Wide Awake and Brilliant

Eyes open on the Hideout Theatre's 48-Hour Improv Marathon

"...one scene and was providing the exposition when non-Marathoner Andy Crouch challenged him to deliver the rest of it..."

July 4, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Big Bash

The Hideout Theatre embiggens its schedule with a weekly set from an improv Dream Team

"...and level of experience, Janik and Big Bash co-director Andy Crouch hope to create a show that's "professional and..."

Dec. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Much Ado About Nothing

Shakespeare may not seem like experimental theatre, but it is when it's being performed by improvisers

"...Borachio and Balthasar, are surprisingly natural, while others, like Andy Crouch's Antonio, seem unable ever to look past the..."

July 19, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Fandom: Improvised Fan Fiction in Your Favorite Worlds

This Hideout series both sincerely celebrates and lovingly pokes fun at the fantasy worlds we love

"...the Hideout's cast, led by co-directors Kaci Beeler and Andy Crouch, seems to include both neophytes and experts among..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Arts Review by Dan Solomon

Who's WhOOB

"...Improv!, the two-man improvised James Bond film by Austin's Andy Crouch and Troy A. Miller, and Chicago's My Manns;..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Live! Nude! Improv!

They’re getting naked at the Hideout

"...– is joining them. WTF, indeed. “You can blame Andy Crouch [of the Austin Improv Collective],” says Marc Majcher,..."

Aug. 11, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Austin Secrets'

Handling real people's secrets sends improv pros places they've never been before

"...improvisation has been nothing less than mind-blowing," says improviser Andy Crouch. "Feeling an audience hold their breath and come..."

March 18, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everybody Must Get 'Stoned'

Improv Guru Keith Johnstone brings his Maestro to the Long Center

"...teaches workshops. He's done it for a long time. Andy Crouch, the longtime teacher and education director at the..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

In its eighth year, the annual Austin comedy festival did this city proud

"...won't be surprised to see the Austin Improv Collective's Andy Crouch lurching zombielike across the cityscape or Kaci Beeler..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...of status roles. This school is presided over by Andy Crouch, Improvised Shakespeare star and founder of the all-encompassing..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hideout Improv Marathon

In hour 40, these improvisers were still in top form: fresh, focused, and incredibly funny

"...Badr, Kaci Beeler, Matt Pollock, Curtis Luciani, Jeremy Lamb, Andy Crouch, Troy Miller, and Caitlin Sweet – could see..."

July 3, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hideout Improv Marathon

Eight players improvise for 40 hours straight to help save their artistic home

"...undertaken by Parallelogramo-phonograph's Kareem Badr and Kaci Beeler, Junk's Andy Crouch and Troy Miller, Available Cupholders' Jeremy Lamb, Improvised..."

June 26, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Hideout

A team of local improvisers has acquired the home base for Austin's improv revolution

"...the new owners, and with support from Michael McGill, Andy Crouch, and Kaci Beeler, they have plans to make..."

May 22, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Improv for Evil

'You're a loose cannon, Cochise!'

"...show, we went out to dinner with our instructor, Andy Crouch. Nadine Latief, who is Indonesian, and I were..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

OoBer Alles

A guide to the troupes in the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...Girls Girls Girls: They're dreamy, they've got all the candy, and they sing. This grrl gang of Austinites performs..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Girls Girls Girls: The female of the species

Girls Girls Girls launches its Boys of Summer series with guest male improviser Jeremy Lamb

"...Michael Brockman on keyboard and guest improvisers Les McGehee, Andy Crouch, Kareem Badr, Shannon McCormick, and John Ratliff …..."

July 13, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Junk: When you're jonesing for the good stuff

The four improvisers who constitute the Austin troupe Junk prefer to work in long-form, and long-form certainly seems their forte

"...Andy Crouch, Andrea Young, Ted Rutherford, and Troy Miller. These..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hero of Heroes of Comedy

"...Heroes, its founder Sean Hill, and current theatre manager Andy Crouch, there might not be a Girls Girls Girls,..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Postmarks

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...Lamb: Andy Crouch...."

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?

"...at their best they can amaze like nothing else. Andy Crouch, a longtime improviser and founder of the new..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard

"...– improv on the edge of disaster commandeered by Andy Crouch (We Could Be Heroes, Ed 32)..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature

My, My, Maestro

One reporter's firsthand account of exploring competitive improv at the Hideout

"...a couple of weeks ago, thanks to Hideout manager Andy Crouch's stealthy "Hey, Whatever Gets Us More Media Exposure"..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Two(Funny)fer Words

The Friday Night Twofer is a new night of hilarity building on the recent explosion of improvisational theatre and comedy troupes in Austin

"...scene. "Austin's improv scene has been through cycles," says Andy Crouch, founder of the co-op; artistic director of Heroes..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Reissues

Los Zafiros

"...by some of the label's biggest stars, including Bob Andy, Delroy Wilson, and Marcia Griffiths, that feature the Wailers..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Music Feature

Dancing About Architecture

Grab the End of the Poll

"...which he is easy find shelter, gather the feeling, crouch and defend sound from the individuals from the ignoble..."

Jan. 30, 1998 Music Column

Please Kill Me and other ROCK & ROLL BOOKS of 1996

"...documentation of perhaps more sedate folks like Talking Heads. Andy Shernoff himself has pointed out his old band, the..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Books Feature