The Papers Series consists of materials related to sound design, composition, and the production of plays and musicals Schreier worked on throughout his career. Many of these materials were originally in binders; those materials were rehoused, with all titles and labels transcribed and/or included in the folders. Materials are arranged in order of project and production date.
The Audiovisual Materials Series consists of CDs, floppy disks, and hard drives. These contain scores, sound palettes, and samples Schreier has used for productions, including some productions not represented in the paper materials. Materials are arranged in order of project and production date. Materials relating to personal projects, or else not affiliated with specific projects are located at the end of the series.
The Epherma Series contains a single playbill and guest pass, from 1994 and 2002, respectively.
Dan Moses Schreier was born in Detroit, Michigan. After studying music at the University of Michigan, Columbia University, New York University, and Juilliard, he began working as a sound designer and composer, primarily for the New York stage. He has won Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical for Floyd Collins (1996), Into the Woods (2002), Assassins (2004), and American Psycho (2016), and has been nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his sound design work on musicals and plays including Sweeney Todd (2006), Sondheim on Sondheim (2010), Merchant of Venice (2011), The Iceman Cometh (2018), and more. In addition to his work on numerous acclaimed plays and musicals, Schreier is known for being one of the first sound designers in the New York theater scene to use computer technology for sound design.
