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by Happily Ever After co-director Ryan Austin There are too many delightful and memorable Disney movie moments to even begin to rank, but here are the top five that inspired The Hideout Theatre’s latest mainstage, Happily Ever After: Improvised Disney Musicals! 5. Agrabah Merchant This opening narration is so fun and brings the audience into…

This is the seventh in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! Halyn Erickson began watching shows at the Hideout Theatre in 2001, when she was in the 6th grade. She immediately began taking classes there as soon as she graduated high school…

This is the sixth in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! This will be Michael Joplin’s 2nd hideout marathon. He has been doing improv in Austin for more than 15 years. He performs regularly with The Available Cupholders, The Knuckleball Now, The…

This is the fifth in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! Cat Drago started improv at the Hideout Theatre four years ago and since then she has done shows such as RISEN, Kenjutsu, Nothing and Everything, and the upcoming Disney-style improvised musical,…

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! Mike D’Alonzo is one of the original members of Austin Theatresports, the first troupe to inhabit The Hideout. He has been involved in the world of sketch and improv comedy since…

This is the third in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! Sarah Marie has been an acting singing improvising artistic adventurer for over fourteen years, with extensive experience in musical theatre and theatre management. She has been an improvisational actress since 2009…

This is the second in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! Quinn Buckner is a rad dude who has been improvising since 2009 and is hooked forever. He has performed improv all over town from Coldtowne to the very own Hideout, the country…

This is the first in a series of blog posts about each this weekend’s marathoners.  Don’t know what the marathon is? Find out here! Brett Tribe has been regularly performing improv for 9 years and has a degree in Theatre Arts from Binghamton University. He has a weekly show with the troupe Bad Boys at…

I started taking improv classes at the Hideout in 2001. Back then, there was a raised stage downstairs (different from the one there now), and the upstairs theatre was rotated, so that its stage was aligned length-wise across the room (if you walked in and turned right, you’d be facing it). At some point, the…

Lacy Shawn, the director of The Hideout’s Building Connections program, is heading out to Indiana in June to co-direct Camp Yes, And, an improvisational theatre camp for teens on the autism spectrum and their teachers. Lacy has been given the distinguished honor of helping to lead this camp by the Center on Education and Lifelong Learning…