Specialty Workshops – Austin Improv Comedy Shows, Classes

In addition to our standard 6-week level classes, The Hideout likes to host specialty workshops on specific topics that will add some great skills to your improv tool belt.

These can range from intensives with world-renowned instructors from out of town to one-off sessions with local teachers showing you some of their unique expertise. They’re a great way to work on very specialized skills in a short amount of time.

Here’s what we have coming up:

Fri. October 3rd

Sold Out!

Connor RatliffFri Oct 3, 3:00-5:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$49 – $69

Simple & Sustainable Scenework improv workshop w/ Connor Ratliff (2.5hrs)

This workshop is focused on trying to take some of the worry out of improv, to make it more fun both for you and the audience.

Connor Ratliff AUDITFri Oct 3, 3:00-5:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $49

AUDITING SPOT in Simple & Sustainable Scenework improv workshop w/ Connor Ratliff (2.5hrs)

This is an AUDITING SPOT in the Connor Ratliff workshop. Auditors are invited to sit in on the class (at the back of the audience) and quietly observe and take notes. *No participation in the workshop or engaging in the conversation.

Sat. October 4th

Connor RatliffSat Oct 4, 10:00-12:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$49 – $69

Simple & Sustainable Scenework improv workshop w/ Connor Ratliff (2.5hrs)

This workshop is focused on trying to take some of the worry out of improv, to make it more fun both for you and the audience.

Connor Ratliff AUDITSat Oct 4, 10:00-12:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $49

AUDITING SPOT in Simple & Sustainable Scenework improv workshop w/ Connor Ratliff (2.5hrs)

Sat. October 18th

Improvised RomComSat Oct 18, 2:00-4:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $50

Improvised RomCom workshop w/ Sophie Hard (2.5hrs)

Dive into the heart of the ”RomCom” and learn the essential beats that make romantic comedies relevant to all genres of Improv.

Sat. October 25th

Sold Out!

Acting for ImprovSat Oct 25, 2:00-4:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $50

Acting for Improv workshop w/ Paulina Fricke (2.5hrs)

Acting for improv will teach you the essential acting techniques you need to befriend a vampire… Just kidding. We’ll actually explore acting exercises that can help you drop in and deliver highly emotional and believable scenes and characters!

Wed. October 29th

The Perfect Six-Minute SceneWednesdays Oct 29-Dec 10, 7:00-9:30pm
Hideout Upstairs Theater
$230 – $265

The Perfect Six-Minute Scene improv workshop w/ Chuy Zarate (6 weeks, skipping Nov 26)

In this course, we will focus on direct feedback. We will take a diagnostic approach to finding choices that lead to more successful, longer, connected scenes with your partner. We will explore ways to make your characters more vulnerable. You will be on your way to The Perfect Six-Minute Scene

Sat. November 1st

Sold Out!

The Good Kind of BlockingSat Nov 1, 2:00-4:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $50

The Good Kind of Blocking improv workshop w/ Rebecca East (2.5hrs)

Ever feel trapped onstage in a 2 person scene? Feel like you never explore the full stage space when performing? This workshop will get you out of our heads but into our bodies.

Sat. November 29th

Bad is GoodSat Nov 29, 2:00-4:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $50

Bad is Good improv workshop w/ Caeriel Crestin (2.5hrs)

This is the improv workshop where your worst fears become your best friends. Worried you’ll offend someone? Trip over a scene? Steamroll your partner into oblivion? Perfect. We’ll take those delicious anxieties, toss them in a blender of play, and serve up a smoothie of glorious failure.

Sat. December 13th

Act Now Write NowSat Dec 13, 2:00-4:30pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $50

Act Now Write Now improv workshop w/ Sid Desai (2.5hrs)

Improv is acting and writing simultaneously. Great improv excels at both, but many improvisers struggle with one or the other.

Sat. December 20th

The Secret IngredientSat Dec 20, 2:30-5:00pm
Hideout Ground Floor Theater
$29 – $50

The Secret Ingredient improv workshop w/ Margaret Hunsicker (2.5hrs)

Bringing your full weirdo self to improv. We’ll lean into finding and following the fun, letting go of making perfect sense, and tapping into the subconscious fountain of inspiration that is unique to every player!