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'''Parallelogramophonograph''' (often abbreviated to '''Pgraph''') is a theatre company in Austin, TX that specializes in improvising plays. They have a weekly show ([[The Spectacle]]) on Fridays at 10pm at [[The Hideout Theatre]].
'''Parallelogramophonograph''' (often abbreviated to '''Pgraph''') is a theatre company in Austin, TX that specializes in improvising plays. They have a weekly show ([[The Spectacle]]) on Fridays at 10pm at [[The Hideout Theatre]].
== History ==
Here is [[Robert Faires]]'s explanation of the name's origin:<blockquote>After a long, tedious search for a group name in which hundreds of options were considered and discarded, a somewhat alcohol-lubricated Janik offered "Parallelogramophone." Immediately, Badr built on it with "Parallelogramophonograph." They tried it out on some friends, and since it made them laugh, it stuck.</blockquote>


== Show Formats ==
== Show Formats ==
=== The Nutty Funsters ===
[[Image:The Nutty Funsters.jpg|thumb|alt=Parallelogramophonograph in character as 'The Nutty Funsters'|Parallelogramophonograph in character as 'The Nutty Funsters']]
In 2007, the troupe developed an alter ego of "The Nutty Funsters", a zany, Christian, short-form troupe from "West Carolina".


=== New Works ===
=== New Works ===
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== Media ==
== Media ==
=== Videos ===
=== Videos ===
* [http://vimeo.com/40500114 Their performance] in The 2012 Improvised Play Festival.
* [http://vimeo.com/95122 "Tarantulas on a Hovercraft"], their entry into the Alamo Drafthouse's "Blanks on a Blank" competition from 2006.
* [http://vimeo.com/910471 Video] of their ''[[After School Improv]]'' show from November 2006.
* [http://blip.tv/out-of-bounds-comedy-festival/pgraph-presents-villainy-sat-8pm-svt-apples-stage-1242488 Video] of their 8/30/08 "Villainy" show at [[The 2008 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* Video by [[Brian Boyko]] of their 200th show (1/8/09): [http://youtu.be/_aFUyr1zNmY 1], [http://youtu.be/4GV4hUcEF-A 2], [http://youtu.be/EGOmaAU2GP8 3], [http://youtu.be/eQg0Hddr9io 4], [http://youtu.be/boI75lAlM3g 5], [http://youtu.be/7rCCMYbhstw 6], [http://youtu.be/eKFTkz2p8Lg 7], [http://youtu.be/wrJPE7v9pF4 8], [http://youtu.be/x1n-0HwPqzI 9].
* Video by [[Brian Boyko]] of their 1/22/09 show ("Bulgarian Architecture"): [http://youtu.be/Ko0Ff6dpjnU 1], [http://youtu.be/lYA0skiIG-U 2], [http://youtu.be/rs0Xb_esZxk 3], [http://youtu.be/vutDwB1RxqE 4], [http://youtu.be/lrkMCqhNz8c 5].
* [http://vimeo.com/12785670 Video] of their 4/30/10 "Dick and Jane" show.
** A video by [[Brian Boyko]] of the same show: [http://youtu.be/MxHCGDOXaUA 1], [http://youtu.be/hBpbdxTycaw 2], [http://youtu.be/y4V4sdCqvlU 3], [http://youtu.be/S6xwnyfpvfQ 4], [http://youtu.be/t6ZNylopXck 5], [http://youtu.be/9cwJc6tizLE 6], [http://youtu.be/F5kR61GWzWg 7].
* [http://vimeo.com/12785670 Video] of their "Dick and Jane" show at the Twin Cities Improv Festival (uploaded 8/5/10).
* [http://vimeo.com/132036967 Clip of "Dick & Jane" from 2010.]
* [http://vimeo.com/26027879 Video] by [[Peter Rogers]] of their 6/7/11 show.
* [http://vimeo.com/25853270 Video] of their 6/23/11 show at ImprovBoston.
* [http://vimeo.com/26165479 Video] of their "French Farce" performance in [[The 2011 Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://vimeo.com/113571987 Video] of their 8/5/11 "Some Like It Improvised" show in the Edinburgh Fringe.
* [http://vimeo.com/113569400 Video] of their 8/6/11 "Some Like It Improvised" show in the Edinburgh Fringe.
* [http://vimeo.com/113574369 Video] of their 8/8/11 "GRIMM" show in the Edinburgh Fringe.
* [http://vimeo.com/113961314 Video] of their 8/9/11 "Some Like It Improvised" show in the Edinburgh Fringe.
* [http://vimeo.com/113972805 Video] of their 8/11/11 "GRIMM" show in the Edinburgh Fringe.
* [http://vimeo.com/40500114 Video] of their "Dick and Jane" performance in [[The 2012 Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://vimeo.com/132042714 Clip of "Reverend Goodman" from 2014.]
* [http://vimeo.com/106077526 Video] of their performance in [[The 2014 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* [http://vimeo.com/128325402 Video] of their 4/10/15 "Box and String" show.
* [http://vimeo.com/131967560 Video] of their 6/26/15 "Box and String" show.


=== Photos ===
=== Photos ===
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10202737544262468.1073741911.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes a performance in ''[[PGraph Presents]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1150515485813.21655.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 2/11/10 "French Farce" show at [[ColdTowne Theater]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/MadelineChauvin/media_set?set=a.10100436370906080.3115649.7944448&type=3 Photoset] by [[Jo Chauvin]] of their 4/16/10 "Dick and Jane" show in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1150515485813.21655.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 5/7/10 show from ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1150515485813.21655.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 5/21/10 show from ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1299236843754.36635.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 6/18/10 performance.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1299236843754.36635.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 7/23/10 performance at ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/roy.moore/media_set?set=a.1320517784907.2039246.1589679282&type=3 A photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] that includes their 7/31/10 performance at ''[[The Saturday Night Special]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1299236843754.36635.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 8/20/10 "Eris 2035" performance at ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1364756881714.46801.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 9/10/10 "Eris 2035" performance at ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1384780142283.49789.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 9/24/10 "Eris 2035" performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1384780142283.49789.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 11/5/10 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1364756881714.46801.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 12/17/10 performance at ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1492894885084.66210.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 1/21/11 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1602508305351.75968.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 3/25/11 show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1602508305351.75968.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 4/15/11 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1602508305351.75968.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 6/3/11 show in [[The 42-Hour Improv Marathon]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.1811908780232.89127.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 7/1/11 show at [[The 2011 Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.2308720080204.104279.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes a 12/11 performance at [[The Hideout Theatre]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.2418169496371.106914.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] of their 1/6/12 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.2410326380298.106779.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 1/8/12 performance at the "Five Families" night at [[The Institution Theater]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.296102733786583.73596.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset of their 2/10/12 "Reverend Goodman" show] by [[Steve Rogers]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.296102733786583.73596.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset of their 2/10/12 "Reverend Goodman" show] by [[Steve Rogers]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.2939584451419.117496.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 4/13/12 performance in [[The 2012 Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.356404607756395.86521.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset of their 5/5/12 "Parallelogramophonograph SINGS" show] by [[Steve Rogers]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.356404607756395.86521.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset of their 5/5/12 "Parallelogramophonograph SINGS" show] by [[Steve Rogers]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/claudio.fox.5/media_set?set=a.416279815060186.94189.100000345135257&type=3 Photoset] by [[Claudio Fox]] that includes their 5/18/12 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.3204199026618.122311.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 6/1/12 performance in [[The 43-Hour Improv Marathon]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.3479991321253.129043.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] which includes their 7/27/12 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/claudio.fox.5/media_set?set=a.456451977709636.102466.100000345135257&type=3 Photoset] by [[Claudio Fox]] that includes their 8/10/12 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.416163221780533.101098.221927764537414&type=3 A photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] that includes their 9/2/12 performance at [[The 2012 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.416163221780533.101098.221927764537414&type=3 A photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] that includes their 9/2/12 performance at [[The 2012 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/Heidi.N.Rogers/media_set?set=a.10102677866984970.3513134.7909117&type=3 Photoset] by [[Heidi Rogers]] that includes their 2/23/13 "Paper Dolls" show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/Heidi.N.Rogers/media_set?set=a.10103380530371910.1073741835.7909117&type=3 Photoset] by [[Heidi Rogers]] that includes their 9/7/13 "Chairs" show (show #498).
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.3811816376672.136825.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] which includes their 11/9/12 performance at [[Wafflefest]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.4243242522056.142858.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] which includes their 2/1/13 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
** This was actually a "Substitute Parallelogramophonograph" show, in which an AIC poll elected ringers for each member of the troupe:
*** [[Kaci Beeler]]: [[Sarah Swofford]]
*** [[Valerie Ward]]: [[John Ratliff]]
*** [[Roy Janik]]: [[Cody Dearing]]
*** [[Kareem Badr]]: [[Andy Buck]]
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.523040367759484.1073741853.221927764537414&type=3 A photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] of their 4/12/13 performance at [[The 2013 Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10200446168619509.1073741854.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] which includes their 9/6/13 performance in ''[[The Spectacle]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.598935996836587.1073741936.221927764537414&type=3 A photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] of their 500th show, on 9/15/13.
** [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10200508705262886.1073741856.1315383518&type=3 Another photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] of the same show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10200768887327275.1073741863.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 11/1/13 performance in ''[[PGraph Presents]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10201077637245830.1073741872.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] of their 12/20/13 performance in ''[[PGraph Presents]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.636898509707002.1073741946.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] that includes their 11/22/13 show at [[WaffleFest 2013]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10201568613599932.1073741883.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 3/21/14 performance in ''[[PGraph Presents]]''.
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152579627562265.1073741849.588952264&type=3 Photoset] by [[Peter Rogers]] of their 6/27/14 performance in ''[[PGraph Presents]]''
** [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10202172654140568.1073741894.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes the same performance.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10203013018949163.1073741916.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 11/21/14 performance in [[WaffleFest 2014]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.940852415978275.1073742181.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] of their 4/10/15 performance of "Box and String" in [[The Improvised Play Festival]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10204248534876289.1073741949.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 6/5/15 "Box and String" show.
* [http://www.facebook.com/michael.yew/media_set?set=a.10204338668289568.1073741952.1315383518&type=3 Photoset] by [[Michael Yew]] that includes their 6/19/15 "New Works" show in [[The 46-Hour Improv Marathon]].
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1035339159862933.1073742252.221927764537414&type=3 Photoset] by [[Steve Rogers]] of their 9/5/15 "Some Like It Improvised" show at [[The 2015 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival]].
=== Other ===
* Eris 2035 "Friend" videos:
** [http://vimeo.com/14394520 Video] from [[Jason Vines]].
** [http://vimeo.com/14394533 Video] from [[Kathy Rose Center]].
** [http://vimeo.com/14394565 Video] from [[Deano Jones]].
** [http://vimeo.com/15100500 Video] from [[Peter Rogers]].
** [http://vimeo.com/15100672 Video] from [[Menelaos Pokros]].
** [http://vimeo.com/15100690 Video] from [[Marc Majcher]].
** [http://vimeo.com/15100823 Video] from [[David Lee Hess]].
** [http://vimeo.com/15100672 Video] from Tuesday, [[Roy Janik|Roy]] and [[Kaci Beeler|Kaci]]'s dog.
** [http://vimeo.com/15101226 Video] from [[Curtis Luciani]].
** [http://vimeo.com/15101375 Video] from Patti Stiles.
== More Information ==
* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2011-12-30/oh-the-places-you-ll-go/ An article about the troupe] by [[Robert Faires]] from the 12/30/11 ''Austin Chronicle''.


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Parallelogramophonograph

Pgraph goodman.jpg

Years Active 2005-Present
Cast

Parallelogramophonograph (often abbreviated to Pgraph) is a theatre company in Austin, TX that specializes in improvising plays. They have a weekly show (The Spectacle) on Fridays at 10pm at The Hideout Theatre.

History

Here is Robert Faires's explanation of the name's origin:

After a long, tedious search for a group name in which hundreds of options were considered and discarded, a somewhat alcohol-lubricated Janik offered "Parallelogramophone." Immediately, Badr built on it with "Parallelogramophonograph." They tried it out on some friends, and since it made them laugh, it stuck.

Show Formats

The Nutty Funsters

Parallelogramophonograph in character as 'The Nutty Funsters'
Parallelogramophonograph in character as 'The Nutty Funsters'

In 2007, the troupe developed an alter ego of "The Nutty Funsters", a zany, Christian, short-form troupe from "West Carolina".

New Works

In New Works, Parallelogramophonograph uses a Dramatists Play Service catalog to inspire their premier of a never-before-seen, fully-improvised one act play.

Reverend Goodman’s Cure-All Elixir Traveling Revue

Reverend Goodman’s Cure-All Elixir Traveling Revue takes inspiration from several sources including vaudeville, medicine and side shows, tent-revivals, and laughing gas demonstrations.

It is portrayed as a traveling medicine show, and revolves around heavy audience interaction.

Unanswered

Inspired by their trip to Edinburgh in August of 2011, Unanswered is based on the scripted play Unanswered, We Ride by Jaclyn Villano. Unanswered uses tropes similar to the Unanswered, We Ride script and scripted staging by Theatre Daedalus, such as a main character who acts as a direct monologist to the audience, seamless and overlapping transitions from scene to scene, and multiple characters portrayed by only a few actors.

Eris 2035

Inspired by films such as 2001, Moon, and Solaris, Eris 2035 explores the effects the desolation and stillness of deep space have on the human psyche. Quiet madness and slow-burning tension underscore this improvised production, reminiscent of classic science fiction of the 60′s and 70′s.

Dick & Jane

Dick & Jane presents film noir type stories set in the world of Jane Austen.

GRIMM

GRIMM presents Brothers Grimm style fairy tales. The show has a frame for the stories, wherein a German peasant family swaps stories before going to sleep. The German family's characters are preset, but the stories are completely improvised.

Some Like it Improvised

An improvised story in the style of the screwball comedy movies of the 1930s and 1940s.

Villainy

Villainy delves into the dark side of the human condition and tell stories that focus on the villains and anti-heroes.

French Farce

An improvised French Farce, visually reminiscent of Molière, but closer to Georges Feydeau in content.

Media

Videos

Photos

Other

More Information

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