Author: Courtney

The Hideout Theatre’s latest mainstage show, Austin Secrets, opens this Saturday (March 5). This is the sixth season of this incredibly popular show and we need secrets to inspire the cast! Got something to share? Click here! After you’ve submitted your secret, come see the show and see if we use your secret! Austin Secrets…

183 Dewberry Lane is our latest student mainstage show. It runs Saturdays in February at 6pm. Get your tickets here!   In order to really nail the tone of any genre improv show, the cast starts by doing a lot of research. When the cast of 183 Dewberry Lane got together to research this horror-comedy improv…

The 2nd Annual Student Appreciation show is this Saturday at 6pm. Get your tickets here! by Jessica Von Schramm, Student Appreciation Show co-Director Earlier this month I enrolled in Level 7, a unicorn-like class that happens only once a year. I finished Level 6 in 2013, and I’ve done several shows and a handful of improv…

We are so excited to announce that we have brought on Lindsey McGowan and Cindy Page to be the technical directors at the hideout. Cindy and Lindsey have been integral to the success and quality The Hideout has achieved in recent years. Now that they are working with us in a more official capacity, we’re…

WaffleFest 2015 is in FULL SWING! The is the 14th year of all-you-can-eat waffles and comedy and we’re so excited everyone is enjoying the festival so much! Our favorite part of the festival is coming up with fun topping combos! Here’s the list of the toppings we have available: Nutella Peanut butter Butter Syrup Chocolate…

by Boy, Howdy! director Kaci Beeler One of the inspirations for our latest mainstage Boy, Howdy! is the 1960s western juggernaut Bonanza. Director Kaci Beeler takes us through her favorite, most inspiring Bonanza episodes! Boy, Howdy! opens this Saturday (November 7) at 8pm and runs Saturdays in November and December! Click here to get your tickets!…

Teenage Wasteland, our newest student mainstage, runs Saturdays at 6pm October 3 through October 24. Click here for tickets! by Teenage Wasteland director Jordan T. Maxwell High school movies are the best.  I love the powder keg you get from compressing a bunch of hormonally charged and emotionally insecure creatures somewhere between children and adults…

A Deed So Dark runs Saturdays until October 24th at 8pm and two fridays, October 16th and 23rd, at 7:30pm. Click here to get your tickets! by Sarah Marie Curry, A Deed So Dark cast member Phrases come and go. I mean, who still uses “Kowabunga dude!” No one. NO ONE AT ALL. But given enough…

Nominations for the 2015 B. Iden Payne awards were announced Monday, September 21. The Hideout Theatre received several nominations and we couldn’t be prouder of the work our theatre and our community is doing! If you would like to vote for any of our productions that were nominated, you can vote here. The nominations The Hideout received…

Flying Theater Machine was named “Best Kid-Friendly Theater” by the Austin Chronicle for 2015 and the Hideout’s teen classes were named “Best Club for Teen Performers“! Flying Theater Machine performs every week, so click here to get tickets! Our classes run year-round so click here to find out more about them! We look forward to seeing…