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Get your tickets to Start Trekkin’ now! Prepare to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations this January and February at the Hideout Theatre. Our hit show, Start Trekkin, is returning to the Hideout stage to create brand new episodes set in the galaxy of Star Trek. Every Saturday at 8pm in January […]

Shopping is too stressful.  Lines, crowds, screaming children…Why not forgo the mall madness and give your friends and family the gift of improv, purchasable through the convenience of your home computer! There are several options available for sharing our award-winning shows and classes.  We’ve got gift certificates for our coffee […]

We’re so honored that three of our shows have been recognized by the B. Iden Payne Awards Council! Our November/December 2015 Mainstage show, “Boy, Howdy!” was nominated for “Outstanding Improv Production”, “Outstanding Improv Cast” and “Outstanding Improv Director (Kaci Beeler)”. Our May/June 2016 Mainstage show “Fiasco” was nominated for “Outstanding […]

by Process director Jeremy Sweetlamb The Hideout is a special place for a lot of people. I was around for its inception in 1998 and only after so much recent growth and expansion of their programs and shows have I really begun to see how important it is for so […]

This Sunday at 2pm, Hideout wunderkind Tyler Lane is leading a workshop entitled Status Work in Improvisation. If you’re looking to take your scene work to the next level, sign up now because spaces are limited! We talked with Tyler a little bit about what inspired this workshop and what […]

Friday at 7:30, we’re having a beach party at The Hideout! Okay, not really, it’s an improv show. But it will be a fun place to come in and cool off from the week with a craft cocktail or beer from our bar. Come in your Hawaiian shirts, grass skirts […]

Our current mainstage, Process, got an awesome review in the Austin Chronicle from arts editor Robert Faires. “Such an enjoyable lampoon of all things theatrical…that I’m already plotting a return visit.” – Austin Chronicle Process runs Saturdays at 8pm in July and August. Click here to get your tickets now!  

Sponsor Ace to support improv classes for kids! This weekend (Friday June 17- Sunday June 19) is the Hideout Improv Marathon in which 8 improvisors perform for 47 hours. This is the 8th in a series of short profiles of each of the 8 performers. Read about them and then watch them slowly lose […]

Sponsor Chuy to support improv classes for kids! This weekend (Friday June 17- Sunday June 19) is the Hideout Improv Marathon in which 8 improvisors perform for 47 hours. This is the 7th in a series of short profiles of each of the 8 performers. Read about them and then watch them slowly lose […]