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Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini
Through the Eyes of a Kid
Bringing kids to adult theatre is uncool, but what's
about children's theatre, where they belong? Ada
Calhoun borrows a friend's three-and-a-half-year-old
son to find out and discovers that theatre ain't all
magic when you're a preschooler.
"...a guy and a girl, two improv comics from ComedySportz. ComedySportz is a national comedy franchise, with more than..."
July 21, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun
Articulations
The grand old troupe of the Austin improv comedy scene is closing its home of six years, and the Texas Commission on the Arts announces the appointments for state poet laureate, state musician, state two-dimensional artist, and state three-dimensional artist for 2003 and 2004.
"...years (originally and for most of that time as ComedySportz- Austin). More than six of those years were spent..."
May 2, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Articulations
Really Good Sportz
"...of local humanitarians those longtime purveyors of improvised comedy, ComedySportz Austin. Seems that troupe of talented madcaps can hardly..."
Feb. 28, 1997 Arts Column
Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard
"...their chops at Second City, Improv Olympic, Annoyance Theater, ComedySportz and Boom Chicago; includes Rachel Madorsky, Dave Buckman, Jennifer..."
Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature
BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule
Thursday, Apr 8
"...Capitol City Comedy Club MC: Laura House (Austin Stories) ComedySportz Austin ComedySportz Houston ComedySportz San Antonio..."
April 9, 1999 Arts Feature
BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule
Fri, Apr 2 - Thu, Apr 8
"...Capitol City Comedy Club MC: Laura House (Austin Stories) ComedySportz Austin ComedySportz Houston ComedySportz San Antonio..."
April 2, 1999 Arts Feature
Articulations
ArtPlex Additions
"...more. Proceeds benefit ACoT. For more info, call 499-8388. ComedySportz Austin hosts Chili Bowl VI, the latest round in..."
Jan. 23, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Comedy
"...COMEDYSPORTZ PLAYHOUSE is home to the ComedySportz Players, 10-year veterans..."
March 14, 1997 News Feature
Articulations
Bogosian Hits Talk Radio
"...the lounge as part of a major renovation, displacing ComedySportz Austin, which has been performing improv shows in the..."
Nov. 10, 1995 Arts Column
Guide to Austin Improv
The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown
"...in the thousands. Most of those were logged with ComedySportz-Austin, the local franchise of the nationally successful improv competition..."
Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
The Pie and Ear Show: Old-School Austin Improv, Activate!
Bryce yourself for some McGehee-hee-hee on the cutting Egertons
"...Austin comedy improv – those redoubtable stalwarts of years-back Comedysportz – and is bringing them to a once-a-month Wednesday..."
Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Always on a Sunday: The Comedians of 'Thinning the Herd'
Tyler Bryce wrangles up an improv-spiked weight-loss competition
"...back in the day. He started with the legendary ComedySportz in 1991 and directed Les McGehee's troupe from 1995..."
Jan. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
How Sweetlamb It Is
The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's founder returns to power
"...his senior year of high school, he attended a ComedySportz show at Northcross Mall. "And they pulled me up..."
Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus
Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.
"...met Owen Egerton while working in improv comedy troupe Comedysportz (now called National Comedy Theatre). Owen raps about Popeye's..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Bad Dog's Good Deeds
Contrary to its name, the new Bad Dog Comedy
Theater isn't a mean spoiler on Austin's comedy
scene. It's about bringing things together, like improv /
sketch comedy and stand-up, two veins of comedy
that are almost always separate.
"...from the Capitol City Comedy Club, Tyler Bryce from ComedySportz, and Austin Jernigan from the Velveeta Room, to step..."
Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature
Articulations
Are We Not Theatregoers?
"...And speaking of local funny folk, how's about those ComedySportz Players, huh? At the recent Comedy League of America..."
Aug. 14, 1998 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Capitol City Comedy Club's Grab for Bigger Laughs
Restarting the Stop
"...a month instead of every week, and no more ComedySportz shows in the lounge on Saturday nights. The story..."
Feb. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Spike Gillespie
Improviser Shannon Stott Brings Some Lord of the Rings to Out of Bounds
The Gandalf of improv is all over the comedy festival
"...Earth dropped. We'd delved into her improv history pre-Austin (ComedySportz in Richmond, Va.); the finer points of short-form vs...."
Aug. 23, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Making Offers No One Can Refuse
The Five Families of Austin improv go Out of Bounds with the 13th annual comedy festival
"...days of the Hideout. Like, "I don't know those ComedySportz guys, what they're doing."..."
Aug. 29, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
All Over Creation: A Brief History of Laugh Riots in Austin
As April overflows with comedy festivals, an overview of Austin's celebrations of funny
"...a couple of years starting in 1992 – host ComedySportz Austin chose autumn to lure improvisers here from across..."
April 13, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Out of Bounds: The Lineup
"...All-Star ComedySportz (Austin)..."
Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Feature
Electric Skaterland
Austin births a Roller Derby renaissance
"...A lifelong sports fan and a veteran of Austin's ComedySportz improv show, back in the Bad Girl, Good Woman..."
Nov. 27, 2009 Sports Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Hideout Improv Marathon
Eight players improvise for 40 hours straight to help save their artistic home
"...and an assortment of guests (McNichol and May! ColdTowne! ComedySportz! Midnight Society!) dropping by to share in the madness..."
June 26, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
OoBer Alles
A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)
"...honed their chops at Second City, ImprovOlympic, Annoyance Theatre, ComedySportz, and Boom Chicago; includes Rachel Madorsky, Dave Buckman, Bob..."
Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
ImproviNation
Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?
Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Is Anybody Laughing?
In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.
"...referee -- that it did when it debuted as ComedySportz Austin in the late Eighties...."
Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Public Notice
We'll Always Have Tuxpan
"...Bats (check, you read right -- the hockey team), ComedySportz, and comedian Mitch Hedberg (see "Community Listings" for more..."
Feb. 12, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer
Articulations
Lawdy, What a Payne!
"...Natalie & Steve Lamoreaux, ComedySportz Send literary, performing, and visual arts news to: "Articulations,"..."
Sept. 19, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires
Articulations
Showdown@Club de Ville
"...Saga of Billy the Kid, Shear Madness, Grease, and ComedySportz. For info, call 320-7169. Off the Desk Mexic-Arte Museum..."
