Working Worked Out

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...theatre troupes from Texas. As they prepared for their four-night stand at Ice Factory '99, SoHo Think Tank's festival..."

Aug. 27, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of the Shadow

Which new scary-programming cable channel will longtime Austin access host Joseph Fotinos choose?

"...I remember it as if it were yesterday: midnight, a lonely path twisting up past a knockabout graveyard,..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

How Sweetlamb It Is

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

"...Yes, he's the producer of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival that's turning Austin into a..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Monk's Education

"...a notice inviting funny and gifted actors to try out for a little something called Monks' Night Out...."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature

Summer of Laugh

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

"...important, it is not the only excitement to bubble out of Austin's comedy stew these past few months. Several..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Quips & Squealers

Monday, Apr 5

"...a damn conspiracy, and these guys from Chicago are out to prove it. They take totally unrelated audience suggestions..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...show -- certainly Fox was wondering what their viewers outside the Lone Star State would think. Now, more than..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Comedy

"...spoofing singles cruising the Whole Foods aisles; World News Tonight; Star Wars; and coffee lovers quoting bad ads as..."

March 14, 1997 News Feature

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.

"...backstabbing trash talkers, so why not get it all out in the open right off the bat? In fact,..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

Warning! Nudity!

Austinites love to shed their clothes, and a number of them do it onstage -- what's up with that? Some of the city's most nakedness-prone actors, performance artists, and directors expose their reasons to arts writer Ada Calhoun.

"...What is it about this town and public nudity? Whether it's excursions to..."

April 14, 2000 Arts Feature by Ada Calhoun

Big Stinkin' Schedule

"...10pm, Velveeta: Mission: Improv-able (Washington, DC), Monks' Night Out (Austin, TX), and Freudian Slip (College Station, TX)...."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature

More Strands on the Web

"...World Wide Web. Hardly a week goes by now without some theatre company or artist sending us an invitation..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Arts Column

Articulations

A new performance space in South Austin: the Bad Dog Comedy Theater

"...Picture this: a performance venue on the south shore of Town Lake with an auditorium larger than..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articlulations

Amoa Ceo G-o-e-s

"...year's fest certainly did that for host company Monks' Night Out; it's just been named the American team in..."

June 20, 1997 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Swim Judgment

"...of which, Duel Fuel, can be seen in the Tonight We Dance program this week) and built a reputation..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Guide to Austin Improv

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

"...vivid characters, winding plots, and sudden surprises. They set out with no preconceived direction for their tale, no destination..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Fri, Apr 2 - Thu, Apr 8

"...Maggie Mae's Opening Night (Los Angeles, CA) The Oxymorons (San Antonio, TX)..."

April 2, 1999 Arts Feature

115 Comics Walk Into a Bar ...

"...Dallas comic Chris Cannon Nothing brings comics crawling out of the woodwork faster than the appearance of HBO..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

BS4 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

Thursday, Apr 8

"...Esther's Pool Opening Night (Los Angeles, CA) Monks' Night Out (Austin, TX)..."

April 9, 1999 Arts Feature

Upright Citizens Brigade: Group Alchemy

The Bad Dog Comedy Theater promised to bring the best in sketch comedy to Austin, and with its combination of clever intellectual comedy and slapstick nonsense, the Upright Citizens Brigade delivered on that promise in spades.

"...a nice -- albeit brief -- set by Monks' Night Out), it was clear that the Brigade members were..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Review by J. C. Shakespeare

BS3 Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Schedule

"...8pm-midnight..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Feature

Best Excuse for Missing a Gig: a True Story

"...'Twas the night before the festival, and the ONPE kids decided to..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

Austin Confessions

Chris Gray gets laid.

"...office during the days and weeks leading up to South by Southwest -- bands, publicists, out-of-towners. Any and all..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Working Vacations

Theaterless Theater Corps, Rude Mechanicals, KAIROS! Co.

"...the thick of the action. Theaterless Theater Corps (Golem, Night of the Werewolf), Rude Mechanicals (don b.'s Snow White,..."

July 9, 1999 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Momfest: the Schedule

"...Cody & Andy One-Man Show (Two comics from Monks Night out performing a one-man comedy routine.)..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Arts Feature

The Stink Is All Over

The BS Improv & Sketch Comedy Fest Takes Over Austin

"...a stink will expand, will grow, will extend itself outward in all directions until every nose has become aware..."

April 17, 1998 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

How Austin's Theatrical Couples Keep Romance Alive Love's Labors Won

"...walls of a playhouse and, as at camp, you're outside the boundaries of daily life, of the usual rules,..."

Feb. 9, 1996 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.

"...Right about now, the whole city was supposed to be doubled..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Keeping It Bearden

"...Stand-up comedian Matt Bearden was the headliner on the night (June 23) our "Running the Funny" feature was in..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature

Page Two

SXSW: The glorious onslaught begins with film.

"...home watching Alan Berliner's The Sweetest Sound, a documentary about names (Anne S. Lewis, my wife, borrowed the tape..."

March 9, 2001 Column by Louis Black

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