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Jessica Paz is a Tony Award-winning Sound Designer\xa0for theater, film and music. Most recently, she collaborated with Nevin Steinberg on the sound design for Ana\xefs Mitchell\u2019s acclaimed production of\xa0Hadestown, which earned the duo a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle nomination.\nOn Broadway, Jessica was an Associate Sound Designer on projects including\xa0Dear Evan Hansen,\xa0Bandstand,\xa0Disaster! The Musical;\xa0The Assembled Parties\xa0(MCC); and\xa0Fela!.\nOther design credits include\xa0Little Shop of Horrors (Westside Theater); Kiss My Aztec\xa0(Berkeley Rep);\xa0Twelfth Night, Othello,\xa0Miss You Like Hell, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and As You Like It\xa0(The Public Theater);\xa0Burn All Night\xa0(A.R.T Oberon Stage);\xa0Ugly Lies the Bone\xa0(Roundabout);\xa0A Sucker EmCee,\xa0and\xa0The Muscles in Our Toes\xa0(LAByrinth);\xa0The Kings Whore\xa0(Starcatcher Productions);\xa0Becoming Dr. Ruth\xa0(Westside Theater);\xa0Looking for the Pony\xa0(Vital Theater Co.);\xa0Women Beware Women\xa0(Red Bull Theater);\xa0STRETCH \u2013 A Fantasia\xa0(New Georges);\xa0Welcome to Fear City\xa0(KC Rep);\xa0Scott & Hem in the Garden of Allah,\xa0and\xa0See How They Run\xa0(Barrington Stage);\xa0Legally Blonde,\xa0and\xa09 to 5 The Musical\xa0(North Shore Music Theater);\xa0Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream, Othello,\xa0and\xa0Much Ado About Nothing\xa0(Shakespeare on the Sound\u2019s Productions);\xa0SCKBSTD\xa0(Virginia Stage Co) ;\xa0Volcanoes Birthright\xa0(Organic Magnetics);\xa0TempOdyssey,\xa0And Her Hair Went With Her,\xa0Bookends, and\xa0Minstrel Show\xa0(NJ Rep).\nJessica has been a Front of House Engineer for musicians including The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Antibalas, Julia Haltigan, Femi Kuti, Lady Antebellum, Candy Shop Boys, People vs. Larson, Michael Arenetta, Bugaboo, Carte Blanche, King Holiday, The Woes, Stone Cold Fox, The African Children\u2019s Choir and many others.\xa0She has also been a Lecturer of Sound Design in addition to student advisor for Princeton Universities production of Next To Normal, and was the Sound Designer of the Actor\u2019s Studio Drama School\u2019s yearly Master\u2019s Thesis productions from 2009 \u2013 2014.\nJessica is fascinated by music studio and live concert techniques. She is constantly learning and researching innovative approaches from the traditional music recording world, and bringing them into her theater work. A proud member of IATSE Local 829; Soundgirls.org; Woman\u2019s Audio Mission; USITT; and\xa0Co-Chair of the board of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association. She currently resides in New York. Pizza is her favorite food group.\xa0\n\nIn this episode, we discuss:\n\nManhattan Special\n\nTheater Sound\n\nBroadway/Off Broadway\n\nTheater Sound Design\n\nSystem Design\n\nAudio Teams\n\nAudio Roles\n\nMentors\n\nLarge Budgets\n\nNetwork Audio\n\nRain vs. Audio\n\nWomen in Audio\n\nTheater vs. Club Sound\n\nUnion Rules\n\nMoney\n\nPassion for Audio\n\nPast Jobs\n\nTrying to Leave Audio\n\nAdvocacy\n\n\nLinks and Show Notes:\n\n\nJessica\u2019s site: http://www.jessicapazdesigns.com/\n\n\n\nTSDCA.: https://tsdca.org/\n\n\n\nUSITT: https://www.usitt.org/\n\n\n\nSoundgirls: https://soundgirls.org/\n\n\n\nWomen's Audio Mission: https://womensaudiomission.org/\n\n\n\nMonologue Link to Velcro Strips: https://amzn.to/2BcrMG6\n\n\n\nWCA on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/working_class_audio\n\n\n\nSupport WCA - Go Ad-Free!\xa0https://glow.fm/workingclassaudio/\n\n\n\nConnect with Matt on Linkedin:\xa0https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboudreau/\n\n\n\nCurrent sponsors & promos:\xa0https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw\n\n\n\nWorking Class Audio Journal:\xa0https://amzn.to/2GN67TP\n\n\n\nCredits:\n\n\nGuest:\xa0Jessica Paz\n\n\nHost:\xa0Matt Boudreau\xa0\n\n\nWCA Theme Music:\xa0Cliff Truesdell\xa0\n\n\nAnnouncer:\xa0Chuck Smith\n\n\nEditing:\xa0Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt Boudreau\n\n\nAdditional Music:\xa0The License Lab