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  • Baudecliffe Takes a Holiday

    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…

  • One Student’s Experience

    University of Texas RTF student Kayla Lane Freeman put this short video together about Hideout student Ariel Dang-Tran and her experience with classes at the Hideout. “A typical day at improv, we’ll come in and do some warm-up exercises — make random noise and start getting comfortable again with everybody else and the notion of…

  • Austin Holiday Secrets Saturday, 11/27/2010

    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…

  • Get Your Hideout Theatre 2011 Season Pass Now

    Last week, The Hideout Theatre announced its 2011 Mainstage schedule. The Saturday night Mainstage shows have become The Hideout’s signature shows, exploring new genres and formats and pushing the limits of improvisation. These shows are going to sell-out, so we’re giving the die-hard Hideout fans a chance to get their tickets early. Between now and…

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

    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…

  • Announcing the Hideout Theatre 2011 Mainstage Season!

    Check out our 2011 Mainstage Season! The Hideout Theatre Mainstage shows are improv shows that run every Saturday at 8pm for two months. They are limited-time-only directed shows that feature strong concepts, high production values, and brand new ensembles especially picked from our talented performer roster for each show. In short, just like a theatrical…

  • jetBlue Video About Improv

    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

    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)

    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)

    “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.