The Curator’s Secret
Roy Janik, the director of Austin Secrets, has never submitted a secret to the show. But that’s about to change.
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Desperately Seeking Secrets
Our goal is to use nothing but Austin secrets in the Long Center show.
But to do that, we need a whole new crop of secrets to choose from over the next few days. So spread this high and low.
Rambling about Revlis
an epic blog post from Kristin Firth, who’s putting together the solo showcase on Saturday, Feb. 26th, 2011. It’s about solo improv in general, and her experience with her own show Revlis.
A Look Behind the D’oor.
Peter Rogers, of The Dancy Street D’Orchestra, takes us behind the scenes in this blogpost to tell us all about just how much work and sweat went into his troupe’s current musical headlining run in The Threefer.
Student Testimonials
We’ve been teaching classes at the Hideout since 1999, but in the fall of 2008 we started sending surveys to each graduating Level One class. On the survey (which included several questions engineered to help us optimize the Hideout’s student experience) we invited them to give us a brief quote […]
Honor the Secret, by Jordan T. Maxwell
But unlike other shows, the suggestions are not random occupations or locations or emotions shouted out as the first thing to enter an audience member’s mind. They are the deep confessions, the silly embarrassments, the hidden intimate truths of people’s lives. They have power that should not be easily discarded.
Journey Through The 2010 Set Designs
Set designs at the Hideout Theatre for 2010: Hi Hideout Fans! Kaci here! As the Director of Design for the Hideout Theatre, one of my many responsibilities is to design and paint (or you could say, re-paint) the Hideout’s upstairs theater set every two months. The design is based on […]
Christmas with The Andersons
Somewhere, etched on the surface of a holiday shortbread cookie so dense in could withstand the eminent nuclear holocaust facing late 1950’s America, is the face of a Jerry Mathers as he smushes his face into an inquisitive look that reminds us all that life is complicated, but your approach […]
Why the Theater Machine Flies
Apparently it’s the time of the year for awesome videos about The Hideout. We certainly aren’t complaining. In this video, Jessica Arjet, our always smiling co-owner and youth program director, tells us all about why she loves teaching kids and performing in kids shows. This is a behind-the-scenes look at The […]
Our HUGE Chair
We’re super proud to have donated some money towards the opening of the HUGE Improv Theater, a new home for long-form improv in Minneapolis. The HUGE Improv Theater is an artist-led company dedicated to supporting the Twin Cities improv community through performance and education. We just got sent a picture […]