Articles by Courtney

This is the first in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! Brett Tribe has been regularly performing improv for 9 years and has a degree in Theatre Arts from Binghamton University. He has a weekly show with […]

I started taking improv classes at the Hideout in 2001. Back then, there was a raised stage downstairs (different from the one there now), and the upstairs theatre was rotated, so that its stage was aligned length-wise across the room (if you walked in and turned right, you’d be facing […]

Lacy Shawn, the director of The Hideout’s Building Connections program, is heading out to Indiana in June to co-direct Camp Yes, And, an improvisational theatre camp for teens on the autism spectrum and their teachers. Lacy has been given the distinguished honor of helping to lead this camp by the Center […]

Hideout Coffeehouse is honored to be an exhibitor for West Austin Studio Tour (WEST). We’re featuring the work of Dawn Winter whose work has been seen on HGTV’s Property Brothers “Buying and Selling”, The Austin Parade of Homes Tour and Anthropologie.com. Check out her stunning work on the walls of the coffeehouse next […]

Golden runs April 18th and 25th at 6pm. Get your tickets here! by Jesssica von Schramm, Golden cast member I didn’t speak as a child. I knew how to, but I suffered from Selective Mutism, an anxiety disorder characterized by the inability to speak in social settings. At school, I […]

The newest student mainstage show, Golden, opens tomorrow, Saturday April 4 at 6pm and plays every Saturdayin April. We talked with Golden director Marc Majcher about his inspirations for this silent, expressive improv show.   1) Metropolis – I wanted to emphasize that silent work is great for more than comedy, and Metropolis […]

Courtney, here! This is a pretty exciting week for me. Here’s why:   1. I now business-card-officially work for the Hideout doing public relations! It’s a dream to work at a theater that I care about, that I perform at, that has provided me and so many others with so […]

One Small Step runs Saturdays in February at 6pm Get your tickets here! by One Small Step cast member Aspen Webster I’ve been a sci-fi nerd most of my life. Ever since I raided a Blockbuster when I was nine and binge watched the original Star Wars movies, holed up […]

Wanderlust runs Saturdays at 8pm in January and February Get your tickets here!    Stories are, and always have been, an important part of my family. As a kid, my sister and I required a bedtime story from my dad every night. He would make up the wildest of tales, […]