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Jessica Paz

Jessica Paz
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Sound designer
Years active	2007–present
Notable work	Hadestown

Jessica Paz is an American sound designer, most notable for her work on Broadway and off-Broadway.^[1]^[2] She is the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Sound Design.^[3]

Career

Paz is currently represented on Broadway in Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre and on the US National tour of the Neil Diamond musical A Beautiful Noise. Paz had previously collaborated with famed director Susan Stroman on the play POTUS.^[4]^[5] She worked as front of house engineer for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Antibalas, Femi Kuti, Lady A, Candy Shop Boys and more.^[6] She also worked as an associate sound designer in Disaster!, Dear Evan Hansen, Bandstand and more.^[7]

Paz has been a lecturer in Sound Design at Princeton University and was a faculty advisor for Princeton University's production of Next To Normal.^[8]^[9] She is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), SoundGirls, Women's Audio Mission, TSDCA and IATSE Local 829.^[10]^[11]

Selected theatre credits

As sound designer

Kiss My Aztec, Berkeley Repertory Theatre (2022)
Little Shop of Horrors, Westside Theatre (2019)
Hadestown, Broadway (2019)
Much Ado About Nothing, Delacorte Theater (2019)
Kiss My Aztec, Berkeley Repertory Theatre (2019)
Miss You Like Hell, The Public Theater (2018)
SCKBSTD, Virginia Stage Company (2011)

Awards and nominations


Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Notes
2019	Hadestown	Tony Award for Best Sound Design	Won	^[12]
		Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical	Won	^[13]
		Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Sound Design	Nominated	^[14]

References

^ "Jessica Paz's Unlikely Journey From Scuba Store Employee To Landmark Tony Nominee". refinery29.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "JESSICA PAZ". broadwayworld. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "4 Key Takeaways From the 2019 Tony Awards". playbill.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Neil Diamond Musical 'A Beautiful Noise' to Open on Broadway in December". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "New Broadway Comedy 'POTUS' To Star Rachel Dratch, Lilli Cooper, Julie White, Lea DeLaria, Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura & Vanessa Williams". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Design-Focused 'in 1: the podcast' Welcomes Shakespeare in the Park Sound Designer Jessica Paz". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Jessica Paz". americanrepertorytheater.org. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Sound Design". arts.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Jessica Paz". arts.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Ask The Expert Theatre Sound Design". soundgirls.org. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association". tsdca.org. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "2019 Tony Award Winners: Full List". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Drama Desk Awards Winners List: 'The Ferryman', 'The Prom' Among Top Honorees". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
^ "Hadestown Leads Winners of 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards". broadway.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.

External links

Official website

Awards for Jessica Paz

v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design
Combined category (1980–2009)	Norman L. Berman (1980) John DiFusco (1985) Otts Munderloh (1986) Aural Fixation (1991) Paul Arditti (1992) Steve Canyon Kennedy (1993) John A. Leonard (1994) No Award (1995) Dan Moses Schreier (1996) John Gromada (1997) Tony Meola (1998) Christopher Shutt (1999) Jamie Mereness (2000) Christopher Shutt (2001) Dan Moses Schreier (2002) Acme Sound Partners (2003) Dan Moses Schreier (2004) Paul Arditti (2005) Steve Canyon Kennedy (2006) Gregory Clarke (2007) Scott Lehrer (2008) Paul Arditti (2009)
Play (2010–present)	Fitz Patton (2010) Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers (2011) John Gromada (2012) Mel Mercier (2013) Matt Tierney (2014) Ian Dickinson (2015) Fitz Patton (2016) Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin (2017) Gareth Fry (2018) Nick Powell (2019) Paul Arditti and Christopher Reid (2020) No Award (2021) Ben and Max Ringham (2022) Ben and Max Ringham (2023) Ryan Rumery (2024)
Musical (2010–present)	Acme Sound Partners (2010) Brian Ronan (2011) Acme Sound Partners (2012) Steve Canyon Kennedy / Scott Lehrer and Drew Levy / Tony Meola (2013) Brian Ronan (2014) Nevin Steinberg (2015) Dan Moses Schreier (2016) Nicholas Pope (2017) Kai Harada (2018) Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (2019) Peter Hylenski (2020) No Award (2021) Gareth Owen (2022) Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann (2023) Nick Lidster / Cody Spencer / Walter Trarbach (2024)

v t e Tony Award for Best Sound Design in a Musical
Scott Lehrer (2008) Paul Arditti (2009) Robert Kaplowitz (2010) Brian Ronan (2011) Clive Goodwin (2012) John Shivers (2013) Brian Ronan (2014) Kai Harada (2018) Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz (2019) Peter Hylenski (2020/21) Gareth Owen (2022) Nevin Steinberg (2023)

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