Author: Roy Janik

  • Our HUGE Chair

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    We’re super proud to have donated some money towards the opening of the HUGE Improv Theater, a new home for long-form improv in Minneapolis. The HUGE Improv Theater is an artist-led company dedicated to supporting the Twin Cities improv community through performance and education. We just got sent a picture of one of their brand…

  • Baudecliffe Takes a Holiday

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    Earlier this year, the Hideout Theatre was delighted to present Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe?, an improvised exploration of the fractured world of outsider artist and phenomenon T. Henry Baudecliffe. Now, we are bringing it back for a one-time holiday event. The works of T. Heny Baudecliffe, in their dark and twisted way, touch on a number of…

  • Austin Holiday Secrets Saturday, 11/27/2010

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    Austin Secrets will be doing a one-off Holiday themed show Saturday, 11/27/2010. The holidays are joyful to some and depressing to others. But to almost everyone, they’re a time when lasting, powerful memories are made, traditions are fostered, and we see the people closest to us. In short, it’s a great time for sharing secrets…

  • Austin Secrets Auditions, Tuesday Nov. 23rd from 7-10pm

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    Improvisers take note! The Hideout will be hosting auditions for the upcoming January/February run of Austin Secrets. Here are the details: Tuesday, Nov. 23rd, 7-10pm Hideout Theatre If you know for sure that you’re coming, please RSVP to roy@hideouttheatre.com. Walk-ins are certainly fine, but we want to get a feel for what sort of volume…

  • jetBlue Video About Improv

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    This comes courtesy of The Hideout’s cultural liaison Michael McGill. It’s a video put out by the airline jetBlue as part of their Be True series… which seems to be stories of passion and inspiration by 6 different people. This video is by John Swist, and it’s all about improv.

  • Student Stories: Shruti Saran

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    The Hideout teaches five levels of improv classes, and we thought it might be illuminating for you to hear from the students in their own words. Here’s Shruti Saran, a current Level 5 student “Big Booty Big Booty Big Booty, Ooohhh Yeah!” “Big Booty number four” “four to the five” “five to the nine” “nine…

  • Student Stories: Kathleen Nacozy (Level 4)

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    The Hideout teaches five levels of improv classes, and we thought it might be illuminating for you to hear from the students in their own words. Here’s Kathleen Nakozy, a current level 4 student: I began improv thinking I was a funny person. But in Level 1 improv class, I quickly realized that I’m not…

  • Student Stories: Andrew Pish (Level 4)

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    “I can even talk to girls now. It’s incredible what a little improvised nonsense can do for a person.” Hideout student Andrew Pish shares his story.

  • Callback to 2003: Slumber Party Slaughter

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    The inaugural entry of Callback, a series looking back at Hideout shows past. Kevin Miller relates the tale of Slumber Party Slaughter.

  • Baudecliffe Reviews

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    Sometimes we’ll do 2 months of shows and never get a single review. But our second Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe? show was attended by 3 different reviewers… from Now Playing Austin, The Austin American Statesman, and The Austinist. Here are our favorite quotes from the articles… What is real and what is not, and…