Category: Homepage News
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Avengers Marathon Cards by Polywog Design
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.
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Rock Opera: The Swim Class
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.
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Prepping for the Marathon: A Voice of Concern
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.
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Announcing the 43 Hour Improv Marathon Schedule
Announcing the 43 shows and 8 core performers that will be in the Hideout’s 43 Hour Improv Marathon. Friday, June 1st at 5pm – Sunday, June 3rd at noon.
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Improv Playhouse is Coming for a Visit
This weekend’s guest troupe and workshop instructors Improv Playhouse are the closest thing to family that the Hideout Theatre has. Regina Saisi is a founding member of BATS Improv in San Francisco and has been teaching, improvising and directing shows with them since 1986, a full decade before Hideout founder and original artistic director Sean…
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Interview with the “Sarge” of Bunker 13
Roy here. Bunker 13 is an improv group from Seattle that is coming down for the Improvised Play Festival. They do a completely improvised show set in the midst of the Vietname War. Fatigues, cammo, explosions, and letters from home are the order of the day. In anticipation of their upcoming show, I asked Mike…
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Announcing the 2nd Annual Improvised Play Festival
Here’s a long overdue official announcement of The Improvised Play Festival, happening in just a few weeks at The Hideout. The Improvised Play Festival is a celebration of narrative and/or theatrical improv in all its forms. Last year was the very first festival, and it was a great success. First, our out of town headiners:…
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Behind the Scenes: After School Improv
Roy here. This Saturday at 6pm we’re launching After School Improv, our first ever student mainstage show. Cat Drago is one of the cast members, and in this post, she talks about how the rehearsal process has been so far. Cat: When Jason emailed me saying I got cast in this show- I had to…
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What Geniuses Thought They Could Do Improv in a Bar?
Roy here. This Sunday marks the final show of Underground Improv, a joint project between The Hideout Theatre, The Dive Bar, and Local Genius Society. When the opportunity to put a show up at The Dive Bar came to the Hideout, I immediately thought of turning it over to Local Genius Society. They’re a newer…
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I’m Not From Austin But I Got Here As Fast As I Could
Caitlin Sweetlamb discusses The Hideout’s newest show, Process, and why she’s so glad to finally be back in Austin for good. Process runs Saturdays at 8pm in March and April 2012.