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Bob McNichol & Erika May are among the most literary improvisers in town, each of their spontaneous narratives carried along by the depth of the characters they create

With typically blunt, disturbing, combative, unconventional storytelling, Fuller tackles the disease of bigotry with this story about a racist dog.

Because making people laugh, sometimes it's a real business

Mariko and Jillian Tamaki don't take the trials of girlhood for granted

Why is one of the city’s top improv troupes breaking up?

The deep pleasures in the sketch show Winning Dirty come from character comedy and the way that the members of the Frank Mills troupe are old-school comedians

These three improv troupes gave us an earful at this year's OoB

A guide to the troupes of the 2006 Out of Bounds Improv Festival (aka OoB V)

Yes: Our new comics-reviewing team gives 'em a look-see

Daniel is awash in Santorum sauce

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

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

Improv comedy show taps into the subconscious via social media

Tops? Hell, the Gay Place like Tops and Bottoms. Who's on Top? Who's on Bottom? How can we pick just 10?

The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's founder returns to power

Steven Soderbergh directs this story about the male strippers of Tampa, whose lead characters are played by Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum.

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

In just months, New Orleans improv troupe ColdTowne has become deeply involved in Austin's comedy scene, and now it's close to getting its own venue

Sit! Stay! Good movie!

With Leslie Bonnell, Arcie Cola, Lashonda Lester, Tim Doyle, and more

Reviewed: New School, Superzelda, My Dirty Dumb Eyes

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

Shannon McCormick and Shana Merlin – who make up the improv duo Get Up – are comfortable working together, like two parts of an interlocking dream machine

After 13 years of staging shows in bars and other companies' theatres, Salvage Vanguard Theater is opening its own all-purpose arts space in a 9,600-square-foot warehouse on Manor Road

Can I get a suggestion for an Austin festival in which troupes from across the country gather to create instant comedy?

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