Author: Roy Janik

  • Manhattan Stories: The Game

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    Roy here. Here’s a video about one of my pet projects this year. Marc Majcher, a Hideout performer (Improv for Evil, The Escorts) and director (The Black Vault), is also a game developer. He has designed quite a few compelling board games, which I have had the pleasure to play. My personal favorite is Fluffy…

  • An Insiders Look at Manhattan Stories: Improvised Woody Allen

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    Andy Buck is a cast member of Manhattan Stories: Improvised Woody Allen, which is our current Mainstage show. Here he ruminates on what led him to be a part of this project.  One of my earliest memories: I’m six or seven, and my mom is cooking dinner. I’m watching TV, as usual, and I see…

  • Born to ROCK

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    Lindsey Reeves tell us all about her journey to being a cast member in ROCK: The Improvised Rock Opera. “That’s the thing about improv – it’s like magic. You walk out of a show feeling like Harry Potter the first time he waved his wand.”

  • The Game Changer, Part Two

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    Cat Drago discovered The 42 Hour Improv Marathon last year almost by accident. It changed her life, which is one of the reasons why we’re still doing this crazy event.

  • The Game Changer, Part One

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    Last year, Ryan Hill basically stumbled into watching the 42 Hour Improv Marathon, and it changed his life. Yesterday, I talked with him about what happened, and how it’s affected him over the past year.

  • The First Hardcore Four

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    If the 8 improvisers performing for the entire 43 hours of the Marathon are the Crazy Eight, then these are the Hardcore Four. This year Ashley Lowe, Amy Dietze, Ryan Criswell, and Cat Drago will attempt to WATCH THE ENTIRE MARATHON.

  • ROCK Man

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    Michael Brockman is the sole musician for ROCK, The Improvised Rock Opera, but somehow he pulls off sounding like a full band. In this post, Michael talks about discovering something in improvising music that we also teach in the Hideout classes… you do your best when you lose yourself in the work.  Have at it,…

  • Avengers Marathon Cards by Polywog Design

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    Polywog Design and Deano Jones (AKA Batman in The Hideout’s Holy 1960s Batman, Batman!) whipped up this amazing Avengers-style poster and trading cards in honor of the 8 people brave/stupid enough to attempt the 43-Hour Improv Marathon this year.

  • Rock Opera: The Swim Class

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    by Amber Shae In my mind, levels of improvising coincide with levels of water and I am certain that my being cast in an improvised rock opera feels as it would to be tossed as a feeble young babe out into a lake of murky water well beyond the “Warning: Sudden Drop” sign.

  • Prepping for the Marathon: A Voice of Concern

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    by Jon Bolden When I was asked to be in this year’s 43-Hour Marathon, I accepted and immediately emailed my vocal therapist currently working in Ohio to ask him a few questions. He replied very concerned about the health of my voice what I had just signed up for. Let me back up.