Pauls Macs is a Seattle/New York-based director, producer, and educator. While working in New York and Seattle, he has directed world premiere plays, films, operas, and musicals.
Select directing credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Disney's Newsies, King Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I Would Consider Giving Up (world premiere), The Dark Don’t Hide It (world premiere), Jack and Jill (world premiere), Petronilla (world premiere), The Drowsy Chaperone, Urinetown: The Musical, Gutenberg! The Musical!, The Prince and The Pauper, and The Musical of Musicals: The Musical.
Pauls is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Gaisma Theatre Group, a non-profit theatre company that serves the musical theatre writers of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest through concerts, demo recordings, and work shops.
He is also the Artistic Associate at New York Theatre Barn, a non-profit theatre company that serves as an inclusive home for original culture shifting musicals during incubation. He is the lead producer and co-host of the podcast Backstage Pass, where he interviews the writers shaping today's musical theatre landscape.
Pauls served as the Executive Assistant to the Artistic Directors of The 5th Avenue Theatre from 2017-2019. Also at 5th Avenue, he was the Assistant Director on 3 mainstage productions, directed The Concert For America hosted by Seth Rudetsky, and worked as a Writing Assistant to Tony Award Winner Rupert Holmes on the world premiere musical, Secondhand Lions.
Select directing credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Disney's Newsies, King Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I Would Consider Giving Up (world premiere), The Dark Don’t Hide It (world premiere), Jack and Jill (world premiere), Petronilla (world premiere), The Drowsy Chaperone, Urinetown: The Musical, Gutenberg! The Musical!, The Prince and The Pauper, and The Musical of Musicals: The Musical.
Pauls is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Gaisma Theatre Group, a non-profit theatre company that serves the musical theatre writers of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest through concerts, demo recordings, and work shops.
He is also the Artistic Associate at New York Theatre Barn, a non-profit theatre company that serves as an inclusive home for original culture shifting musicals during incubation. He is the lead producer and co-host of the podcast Backstage Pass, where he interviews the writers shaping today's musical theatre landscape.
Pauls served as the Executive Assistant to the Artistic Directors of The 5th Avenue Theatre from 2017-2019. Also at 5th Avenue, he was the Assistant Director on 3 mainstage productions, directed The Concert For America hosted by Seth Rudetsky, and worked as a Writing Assistant to Tony Award Winner Rupert Holmes on the world premiere musical, Secondhand Lions.
