Austin's 40-Hour Improv Marathon and Hideout Fund Raiser

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » June 17th, 2009, 7:49 pm

And just in case anyone feels slighted, there was no real method in this madness. There are no troupes or people out there that were intentionally excluded, just troupes that we didn't get to before we ran out of space. If we neglected you this time around, bug us and we'll get you in Waffle Fest or next year's marathon with priority.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » June 17th, 2009, 9:16 pm

could not be more excited about getting to austin, but also getting to austin to see the new hideout and do the amount of improv that we should all be doing every weekend. 40 hours. my god.

and may i just promote my special Cubs game commentary show at 4pm on Saturday. We're going to broadcast a Cubs, White Sox game live in the theatre and do our play by play and commentary including a redubbing of the commercials friggin live. its going to be awesome. don't miss it.

willstorie · Post by **willstorie** » June 18th, 2009, 1:17 am

hey, I'm actually in town that exact weekend! I will certainly come to watch part of this; furthermore, I would love to randomly sit in for part of it, ideally with Katie. Please let me know if we can make it happen!

Jules · Post by **Jules** » June 18th, 2009, 12:37 pm

Since I"m the Lone GGG in town, I'll do my best to represent!

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » June 21st, 2009, 9:10 pm

So we've got almost every hour booked with killer formats and troupes. Now all we need are the audiences.

To fill 40 hours of improv in a 50-seat theatre, we need 2000 people. Or 1000 people twice. Or 500 people four times. We've got a Facebook event for the marathon that currently has about 1000 people invited and 94 confirmed guests. If we just invite 4000 more people and then make the ones who show up stick around for four hours, we'll sell out the marathon. You with me so far?

Let's say there are about 200 active improvisers on this forum (not counting Pussycake and william howard taft). If everyone on the forum went to the facbook event page...

http://utexas.facebook.com/event.php?ei ... 918&ref=mf

...and invited 20 friends, we would be golden. Pimp the shows you're excited about or the shows you're in, or the shows that you think no one will come to because it's 10am on a Saturday.

And here's the almost 100% complete schedule:

* Friday 5pm Maestro (games and scenes with happy hour beer prices!)
* Friday 6pm Maestro, part 2 (the exciting conclusion)
* Friday 7pm Flowey Donut (our eight players find their groove)
* Friday 8pm Start Trekkin' (improv star trek)
* Friday 9pm Theatresports (four on four competitive improv)
* Friday 10pm This Week Tonight (improv inspired by the news)
* Friday 11pm Cochise (70s cop drama with Improv For Evil)
* Friday midnight Parlor Games (twisted games with Your Terrific Neighbors
* Saturday 1am guest troupe Available Cupholders
* Saturday 2am guest troupe The New Movement
* Saturday 3am guest troupe Northshore Local
* Saturday 4am guest troupe Snackers
* Saturday 5am guest troupe Midnight Society
* Saturday 6am guest troupe Starter Kit
* Saturday 7am Melinda's First Sleepover (an improvised slumber party with Look Cookie)
* Saturday 8am guest troupe No Chaser
* Saturday 9am Pancake Social (a mimosa party and improv cooking show)
* Saturday 10am Ka-Baam!! (improvised comic book adventures)
* Saturday 11am What the Dickens!? (improvised Charles Dickens)
* Saturday noon Student Showcase (Hideout students mix it up with the pros)
* Saturday 1pm guest troupe ComedySportz
* Saturday 2pm Flying Theatre Machine (improv for kids)
* Saturday 3pm Student Showcase (more Hideout students mix it up with the pros)
* Saturday 4pm Play by Play: Cubs vs. White Sox (improv commentary over Major League Baseball)
* Saturday 5pm The Life Game (improv inspired by a live celebrity interview
* Saturday 6pm The Hippodrome (improv beyond the horizon)
* Saturday 7pm After School Improv (improv After School Specials)
* Saturday 8pm Improvised Shakespeare (an improvised play by the Bard)
* Saturday 9pm Holy Sleep Deprivation, Batman! (improvised episode of the 60s Batman tv show)
* Saturday 10pm Musical Maestro (musical games and scenes)
* Saturday 11pm Musical Maestro, part 2 (the exciting conclusion)
* Saturday midnight Dubbed Indemnity (improv dialogue and sound effects over film clips)
* Sunday 1am The Bat (A Harold in the dark with ColdTowne)
* Sunday 2am guest troupe The Institution
* Sunday 3am Musical Armando (scenes and music with A Bunch of Liars and Love Notes)
* Sunday 4am guest troupe Parallelogramophonograph
* Sunday 5am TBA
* Sunday 6am Soap Opera (improv daytime television with guest troupe Junk)
* Sunday 7am guest troupe McNichol and May
* Sunday 8am The Final Countdown (our eight improvisers on the edge of psychosis)

Pdyx · Post by **Pdyx** » June 21st, 2009, 11:26 pm

It's not a big deal, especially because it ends up wrong in a lot of different ways in different places, but it's "Northshore Local" sans the e.

I'm pumped about being involved with this! I'm going to encourage my friends to come to as much of this as they can.

Justin D. · Post by **Justin D.** » June 22nd, 2009, 12:57 am

Pdyx wrote:It's not a big deal, especially because it ends up wrong in a lot of different ways in different places, but it's "Northshore Local" sans the e.

I'm pumped about being involved with this! I'm going to encourage my friends to come to as much of this as they can.

Ok, now that you've said that, can I say it's The Starter Kit, not Starter Kit? Not a big deal at all and I'm likely the only person ever in the troupe who's ever cared when we get advertised as Starter Kit instead of The Starter Kit.

Also, I added about 50 people to the invite list on Facebook. Some of them are fellow imps and some of them don't even live here, but they all know people who do.

kerri · Post by **kerri** » June 22nd, 2009, 11:32 am

I want to stress the part of Melinda in Melinda's First Sleepover will be played by Jerry Bilbo in a wig.

vine311 · Post by **vine311** » June 22nd, 2009, 11:50 am

kerri wrote:I want to stress the part of Melinda in Melinda's First Sleepover will be played by Jerry Bilbo in a wig.

SOLD!

Miggy · Post by **Miggy** » June 22nd, 2009, 12:08 pm

acrouch wrote:* Sunday 5am TBA

I am so pimping this out.

Mark Snacker · Post by **Mark Snacker** » June 22nd, 2009, 1:08 pm

Miggy wrote:
acrouch wrote:* Sunday 5am TBA
I am so pimping this out.

I hope it's Pussycake

LuBu McJohnson · Post by **LuBu McJohnson** » June 22nd, 2009, 7:25 pm

marck wrote:
Miggy wrote:
acrouch wrote:* Sunday 5am TBA
I am so pimping this out.

I hope it's Pussycake

It'll be me with a belt. It will be called "Who will escape unspanked?"

Brian Boyko · Post by **Brian Boyko** » June 23rd, 2009, 10:58 am

Can we get a shift rotation going on the camera? I'll be there to set it up at 4pm, and stay through Midnight on Friday, but I'm not going to be there Saturday - and probably not on Sunday - I have to move everything out of my apartment on Saturday.

I can take 4pm Friday to Midnight Friday.

Also, again, any SD cards you can bring, 4GB or higher, will make things that much easier.

-- Brian.

nadine · Post by **nadine** » June 23rd, 2009, 11:40 am

I want to see what subconscious oddities comes out of sleep deprived improvisors...

Matt · Post by **Matt** » June 23rd, 2009, 11:55 am

nadine wrote:I want to see what subconscious oddities comes out of sleep deprived improvisors...

You should come and see! Especially during one of the off hours, we could really use the audience then

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