Newman

Every year Matt comes back to Chicago for Christmas with his in-laws. Almost every year he takes a day to come down and visit with me and play with Schwa. We met in level 1 at iO back in '07 and have been friends and collaborators ever since.

Matt moved to Richmond in '09 to open his own improv theater: Coalition Theater. I've been out there to visit about once a year since he moved. When we get together we catch up about friends and family but mostly talk a lot of improv shop.

The show tonight was great, Matt's played with Schwa about half-a-dozen times or so at this point and whenever he plays he fits in seamlessly. We had a sold out house, the show was high energy and a lot of fun. We all had a great time. It's really satisfying to get to share that with Matt, despite our divergent paths both personal and creative, despite the distance, our friendship remains strong and continues to evolve. For that I'm very grateful.