This show was great! Ryan had the whole house laughing. Even as someone who grew up a catholic in Fresno, there was plenty I could relate to and it was definitely hilarious. Like the comment before me, no matter what your faith you will definitely have some great laughs at the show. This is a definite must-see at Rogue!

Ryan Paulson performs Pentecostal Wisconsin with a great mix of songs (singing and guitar - church songs and original pieces), comedy, and story-telling. Members of Ryan’s childhood church community come to life in funny caricatures - sometimes when someone makes fun of the bizarre traits of people you don’t know, it can come off as mean, but this is definitely not the case in this show.

What’s really captivating about this heart-felt and funny show is that it’s part guy-next-store likability and part other-worldly Scandinavian/Pentecostal/Wisconsinite. The house was packed, and the show was VERY well received.

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A great show. Paulson’s humor is gentle and compassionate without ever pulling a punch. Paulson doesn’t get mad–he gets funny.

The structure and writing of this show are fascinating. The script runs with machine-like precision. Paulson sets up recurring gags that become his and the audience’s private language, which allows him to communicate a volume of emotion with a single gesture–plus, the joke gets funnier every time he uses it.

For all the technical polish of the writing, this show is powered by heart and communicates a message without ever beating you over the head.

Having grown up in a strict religious household and in a church since I was born I completely understood what Ryan Paulson was talking abou. Hilarious journey through his experience with the Pentecostals, love, the calling and New York… well scripted, well performed and lots of laughs! Bravo!

This did the job - it was funny, well observed and at one point threatened to coax tears (I’m a big softy). I’d recommend it in an instant.

I wondered if the humour about the god-fearing folk would have been more effective for me if I had grown up in an oppressively religious atmosphere, but in the end this is all about people, growing up, vulnerability, loss, triumph and all those human things that entertainment is all about.