Pardal auditioned for the play The Water Engine by David Mamet in 1995 at St. Petersburg College and was cast as Lawrence Oberman.

He began pursuing an education in theater and was quickly recruited into the dance departments of St. Petersburg College and the University of South Florida.

His choreographers have included Debra Jo Hughes, Katurah Robinson, John Parks, Colette Harding and Klaus "Step" Reinert.

While in college performing musical theater, he was then recruited back into the drama department where he began acting and writing again.

Pardal has been in Zeroville with James Franco and Sector 4: Extraction with Olivier Gruner and Eric Roberts.