Community Events

OPENING NIGHT OF Working Class Misfits, improv inspired by your work experiences and movies “Do the Right Thing” and “Clerks” and TV shows “Bob’s Burgers” and “Kim’s Convenience”.

Characters on Characters on Characters improv workshop w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hrs)

John Gebretatose is in town this November and offering a workshop on Characters. This workshop will explore the challenge of one improviser playing multiple characters within one scene or show. We will look at ways to help you remember all those lovely characters in your brain while having fun. You will leave with a handle on what systems work best for you when remembering details and juggling all of your improv characters and their wants and needs, your improv plot points and more. We you’ll leave with tools to help you add more layers to your improv.

Hard Topics improv workshop w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hrs)

John Gebretatose is in town this November and offering a workshop on Hard Topics. This workshop will highlight what happens to us as performers when a scene becomes scary, offensive, or insensitive, and we freeze or lose ourselves. We explore some approaches to get the agency back when we find ourselves somewhere uncomfortable, tools for improvising mindfully, and finding a proactive voice for you and your show. We will learn the SwagHat format. A living room-style discussion, and then we perform scenes inspired by the conversation.

Fancy Pants Mashup- Performers (dressed super fancy, of course) are called at random to the stage to do scenes and games.

Guest improviser/instructor John Gebretatose presents “A Colonizer’s Nightmare”

Felt Tips improv workshop w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hr)

John Gebretatose is in Austin this November and offering a workshop on Felt Tips. This improv workshop focuses on emotions as a focal tool to help free your brain from stressing out over what to do or say.

The Weekly Improv Jam (FREE!)

The Weekly Improv Jam runs every Sunday, 1-3pm at The Hideout Theatre downtown. No experience necessary, all skill levels is welcome! The jam is a great way to get practice with the short form games we play in shows like Maestro and Fancy Pants, and to meet other improvisors in the Hideout community.

A Very Special BIPOC Jam w/ with John Gebretatose (2.5 hr)

John Gebretatose is in Austin this November and we’re supercharging the BIPOC jam into a workshop with John that is free to our BIPOC community.

The Weekly Improv Jam (FREE!)

The Weekly Improv Jam runs every Sunday, 1-3pm at The Hideout Theatre downtown. No experience necessary, all skill levels is welcome! The jam is a great way to get practice with the short form games we play in shows like Maestro and Fancy Pants, and to meet other improvisors in the Hideout community.

The monthly Pride Improv Jam (FREE!)

Come play some short-form improv games in a casual, relaxed environment with your fellow LGBTQIA+ members of the improv community! We have some games pre-planned, but we are open to your suggestions, and we want to leave plenty of time for community building in between scenes. This is a FREE event, no experience required. No RSVP necessary, just show up!

SPECIAL GRADUATION! Improv Student Showcase – Level Six & LEVEL NINE!!! (There will be cake)

Improv Student Showcase – Come celebrate with the latest batch of Level Nine students! There will be cake after!

The Weekly Improv Jam (FREE!)

The Weekly Improv Jam runs every Sunday, 1-3pm at The Hideout Theatre downtown. No experience necessary, all skill levels is welcome! The jam is a great way to get practice with the short form games we play in shows like Maestro and Fancy Pants, and to meet other improvisors in the Hideout community.

The bi-monthly BIPOC Improv Jam (FREE!)

The BIPOC Jam is every first and third Sunday at The Hideout with the goal of providing a safe space for people of color to engage and embrace improv. Participants will warm up, run exercises and take turns performing games and scenes for each other. (The Jam is not a show!)

The Power of Specificity improv workshop w/ with Stephanie Rae (2.5 hrs)

Stephanie Rae is in town this November and offering a workshop on The Power of Specificity. This is a red ball. But is it a glittering, diamond-encrusted disco ball? Or is it a worn down, quarter-sized rubber ball? The details you add to your dialogue can make or break a scene or set, so we’re going to build your specificity muscles with mental exercises. Then, we’ll put these skills to the test with improv comedy based on true stories.

Open Audition for Lakevale, our February Incubator production, directed by Martha Neil and Meredith Robinson. 45-min slots from 10am-3pm.

Audition for Lakevale, our February 2025 Incubator production.

Find Your Flow improv workshop w/ with Stephanie Rae (2.5 hrs)

Stephanie Rae is in town this November and offering a workshop on Find Your Flow: A Freestyle Rap Workshop for Everyone. Whether you’re brand new to the mic or an experienced MC, you’ve got something unique to bring to the stage and we wanna hear all about it! We’ll cover different methods for building a verse, practice rapping from a place of authenticity, rap in scenes, and create larger-than-life rap personas. If you’ve ever wanted to learn and practice freestyle rap in an encouraging environment, then push past your fear of failure and let’s find your flow!

The Weekly Improv Jam (FREE!)

Austin Improv Community Potluck (FREE!)

Once again it’s time for annual Austin Improv potluck on Sunday, November 24th. We’re back at the Fallout Theater at 616 Lavaca St. with a cozy bar, hallways for mingling, some outside tables, and of course the stage, so we’ll be able to spread out for eating, talking shop and taking selfies. Bring something tasty!

Spanish Improv ¡Jam! (FREE!)

Come to our Spanish Improv Jam on Sunday, November 24 at 5 PM! All levels of Spanish welcome and all levels of improviser. We’ll play classic Maestro games, both chosen by you and our facilitators!

Sean bienvenidos al Improv Jam en español, el domingo 24 de noviembre a las 5 PM! Todos los niveles de español son bienvenidos, y cualquier nivel de Improv a partir de nivel 1. Jugaremos juegos clásicos de Maestro, escogidos tanto por los asistentes como los facilitadores.