Now Streaming in Austin: Good Feels on Wheels

Watch the Austin stoner comedy free and help Coldtowne Theater

"...Welcome to Now Streaming in Austin, highlighting locally made titles to watch while..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Guide to Austin Improv

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

"...the bottom of the sea – these artists can spin a story as elaborate as one of Scheherazade's, with..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Off the Cuff and in Your City

A roundup of Austin improv schools

"...Consider improvisation, comedic and otherwise. What it takes to make something..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Venues

Where to find the funny in town

"...If any Austin spot deserves the title "Comedy Central," it's this 400-seat..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Onion’s Scott Dikkers Headlines Austin’s Worded Funny

Area event showcases written comedy, local literary laughmongers

"...There’s a comedy show in town this Thursday night...."

Jan. 13, 2020 Arts Post

On the Stage, On the Screen: Austin's Theatres Embrace a Virtual Future

Ahead of Austin Playfest and the All Together Now! Revue, directors and producers discuss the challenges and potential they've found online

"...thousands of years, audiences have craved the immediacy, the intimacy, the very there-ness of the stage. It's survived the..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Merlin Works Institute and Gnap! Theater Season: Making the improv pie higher

Austin's strong improv scene is about to get even stronger, with a new training center and performance space

"...With two venues catering almost full-time to improv, three festivals on the calendar..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Arts Feature by Avimaan Syam

ColdTowne Theater: Always in Motion

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

"..."Every body perseveres in its state of being at rest or of moving..."

Jan. 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

The 43 Hour Improv Marathon

Comedy worth losing sleep over

"...Well, sure, running a marathon demands a lot from you, but at..."

June 1, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Austin Comedy Stories

New fests, new venues, and big returns

"...Austin's longest-operating comedy club shuttered after 30-plus years in a..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Local Duo Harvests Up Some Hilarity in Texas Gothic

Booker & Maykus are sure ’nuff sharper than a pitchfork

"...Except that he’s not actually Tom Booker when he’s holding that pitchfork – he’s Pa Gothic, the other half..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Redhead, Pink Pony, and Kaleidoscope in This Weekend’s Events

Arts and culture to keep you entertained

"...your dog when you tell them about this furry fundraising effort from Divine Canines. Tell their placid doggy faces..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin’s Fallout Theater Phoenixes up from The New Movement Ashes

New bosses, different from the old bosses, herald a fresh start

"...to be a total goofball to start off by saying “There sure was a lot of fallout to deal..."

May 8, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Two Shannons Take the Improv Stage to … Where?

Local stars McCormick and Stott, together at last for the first time

"...Two Austin-based improvisers who are, separately, nigh on brilliant...."

Dec. 14, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...Everyone from graphic designers to grandpas goes two-stepping, but even in 2017, walking into a dance club..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Austin Knows That Generosity Is Its Own Reward

But a little delicious payback, well, who doesn't enjoy that?

"...Ain't nobody can do this thing alone, friends...."

Oct. 31, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Natural Capitalism' in the Hills

The Crossings' earth- and economy-friendly integration into the Hill Country really is something to feel good about.

"...To get to the Crossings, you drive what used to be a long way..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Improv Comedy’s Full Spectrum

Treating social anxiety one laugh at a time

"...Performing in public can be nerve-racking. For anyone with social..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Treat yourself Austin to a few nights of Improv

Affordable Comedy at Your Doorstep

"...holiday season is upon us with the shelves already being stacked with cranberry sauces, corn-bread stuffing, Christmas cookie tins,..."

Nov. 18, 2013 Events Post by Sarah Sharif

Programs That Let Austin Youth Speak Out A Stage of Their Own

"...They all say it. In one way or another, with serious eyes and earnest..."

Aug. 18, 1995 Arts Feature by Danielle McClelland

One in a Crowd: Master Class

Tax-deductible way to back new local web comedy

"...Do you want to learn to act like Tom Perkins, star of Skinemax's Born to Win, Nothin' to Lose?..."

Dec. 12, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Viva México, Mooncakes, and Motorbikes in Our Recommended Events

Lots to celebrate this weekend

"...“I live to have my mind turned inside out.” So says curator and artist in..."

Sept. 13, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Shannon Stott Cracks Jokes and Breaks Barriers

Austin’s funniest short-form improviser wants more diverse improv

"...If the world has been trying to keep Shannon Stott from the stage, it’s doing..."

Aug. 29, 2017 Arts Post by Katarina Brown

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...poets. You remember that, right? The city is still faintly reeling. Next week, it's improvisers: talented people from all..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

De-Spurring the Moment

The making of the 2007 Out of Bounds Improv Festival

"...The thing about improvisation, comedy or otherwise, is that it's done..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Merlin Enchantment at Zach

Shana Merlin, that is – making improv magic with Wizards

"...January seems to be a fortuitous month for improv launches. Last January saw the debut of the Institution..."

Jan. 13, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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 together onstage..."

June 20, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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.

"...artistic director, came up with a bizarre idea. That in itself is not surprising; Pruter is full of bizarre..."

Aug. 4, 2000 Arts Feature

ImproviNation

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

"...Our fair city is once more in the grip of the fever...."

Sept. 2, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Everybody Must Get 'Stoned'

Improv Guru Keith Johnstone brings his Maestro to the Long Center

"...Keith Johnstone is coming to Austin to direct a night of Maestro improvisation...."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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