Year: 2016

  • The Exploration of an Avant Garde Journey

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    We asked cast member and soon-to-be Hideout Graduate, Chris Villafano, to talk about his experience in the current Hideout Student Mainstage show, The Untitled Avant-Garde Theater Project With a Really Long Title. He chose to do so in his own artistic style and voice. Enjoy this flight of fancy and come see the show. ONLY…

  • Hideout Gift Guide

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    Shopping is too stressful.  Lines, crowds, screaming children…Why not forgo the mall madness and give your friends and family the gift of improv, purchasable through the convenience of your home computer! There are several options available for sharing our award-winning shows and classes.  We’ve got gift certificates for our coffee house and improv shows, or…

  • The Untitled Blog Post from a Cast Member With a Really Long Title

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    We asked cast member and Hideout Theater graduate, Cristy Salinas, to talk about her experience with the upcoming student mainstage show: There’s buzz. Murmurs. Excitement. All surrounding the Hideout Theatre’s last student mainstage of 2016: The Untitled Avant-garde Theater Project With a Really Long Title. There’s a story, and then there’s not. There’s not necessarily…

  • Hideout Shows Recognized by the B. Iden Payne Awards Council!

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    We’re so honored that three of our shows have been recognized by the B. Iden Payne Awards Council! Our November/December 2015 Mainstage show, “Boy, Howdy!” was nominated for “Outstanding Improv Production”, “Outstanding Improv Cast” and “Outstanding Improv Director (Kaci Beeler)”. Our May/June 2016 Mainstage show “Fiasco” was nominated for “Outstanding Improv Production” and “Outstanding Improv…

  • The Path to Process

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    Courtney
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    by Process director Jeremy Sweetlamb The Hideout is a special place for a lot of people. I was around for its inception in 1998 and only after so much recent growth and expansion of their programs and shows have I really begun to see how important it is for so many people. This is a…

  • Breaking the Status Quo with Tyler Lane

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    This Sunday at 2pm, Hideout wunderkind Tyler Lane is leading a workshop entitled Status Work in Improvisation. If you’re looking to take your scene work to the next level, sign up now because spaces are limited! We talked with Tyler a little bit about what inspired this workshop and what status in improv means to…

  • Date Night Presents: Summer Beach Party

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    Friday at 7:30, we’re having a beach party at The Hideout! Okay, not really, it’s an improv show. But it will be a fun place to come in and cool off from the week with a craft cocktail or beer from our bar. Come in your Hawaiian shirts, grass skirts and sunglasses and have your…

  • Rave Review of Process from Austin Chronicle

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    Our current mainstage, Process, got an awesome review in the Austin Chronicle from arts editor Robert Faires. “Such an enjoyable lampoon of all things theatrical…that I’m already plotting a return visit.” – Austin Chronicle Process runs Saturdays at 8pm in July and August. Click here to get your tickets now!  

  • Marathoner Profile: Ace Manning

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    Sponsor Ace to support improv classes for kids! This weekend (Friday June 17- Sunday June 19) is the Hideout Improv Marathon in which 8 improvisors perform for 47 hours. This is the 8th in a series of short profiles of each of the 8 performers. Read about them and then watch them slowly lose their minds over the course…

  • Marathoner Profile: Chuy Zarate

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    Sponsor Chuy to support improv classes for kids! This weekend (Friday June 17- Sunday June 19) is the Hideout Improv Marathon in which 8 improvisors perform for 47 hours. This is the 7th in a series of short profiles of each of the 8 performers. Read about them and then watch them slowly lose their minds over the course…