Isaac Jo

Sound Designer

2025, he/him MFA, Sound Design

Isaac V. Jo is a sound designer, researcher, and creative writer from Texas. He is interested in the intersections of politics, performance, and minoritization. His MFA thesis, “Constructing an antiracist framework for theatrical sound design,” aims to develop a deep understanding of these intersections through a multidisciplinary lens to create an implementable, practical framework for a continual artistic practice. 

Isaac spends his summers teaching with the Pre-College Drama program here at Carnegie Mellon University, working with small classes of high school students to deepen their artistic practices through sound design. Before attending Carnegie Mellon University, he worked in public education for eight years. Isaac is deeply committed to helping his students explore themselves through art.

In his spare time, Isaac likes to play with his cat and read books with his husband.

Work Samples

Orion and the Goatman

By Will Murdock
Directed by Stewart Harrison
Sound Design by Isaac Jo
CMU School of Drama – March 2023

Gloria

By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Kaycee Swierc
Sound Design by Isaac Jo
CMU School of Drama – October 2024

A Doll’s House

By Henrik Ibsen
Directed & adapted by Jasmine Roth
Sound Design by Isaac Jo
CMU School of Drama – October 2023