Dear Parallelogramophonograh

arthursimone · Post by **arthursimone** » October 30th, 2008, 10:13 am

ColdTowne's Theater's celebrating its 2-year anniversary this weekend, and it's wonderful to have you kicking it off tonight! We owe you a debt of gratitude, sticking with us from the very beginning.

We moved here around the time you guys had just formed. We played one of our first AIC cagematches against you. For our first festival in Arizona you made us a wonderful care package, and made a generous donation to our DSI fund in exchange for a yet-to-happen dinner party (one day...!).

You are amazing artists, each of you.

You rehearse religiously, and it shows. Every one of your delicious formats is wonderful and all of your shows are top-notch. Rather than settling for recyclable formula, you work and grow and create and play like nobody else. In my opinion, you successfully bridge the gap between the disciplined storytelling of Johnstone and the anything-goes playfulness of Close. You nurture the community at large with a spirit that makes us proud to be your friends.

Love you, PGraph!

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » October 30th, 2008, 1:10 pm

I wholeheartedly second this sentiment. Pgraph always has always been and remains my most favorite troupe out of all that I have seen anywhere. They are top notch performers and all of them are genuinely good people. I am very proud to call them friends and I always enjoy seeing them perform. They truly love the craft and are doing great things to push the boundaries of what is possible onstage in an improvised format. They inspired me to get involved in improv in the first place and now they inspire me to push myself and create new and exciting things that will delight audiences and keep them coming back.

I HEART PGRAPH!!!

nadine · Post by **nadine** » October 30th, 2008, 1:36 pm

i like watching pgraph.

and want a mini kaci to put in my pocket.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » October 30th, 2008, 1:49 pm

Aw shucks.

Jastroch · Post by **Jastroch** » October 30th, 2008, 1:56 pm

Mega dittos...

I'm honored and proud to have a show of the caliber that PGraph puts up running every week at ColdTowne. And you guys just keep getting better, too.

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » October 30th, 2008, 2:22 pm

Aw, wow. Gee guys, thanks so much!

*blushes*
It's been an invaluable experience for us, playing at ColdTowne Theater for the past two years. I look forward to playing every week, and my life has been so fantastic the past few years, playing and learning alongside all of you.
Let's keep it going!

shando · Post by **shando** » October 30th, 2008, 2:34 pm

Word!

mpbrockman · Post by **mpbrockman** » October 31st, 2008, 5:15 am

I'd like to join in the hat tipping here as I've now had opportunities to work with all of you as a group, in various combinations and even singularly with Val the stripper.

Best to all of you great folk.

nadine wrote:and want a mini kaci to put in my pocket.

They make 'em "mini-er"??!!!

... and I have yet to receive a satisfactory answer (from Kareem or anyone else) as to why Kareem looks devastatingly debonair in suits while I end up resembling a mid-level exec at a paper company. This is simply not fair.

erin · Post by **erin** » October 31st, 2008, 9:45 am

i whole heartedly agree with how awesome pgraph is. and how adorable they all are. i want an extra big pocket to put all four of them in. and watch and see if kareem ends up eating the other three.....

ErikAdams · Post by **ErikAdams** » October 31st, 2008, 11:03 am

Few things inspire me like a great P'graph show, and there's a lot of great P'graph shows. So feel free to count yourselves among the rarefied company of Chuck Klosterman, Neutral Milk Hotel, Stephen Malkmus and "MST3K."

Way to be awesome, you four.

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » October 31st, 2008, 1:33 pm

I take full credit.

kbadr · Post by **kbadr** » October 31st, 2008, 2:55 pm

"That was really sweet. You guys should really consider just focusing on short form for like a year."
Andy Crouch, January 2006

But also, Andy is an awesome teacher.

nadine · Post by **nadine** » October 31st, 2008, 3:05 pm

lol. i think andy will prob stand by that comment.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » October 31st, 2008, 3:26 pm

He says that to everyone.

apiaryist · Post by **apiaryist** » October 31st, 2008, 4:19 pm

P-graph is awesome and an inspiration. I still remember one of the first nights MS got together at dog and duck. Roy and Kareem were at the next table and we had a lovely discussion about troupe names.