Record Production

Selected Discography of Mitch Greenhill, producer

• Doc Watson and Doc & Merle Watson: Six albums, including one Grammy-winner (Best Country Instrumental) and several other nominees in the country, folk and children's music fields.
• John Renbourn and John Renbourn & Robin Williamson: Three albums, including two Grammy nominees.
• Merle Travis: In Boston 1959 on Rounder Records
• Rosalie Sorrels: Three albums, including her current release My Last Go Round on Red House Records
• San Francisco Mime Troupe: Two albums, featuring material from the musical plays "Factwino," "Americans or Last Tango in Huahuatenango," and "Steeltown."
• Other artists: Robin Flower, Mary McCaslin, Dave Van Ronk, Eric Von Schmidt

Mitch Greenhill has also recorded two albums as solo artist on the Prestige label, recently rereleased on Fantasy as Shepherd of the City Blues, and two albums in duet with Mayne Smith, Storm Coming and Back Where We've Never Been.

Sound Design

Mitch Greenhill Sound Design, a division of Folklore Productions, was established in 1983, when Mitch was asked to compose and perform music for the Hollywood production of Sam Shepard's THE MAD DOG BLUES. On Broadway, he composed original music for AN ALMOST HOLY PICTURE, a dramatic play starring Kevin Bacon and directed by Michael Mayer. At the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, THE WAITING ROOM (mainstage, 1994) and GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER (cabaret, 1992) were recognized by Drama-Logue Awards for Sound Design and Original Music, respectively. MULES followed in 1997.

Other regional theaters have featured Mitch's work:

• South Coast Repertory (SIDNEY BECHET KILLED A MAN, Drama-Logue Award for Sound Design 1997, COLLECTED STORIES world premiere 1996, THE PIANO LESSON 1999, REFERENCES TO SALVADOR DALI MAKE ME HOT and AMY'S VIEW, 2000)
• La Jolla Playhouse (AN ALMOST HOLY PICTURE, world premiere)
• Berkeley Repertory Theatre (HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, west coast premiere and, in co-production with the Alley Theatre of Houston, (HAVING OUR SAY)
• Huntington Theatre Company in Boston (THE LAST HURRAH, world premiere, COLLECTED STORIES)
• Portland Stage Company in Maine (HEDDA GABLER)
• The Arena Stage in Washington (Helen Hayes nomination for THE WAITING ROOM, THE FARAWAY NEARBY, HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE)
• Trinity Rep in Providence (THE WAITING ROOM and THE PIANO LESSON)
• Geva Theatre in Rochester (WAITING FOR GODOT and HAVING OUR SAY)
• Pasadena Playhouse (FLYIN' WEST, VISITING MR. GREEN, THE GLASS MENAGERIE, and world premiere of IKEBANA)
• and the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts

-- as have a gaggle of Los Angeles productions, including...

• THE LION IN WINTER
• CHICAGO CONSPIRACY TRIAL
• THE STAND-IN
• BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY
• URBAN FOLK TALES

Film credits include performances in Walter Hill's THE LONG RIDERS and Todd Haynes' SAFE.

Current Projects:

• BENEDICTUS, by Motti Lerner, directed by Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, a Golden Thread production, opened at The Thick House, San Francisco, California, on October 1, 2007. The production moves to Los Angeles, November 29 through December 9, as part of LATC's opening festival of international theatre.
• THE WIZARDS OF IZ, a collaboration with dancer-videographer Charles Dennis, continues its development with performances at Charles' studio in Brooklyn, November 16 through 18, 2007. For information, please contact (718) 437-7972.
• ALICE, by Kim Hines, from a story by Whoopi Goldberg, directed by Shirley Jo Finney, opened at The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, in December, 2005. It is currently on tour under the Center's Youth And Family Programs.
• Resident sound designer, Coyote Rep, New York City.