

Gear

FOH

  • Console: DiGiCo Quantum 7T
  • Speakers: (30) Meyer Sound Leopard, (4) UPQ-2P, (2) UPA-2P, (10) UPJunior, (10) UPM-1P, (2) 900-LFC subs, (2) 600-HP subs; (22) L-Acoustics 5XT, (18) X8; (32) Alcons VR8; (2) KV2 ESR215 MKII
  • Processing: (1) Meyer Sound Galileo 616 system

 

MON

  • Wireless Mics: (30) Shure ADX1M micro transmitters, (4) Shure AD3 plug-on transmitters, (4) Sennheiser SK6212 mini transmitters, (4) Lectrosonics SSM micro transmitters

 

Show Details

PRG provided audio, video, lighting, scenery and automation support for the Broadway musical stage adaptation of Sara Gruen’s bestselling 2026 novel with a creative production design team headed by Walter Trarbach (sound), David Bengali (projection), Bradley King (lighting) and Takeshi Kata (scenic). For more information, see “Theater Sound,” FOH, April 2024, page 30