Class Calendar

Level Three: Performing the Scene w/ Danielle DaVerona & Shane Gannaway (six weeks)

Continue your improv education with Level Three!

Characters on Characters on Characters improv workshop w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hrs)

John Gebretatose is in town this November and offering a workshop on Characters. This workshop will explore the challenge of one improviser playing multiple characters within one scene or show. We will look at ways to help you remember all those lovely characters in your brain while having fun. You will leave with a handle on what systems work best for you when remembering details and juggling all of your improv characters and their wants and needs, your improv plot points and more. We you’ll leave with tools to help you add more layers to your improv.

Hard Topics improv workshop w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hrs)

John Gebretatose is in town this November and offering a workshop on Hard Topics. This workshop will highlight what happens to us as performers when a scene becomes scary, offensive, or insensitive, and we freeze or lose ourselves. We explore some approaches to get the agency back when we find ourselves somewhere uncomfortable, tools for improvising mindfully, and finding a proactive voice for you and your show. We will learn the SwagHat format. A living room-style discussion, and then we perform scenes inspired by the conversation.

Level Two: Performing Games w/ Kristen Drenning (six weeks)

Continue your improv education with Level Two!

Felt Tips improv workshop w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hr)

John Gebretatose is in Austin this November and offering a workshop on Felt Tips. This improv workshop focuses on emotions as a focal tool to help free your brain from stressing out over what to do or say.

A Very Special BIPOC Jam w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hr)

John Gebretatose is in Austin this November and we’re supercharging the BIPOC jam into a workshop with John that is free to our BIPOC community.

w/ Andy Crouch (six weeks)

Have fun, meet new people and learn to improvise in the Hideout’s low-pressure classes. This six-week workshop is designed for anyone who wants to loosen up, be more spontaneous and learn to take risks on stage and in life.

Level Eight: Picking a Genre (Narrative Two) w/ Margaret Hunsicker (six weeks)

The second level in our Narrative series will pick a specific style of storytelling (Noir, buddy cop, soap opera, after-school special, etc.) and spend six weeks giving you the tools and techniques to knock it out of the park.

w/ Danielle DaVerona (six weeks)

Have fun, meet new people and learn to improvise in the Hideout’s low-pressure classes. This six-week workshop is designed for anyone who wants to loosen up, be more spontaneous and learn to take risks on stage and in life.

w/ Kenny Madison (six weeks)

This is an advanced scene study class, exploring advanced techniques and strategies for getting out of your own way, keeping the audience in the palm of your hand, making strong choices in games, scenes and longer formats, and recognizing the difference between genuine delight and politely muddling through. Level Four includes a strong direct feedback component.

w/ Sophie Hard (six weeks, skipping 11/28 Thanksgiving)

Have fun, meet new people and learn to improvise in the Hideout’s low-pressure classes. This six-week workshop is designed for anyone who wants to loosen up, be more spontaneous and learn to take risks on stage and in life.

Level Seven: Telling the Story (Narrative 1) w/ Caeriel Crestin (six weeks)

In the intro class of our narrative improv series, you’ll dive headfirst into what might be the most difficult work we do at the Hideout: long-form narrative.

Level Two: Performing Games w/ Sid Desai and Marissa Stubbe (six weeks, skipping 11/28 and 12/26)

Continue your improv education with Level Two!

Level Six w/ Chuy Zarate (six weeks, skipping weeks for Thanksgiving and winter holidays)

Continue your improv education with Level Six!

Part 2 of Narrative Master Class w/ Caeriel Crestin (Part 2 of a 12-week series (weeks 5-8)

Three-Month Narrative Master Class with Caeriel Crestin.

A 90-minute taste of our in-person improv classes

How does an improv class work? Come find out and dip your toe in before signing up, check out a 90-minute FREE sample to get a feel for how easy and engaging it is.

The Power of Specificity improv workshop w/ with Stephanie Rae (2.5 hrs)

Stephanie Rae is in town this November and offering a workshop on The Power of Specificity. This is a red ball. But is it a glittering, diamond-encrusted disco ball? Or is it a worn down, quarter-sized rubber ball? The details you add to your dialogue can make or break a scene or set, so we’re going to build your specificity muscles with mental exercises. Then, we’ll put these skills to the test with improv comedy based on true stories.

Find Your Flow improv workshop w/ with Stephanie Rae (2.5 hrs)

Stephanie Rae is in town this November and offering a workshop on Find Your Flow: A Freestyle Rap Workshop for Everyone. Whether you’re brand new to the mic or an experienced MC, you’ve got something unique to bring to the stage and we wanna hear all about it! We’ll cover different methods for building a verse, practice rapping from a place of authenticity, rap in scenes, and create larger-than-life rap personas. If you’ve ever wanted to learn and practice freestyle rap in an encouraging environment, then push past your fear of failure and let’s find your flow!

A 90-minute taste of our in-person improv classes

How does an improv class work? Come find out and dip your toe in before signing up, check out a 90-minute FREE sample to get a feel for how easy and engaging it is.