QUOTES / CRITICAL RECEPTION
Jessica Paz’s sound design and Bray Poor’s soundscapes add immeasurably to the feeling that the story is not unspooling in some dim past but in Central Park tonight.
New York Times
Julius Caesar, The Delacorte Theater
Jessica Paz’s sound design augments the mob, with the sound of cheers and jeers penetrating the theater as if there were a giant demonstration on the great lawn.
Theatermania
Julius Caesar, The Delacorte Theater
The atmosphere was created not only by the artistry of Jessica Paz’s excellent sound design, by David Rockwell’s flexibly rotating scene flats, and by the very topical costumes of Paul Tazewell, but also by unbilled Mother Nature, who joined the stagehands in shipping in clouds and breezes that kept everything in the moment. Lighting and sound made a great contribution, as well.
DC Metro Theater Arts
Julius Caesar, The Delacorte Theater
Marina Draghici’s costume and set design is wonderful, as is Jessica Paz’s sound design and Michael Korsch’s dramatic lighting. Directed by Maija Garcia, who has also devised additional choreography to that of Bill T. Jones’ original work, Fela! The Concert is awash with sound, rhythm, movement, vibrant colour and at times, mass audience participation.
Stage Whispers
FELA! The Concert, Adelaide Festival
The sound designer Jessica Paz even worked in snippets of music to accompany the mayhem, and the crazier it got on stage, the more the audience ate it up. Comedy is rarely this well done, or so delicious to watch.
Berkshire On Stage
See How They Run, Barrington Stage
THE MUSCLES IN OUR TOES, at the Labyrinth Theatre, a high school class that graduated in 1989 is having its reunion but it’s in the actual school itself, city not specified; this allows the playwright to set his scene in the music room, where the chief characters, escaping the festivities, randomly gather to work out their issues. The music from the affair is heard dimly in the background and, when the door to the room opens, it gets much louder (thanks to Jessica Paz’s good sound design), so we’re always aware of the events going on offstage.
S. Leiter on Blogspot
The Muscles in Our Toes, LABYRINTH
Sound designer Jessica Paz creates a vivid template with microphones: When Woods slides into the past, where she talks to us directly, there’s a faint echo to her voice, and when she’s wandering through a dream sequence, her words boom.
Variety
Stretch: A fantasia, The Living Theater
Further Jessica Paz’s sound design gently backs all of the action with the thump-thump of bass from the reunion dance that’s happening elsewhere in the school.
American Theater Web Review
The Muscles in Our Toes, LABYRINTH
APPEARANCES / INTERVIEWS / PODCASTS
A professional conversation with Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz on building sound teams for musicals.
TSDCA
Panel
A Broadway and touring sound-design conversation covering Hadestown, outdoor theatre, intimate rooms, stadium-scale sound, and live performance systems.
Signal To Noise
Podcast
A conversation about the under-recognized craft of stage sound and Jessica’s Tony-winning Hadestown work.
Fabulous Invalid
Podcast
An industry-standard public archive for Jessica’s Broadway credits, awards, nominations, and production history.
Playbill
Profile
A career conversation documenting Public Theater work, Shakespeare in the Park, Dear Evan Hansen, FELA!, touring, and live-music engineering.
In 1
Podcast
A practical conversation about sound design, collaboration, tools, learning, advocacy, and curiosity.
Empowered Artist Coll.
Podcast
A theatre sound-design interview focused on craft, systems, engineering, effects, music editing, and audience experience.
Krotos
Interview
A conversation on early projects, collaboration, Broadway, Off-Broadway, and live music, with Jessica’s process documented in her own voice.
Page to Stage
Podcast
Sound Designer Jessica Paz Talks About the Art Behind the Things You Hear in the Theater
TheaterMania
Interview
A profile conversation around Hadestown, Meyer Sound, Berkeley Rep, and the craft behind the Tony-winning design.
Meyer Sound
Video
Tony-Winning Sound Designer Jessica Paz: Multitasking on and off Broadway.
Live Design
Interview
An early career interview with TSDCA on collaboration, process, FELA!, and building a life in sound.
TSDCA
Interview
Intro to Sound Design with Jessica Paz, a workshop/training resource hosted by TSDCA and Maestra Music.
TSDCA / Maestra
Workshop
TheatrePeople #65, a profile interview on sound design, Hadestown, and the life of live performance.
Theatre People
Interview
Episode 292, a conversation on theatre sound, women in audio, advocacy, and the working life behind large-scale production.
Working Class Audio
Podcast
A design-focused conversation on sound as an art-and-science practice, creative process, and Jessica’s path through theatre, music, and innovation.
Designed By
Podcast
An industry article placing Jessica’s Tony win in the context of women and women of color breaking barriers in Broadway sound design.
Broadway News
Article
A feature on leading women in sound design, including Jessica on opportunity, access, and the future of the field.
Dramatics
Article