The International Cabaret Conference at Yale University & Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE   Michael Pacas, Chicago Actor & Singer
		Critical Response TERRA NOVA: "It's hard to like a man who dehumanizes his men, and yet we do like this leader of the pack. Pacas' Scott has the quiet confidence of a driven man burdened and fatigued by his godlike role." - Lenora Inez Brown, Chicago Sun-Times “Director Brandon Bruce has assembled a terrific cast for this Backstage Theatre production, particularly Michael Pacas as lead explorer Robert Falcon Scott (who can say an awful lot with those startled stares)" - Nina Metz, NewCity "Michael Pacas, as Scott, does a heroic job with a heroic part, making Scott a man we root for and admire." - Rick Reed, Windy City Times As Antarctic Explorer, Captain Robert Falcon Scott in TERRA NOVA THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH “…the central roles of George and his long-suffering wife, Maggie, are played by Michael Pacas and Melissa Riemer with sensitivity and panache." – Kerry Reid, The Chicago Tribune "Michael Pacas and Melissa Riemer champion middle-American values with poker-faced aplomb..." - Mary Shen Barnidge, Windy City Times THE PLAY ABOUT THE BABY "...Yates and Pacas turn in dynamic portrayals of Man and Woman." - Christopher Shea, Time Out Chicago "...surreal, hilarious, disturbing, intimate, and heartbreaking...The cast deeply respects Albee... Pacas and Yates are charismatic, funny, and sort of terrifying.” - Barry Eitel, Chicago Theatre Blog "Michael Pacas mugs it up just right as Man, whipping from urbane insouciance to icy disdain as Karen Yates's Woman vamps beside him, seeming to delight in the destruction of the Eden that Boy (Patrick De Nicola) and Girl (Kate Cares) have made for themselves." - Pat J. Daily, Chicago Pipeline.com THE THREEPENNY OPERA "Michael Pacas plays a formidable Mr. JJ Peachum with style, sarcasm and dry humor." - Valerie Malo-Bialek, The Epoch Times AND YOU SANG TO ME "What’s great about And You Sang to Me? Second scene. Michael Pacas, as the older, Frasieresque antiques dealer and Ben Osbun as the young uncultured-but-hungry-for-more "southern man are a joy to watch. Pacas has created a richly textured character and for all the character’s pompousness, does the incredible trick of making him lovable." - Rick Reed, Windy City Times "Especially good was Michael Pacas as the antiques dealer, unearthing the humanity in this sitcom script and credibly conveying the sadness, insecurity, and desire roiling beneath his character's stuffed-shirt exterior." - Chicago Reader THE NORMAL HEART "...the concept would not work without strong acting, and there are some terrific performances...there is especially rich and unselfish supporting work from Michael Pacas and Patrick Ryczek. - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune EQUUS "The supporting actors all perform with commitment and skill, especially Karin McKie and Robert McLean as Alan's troubled parents, Deanne Boyd as the magistrate, Michael Pacas as the stable owner, and Halena Kays as the stable girl." - Dan Zeff Copley News Service JOURNEYS "Traveling back and forth in time, Blake attempts to flesh out the complicated relationship of Ben (Michael Pacas) and Jerri (Mary Anne Bowman)…. Pacas gives Ben an appealing style both flamboyant and pensive as he faces death." - Mary Houlihan-Skilton, Chicago-Sun Times MEDEA "Director Michael Pacas has hit upon an ingenious idea: Make Euripides’ spurned heroine Medea (Yates) a hearing character; make her betraying husband Jason (Lopez) deaf; and then have their two kids—caught between them—function as their parents’ interpreters: speaking to one, signing to the other. The linguistic gulf manifests the emotional chasm between Jason, ditching Medea to start up a new family, and Medea, so undone by her rejected love for Jason that she kills their kids to spite him." - Novid Parsi, Time Out Chicago “As spoken words become inadequate, the actors in this riveting tale of rage, sorrow and desperation augment speech with American Sign Language. It's a radical, risky thing to do, but it works. The explosive, emotive movements of the signing combine with verbal language to create an atmosphere that words alone could not… A brauvura performance by Karen Yates highlights BackStage Theatre Company's production.” - Catey Sullivan, Pioneer Press