diff --git a/sound/pen.wav b/sound/pen.wav
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a76e6d
Binary files /dev/null and b/sound/pen.wav differ
diff --git a/src/DialogueMenu.java b/src/DialogueMenu.java
index d8f6ac9..6ddb095 100644
--- a/src/DialogueMenu.java
+++ b/src/DialogueMenu.java
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 // displays dialogue, animates dialogue, and renders box that contains dialogue as well as the portraits of the characters
 // that speak to the players
 
+import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
+import javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException;
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
@@ -101,6 +104,12 @@ public class DialogueMenu extends TextBox implements Serializable {
         if (frameCounter >= FREQUENCY) {
             frameCounter -= FREQUENCY;
             currentFrame += 1;
+            // play dialogue sound
+            try {
+                UtilityFunction.playSound("sound/pen.wav");
+            } catch (UnsupportedAudioFileException | LineUnavailableException | IOException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
         }
         // set font of string to be drawn
         g.setFont(font);
diff --git a/src/Sound.java b/src/Sound.java
index c8fa995..856351c 100644
--- a/src/Sound.java
+++ b/src/Sound.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ public class Sound implements Serializable {
         clip.start();
     }
 
-    // while close() is not used because the same sounds are either constantly used or immediately dereferenced (and therefore collected by the GC)
-    // it is still good practice to enable closing sounds after finishing using them
+    // close sound after use
     public void close() {
         clip.close();
     }
diff --git a/src/UtilityFunction.java b/src/UtilityFunction.java
index 62655b9..3c16ad9 100644
--- a/src/UtilityFunction.java
+++ b/src/UtilityFunction.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Eric Li, Charlie Zhao, ICS4U, Finished 6/20/2022
 // Utility functions to help with common tasks
 
+import javax.sound.sampled.LineEvent;
 import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
 import javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException;
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ public final class UtilityFunction {
     // start playing a sound that is located at filePath
     public static void playSound(String filePath) throws UnsupportedAudioFileException, LineUnavailableException, IOException {
         Sound sound = new Sound(filePath);
+        sound.clip.addLineListener(e -> {
+            // close clip after sound is done playing
+            if (e.getType() == LineEvent.Type.STOP) {
+                sound.close();
+            }
+        });
         sound.start();
     }
 }