Round
about that time Ryan auditioned for a new musical and
was promptly… rejected. But he did find
a place in the show’s band.
Hanging
around rehearsals for which was not called Ryan charmed
the cast and crew with stories and songs about his life
in Wisconsin - how he’d planned on becoming a
Pentecostal minister, used to like to speak in tongues,
and was even crowned Wisconsin’s "Dairy King”
having clinched the talent portion of the competition
with his anti cow-tipping anthem “Stand Up for
the Cows.”
The
show’s director, Virginia Scott, was so impressed
that it wasn’t long before she and Ryan decided
to create a new show and “Pentecostal Wisconsin”
was born.
While
working on Pentecostal Wisconsin Ryan auditioned for
other shows and was promptly… cast!
He
has appeared at Lincoln Center, New York Comedy Club,
Chicago City Limits, the Irish Arts Center, the Sanford
Meisner Theater, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, Vital Theatre
Company, Breakaway Theatre Company and The Theater at
Monmouth. He has also appeared on the Early Show
on CBS and in a workshop of What Didn't Happen by Christopher
Shinn at HERE. And in time even the critics were
won over by Ryan’s Wisconsin charm proclaiming
“Ryan Paulson is a riot." |
