Austin Improv

Greetings AIC!

The Improv Fantasy League (IFL) returns this July to ColdTowne!

Next week team captains (current ColdTowne level 6 students) will draft teams of performers. Then each Saturday in July at 8:30 at ColdTowne, the teams will duke it out Cagematch style! First round competition will ...

Austin Sketch Fest is next weekend, and we're excited to offer a few workshops led by some true professionals!

Full details can be found here: Austin Sketch Fest 2013: Workshops


Instinctual Improvising with Matt Kaye (The Groundlings)
Saturday May 25th, 12:00 - 3:00 p.m., $30 - REGISTER HERE ...

We're extremely excited to announce that UCB's Neil Casey (SNL) and Anthony Atamanuik (30 Rock) will be teaching workshops at ColdTowne this Wednesday March 13th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m!

They are both faculty at UCB New York, and you may have seen them perform at a Del Close Marathon together as Two ...

This is a paying gig. I'm not really sure if it's cool to post the pay amount here, but feel free to message me if you're curious.

Photos/resume/contact info should be e-mailed to TheCastStation AT gmail DOT com .

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Pdyx wrote:Is this in addition to or instead of the Sunday night jam?

In addition to!

Jastroch's organizing a results viewing party at ColdTowne! Starting at 8:00 in the theater, I believe.

Oscar Bait debuts tonight!

Each week the audience will choose a movie they want to see that hasn't yet been released. We'll show the trailer, and our cast of improvisers (without ever having seen the movie) will perform a live, comedic interpretation of what they believe that movie will be.

The ...

Caeriel wrote:When will rehearsals be?

No set time yet. I plan on choosing the cast first and then coordinating rehearsals based on their availability.

The Movie format:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibI8x1JFNig[/youtube]

Hey all!

I (Sam Malcolm) will be directing and producing a run of shows at ColdTowne this November. I'd like you to come audition to be in the cast!

Title : Oscar Bait
Premise : Inspired by a trailer for a not-yet-released movie, the cast performs a show using the Movie format.
When and Where ...

And I just want to reiterate that Neil Casey fucking rocks

I always liked the way Ian Roberts described it in this interview :

"My explanation is relationship is covered by the yesand part of improv. I kind of divide finding your scene into two aspects. The beginning is yesand part where you’re kind of fleshing out the world of the scene. The game part is ...

The thing I found interesting about that post wasn't so much the idea of casting troupes vs. self-built troupes but rather the choice between sticking it out vs. shaking it up

"Best way to get the most chemistry MIGHT be to just roll the dice more often....
That sounds right, except that ...

They also seem comfortable -- at this stage of the movement -- not having a single specific demand or an actionable set of answers. I think the combination of all of that has completely confused the media and the politicians (are they for or against? is it this or that?).

It seemed frustrating at ...

Thanks for sharing that! I love the UCB's story.

"SANZ: For the first couple of shows, my friend from high school would stand in the back with a stun gun and a lab coat, and we’d say, 'If people leave or get out of control, they will be dealt with by one of our assistants.' " <--- Awesome

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