Category: Homepage News
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Callback to 2003: Slumber Party Slaughter
The inaugural entry of Callback, a series looking back at Hideout shows past. Kevin Miller relates the tale of Slumber Party Slaughter.
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Baudecliffe Reviews
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…
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Improv for Dog Trainers
Roy Janik, Artistic Director and dog owner here. A while ago, my wife and I got a puppy. A cute, little crazy puppy. We knew right away that she was smart… she learned how to sit on command almost immediately. We just had no real idea how to train her. So we went with a…
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Organic Discovery
One of the skills we teach and reiterate in our improv classes is “Being in the Moment”. That means not worrying about the future, about what you think should happen. It means paying attention to what is going on right now
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But Don’t Take Our Word For It.
Roy here. I’ve been contemplating writing a blog post about 1) why you should see The Battle of the Sexes, which features two outstanding peformers from Dad’s Garage in Atlanta, and 2) why, if you’re an improviser, you should take the Dad’s Garage workshops. But then it hit me. Far better than anything I could…
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Interview with Kevin Gillese of Dad’s Garage
As you all know, we’re bringing two fantastic improvisers down from Dad’s Garage in Atlanta this weekend. In addition to teaching some workshops (spots are still left, by the way), Kevin and Amber will also be captaining the teams in The Battle of the Sexes Improv Showdown at The Long Center Saturday, July 17th. The…
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Who is T. Henry Baudecliffe?
Hey everyone. This is Curtis Luciani, co-director (with Kaci Beeler) of the Hideout’s upcoming show Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe? A lot of folks have been asking what exactly this show is — a fair question, which I will now try to answer.
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On Improv and What it Has Been to Me from Childhood-Present.
“in middle school my dad took me downtown to see a show. on the way he explained best he could what improv was, and why i would like it. that saturday night pretty much changed everything. as a young twelve year old, watching people do exactly what i loved to do but on a level…
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Summer Camp!
The Flying Theater Machine’s first summer camp is going extremely well. It is exciting to see the kids playing and learning on stage. Kristin Henn is their teacher and she is amazing with the kids. They like the basic improv games, but they also really enjoy the organic morphing. My favorite created sentence so far:…
