Michael Pauken handles the business affairs of the Capitol Fools. He is not funny at all, but does like to laugh at the antics of the others. In a previous life, Michael was the general manager of the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, IL for twenty years, managed theatrical productions such as Forever Plaid in Chicago, Milwaukee and Seattle, worked for the League of Chicago Theatres and more recently served as interim executive director for the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center in Georgia.