Guide to Austin Improv

The venues, events, troupes, and individuals who have transformed Austin into a "Yes, and" boomtown

"...adepts of spontaneity, practitioners of the unpredictable. They are improvisers, and Austin is overrun with them...."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Improv Celebrates the Day of the Dead With La Vida de los Muertos

Hideout Theatre breathes life into una vida improvisada

"...performance of La Vida de los Muertos, a fully improvised two-act play set in the Día de los Muertos-inspired..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Feature by Trey Gutierrez

Five New Things In Austin's Comedy Scene

A quintuple shot of Lakkalikööri for all my friends

"...Comedy and drinking, drinking and comedy: They go together like..."

March 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Improv Comedy’s Full Spectrum

Treating social anxiety one laugh at a time

"...be borderline traumatic. So it would seem that attempting improv comedy for anyone diagnosed with autism would be impossible...."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Pie and Ear Show: Old-School Austin Improv, Activate!

Bryce yourself for some McGehee-hee-hee on the cutting Egertons

"...You'd think that running a comedy weight-loss competition would be enough for one man, but..."

Jan. 16, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin's Improv Comedy Marathon 2014

Supposedly sane people, totally making shit up for 45 hours straight

"...going pretty much as they please … while eight improv stalwarts stick around hour after hour after hour to..."

June 18, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Improv

Three of Austin's top improv troupes get to play away this summer

"...Improv troupes are so numerous in Austin nowadays that you..."

July 2, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ignore the Winter Weather Austin, Improv will Warm Up Your Weekend! 

Improv Warms All at the Paramount!

"...Last night's comedy was a jagged, mythical tale involving mud genitals, Jane..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Events Post by Sarah Sharif

Improv-Educated

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival makes more room for Austin's increasingly savvy audiences

"...– at least not with the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, which opens its 12th year of tomfoolery Tuesday,..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2018: Picks

In the bounty of improv, sketch, & stand-up, some of our picks

"...the final dog days when the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival shows up to provide a week of comic..."

Aug. 28, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The 43 Hour Improv Marathon

Comedy worth losing sleep over

"...Three years ago, the home for improv on the Avenue was looking to raise some cash..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival 2017

Who gets the last laugh on an Austin summer?

"...Who gets the last laugh on an Austin summer?..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Your Laugh Track to Austin

A quick romp through our city's finer funny spots

"...a laugh. You want a night out filled with comedy and maybe a nosh to get you by. Austin’s..."

June 17, 2016 Columns Post by Ashley Alkek

47 Nonstop, Unsleeping, Possibly Hallucinatory Hours of Improv This Weekend

The Hideout is doing that wild thing they do every year

"...many troupes from the Hideout and all the other Austin improv venues joining in the madness...."

June 16, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

OOB's comedy podcasts will make your Labor Day weekend less labored

"...to summer? Just plug into the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's pre-planned jollity. As noted last week ("Improv-Educated," Aug...."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...your computer but from actual theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs?..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Comics

The stand-up people behind the city's comedy scene

"...The original Funniest Person in Austin (as in the contest's first winner in 1986), this..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

What It Means to Be Funniest Person in Austin

Tyler Groce's victory in the returning comedy contest shows Austin's comedy scene is thriving and diversifying

"...September 21, Tyler Groce emerged victorious as Cap City Comedy Club's Funniest Person in Austin (FPIA)...."

Oct. 7, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Austin Filmmakers PJ Raval, Andrew Bujalski, Leah Marino Join the Academy

Trio joins as Oscar-awarding body emphasizes diversity

"...Congratulations are in order for three of Austin’s moviemaking mainstays today, as the Academy of Motion Picture..."

July 1, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Local Married Couple Flaunts Public Comedy Habit

Chloe and Lane Ingram are ... Chlane

"...So, there’s that married comedy duo in town, Chloe and Lane Ingram, who perform..."

June 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Local Comedy Stories of 2023

New venues, new faces, new experiments

"...1) Austin Faces Are Just for Laughs' New Faces..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

2010 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

OOB dishes up a feast of funny after a summer starved for laughs

"...relentlessly downbeat. Which makes what is already one of Austin's best harbingers of autumn, the Out of Bounds Comedy..."

Aug. 27, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Luv Doc Recommends: ColdTowne Improv and All-Night Sixties Dance Party

ColdTowne Theater, Saturday, April 19, 2008

"...Comedy is hard. Not everyone can be Moe, Larry, Curly..."

April 18, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

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

"...The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival has come and gone, leaving in its wake..."

Sept. 11, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ryan Cownie Has Up and Taken Over Avalanche Comedy

And Chris Cubas, on his way to Kansas City, swears this is a good thing

"...comic, this Ryan Cownie, who's taken over hosting Avalanche Comedy at Holy Mountain on Monday nights...."

Nov. 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Christina Parrish Gets Personal on New Comedy Series

Sorry I’m So Sensitive's path to healing using humor

"...Christina Parrish entered the world of comedy at 13. As a Maestro student at Austin’s own..."

July 4, 2024 Arts Post by Jasmine Iman Wright

Last Minute Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Recommendations

Here are some recos for OOB shows to catch Thursday-Sunday

"...the final dog days when the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival shows up to provide a week of comic..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Feature

Improv for Evil

'You're a loose cannon, Cochise!'

"...While Austin boasts so many improvisational comedy troupes you probably couldn't..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

SXSW Comedy: Your 2015 Lineup

Schumer, Harmon, Bell, and SNL lead this year's laugh-makers

"...their breaths waiting to hear who'll be at SXSW Comedy this year can exhale. The 2015 lineup is out..."

Feb. 23, 2015 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Annual Events

Festivals aren't just for music and film

"...Funniest Person in Austin Contest..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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