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  • Former Hideout Student Starts an Improv School… in Greece

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    The power of improv cannot be contained. When Hideout student and performer Menelaos Prokos moved back to Athens, he decided to start his own school of improvisation. Using all his Austin based experience and The Hideout’s curriculum as a starting point, his new school, ImproVibe, has really taken off. Hideout Co-Owner Jessica Arjet decided to…

  • Improv Audition Techniques and Tips

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    By Kaci Beeler As an actor I’ve auditioned for countless plays, films, commercials, and improv shows. I’ve also been on the other side of the process and have held and watched auditions for several years now. Being on both sides of the situation has given me some insight that I’d like to share with aspiring…

  • Ryan Austin vs. The Perils of Pulp!

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    Ryan Austin wrote up this blog post about the preparation for Strange Worlds before the run began. They’re now a month in and going strong, with all of April left to go. Here’s Ryan: The Process on Strange Worlds –the Hideout Theatre’s latest main stage show– has involved firstly understanding what Pulps actually are. Because,…

  • How You Won Maestro

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    Hey Audience, it turns out that last week YOU won Maestro, our weekly competition-based improv show. How did this happen? Let’s hear from one of the directors, Marc Majcher: Last Saturday, Eric Heiberg and I directed an unprecedented Maestro experience at the Hideout Theatre. I’ve personally directed almost a hundred Maestros, and I’ve never seen…

  • Announcing the 2013 Season and Schedule

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    We’re proud to announce the 2013 Hideout Mainstage season.

  • Announcing tonight’s Super Secret WaffleFest Show

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    Okay, it took some wrangling, but we’re finally proud to announce what Thursday’s (tonight’s) super secret WaffleFest show at 10pm actually is. Tonight you’ll be treated to an unprecedented superstar improv show… a gathering of some of Austin’s most amazing lady improvisers in one show. LOOK AT THIS LINEUP: I almost can’t believe it. So…

  • The Secrets from the Season 3 Debut of Austin Secrets

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    Roy Janik
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    Opening night of season 3 of Austin Secrets was magical. We had a sold-out house of mostly people new to the show. We had some really silly moments. Kareem’s sarcastic whistling made me laugh so hard that I had trouble continuing the show. And of course, we had more serious scenes, as well… scenes about…

  • Happy Unification Day

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    Roy Janik
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    When The Hideout was founded by Sean Hill in 1999, it consisted not only of the upstairs theater, but the downstairs theater and the coffee house as well. But over the years, that changed. The coffee house was leased out to a 3rd party early in 2003. Then when we took over the improv business…

  • My Mind is Disintegrating

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    Roy Janik
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    I think I must have read my first H.P. Lovecraft story when I was in college. It was in a round-about sort of way. I had read Robert Anton Wilson’s trippy and surreal Illuminatus! trilogy, and found out that it was full of Lovecraft references. So I bought a few anthologies to get the references.…

  • The Shadow Out of Austin, Chapter 2 (by Jay Michael)

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    Roy here. Right now the Hideout’s Saturday Mainstage show is The Black Vault, Improvised Horror in the style of H.P. Lovecraft. As part of the cast’s preparation, we’re writing a collaborative Lovecraftian story.  In case you missed it, here’s a link to the first chapter. The second chapter is by Jay Michael, and continues the…