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'''Roy Janik''' (AKA '''Roy Danger''') is an improviser, as well as co-owner and Artistic Director of [[The Hideout Theatre]].
'''Roy Janik''' ([[wikipedia:Help:IPA_for_English#Key|/ˈjɑːnɪk/]]; AKA '''Roy Danger''') is an improv performer, teacher, and director.
 
Roy is a co-owner of [[The Hideout Theatre]] and its Artistic Director.


==History==
==History==
Roy was a core cast member in [[The 41-Hour Improv Marathon]] and [[The 43-Hour Improv Marathon]].
A post from him about the first improv show he ever saw:<blockquote><p>The first show I remember seeing was ''[[Micetro]]'', sometime around 2000, maybe, in the downstairs. Man, I didn't know it at the time, but it was early on in the Hideout's life.</p>
<p>I don't remember much about it, except that I did like it. I remember someone in a black turtleneck I thought was the epitome of cool. I remember that [[Yasmine Kittles|Yasmine]] was in the show, because I knew her vaguely from something else.</p>
<p>I remember getting my suggestion gently shut down by the director. Someone had said something like "pirates" and I was like "monkey pirates", thinking that if pirates were funny, monkey pirates were even funnier. Note that these aren't the actual suggestions. I just can't remember.</p>


=Performer=
<p>And I remember that it was someone's first solo scene as a performer. The directors made a HUGE deal out of the fact that they were doing their first solo scene, and I remember thinking as an audience member that it was a really big deal. My mind invented a whole backstory... that this girl had somehow graduated and had been given the go-ahead before the show to do a solo scene, etc., etc...</p>
 
<p>But yeah, I liked the show, but I never felt the inclination to go back. I would've if it had come up.</p> </blockquote>


==Troupes==
==Troupes==
* [[The Big Bash]]
* [[Parallelogramophonograph]]
* [[Parallelogramophonograph]]
* [[Squirrel Buddies]]
* [[Squirrel Buddies]]


==Shows==
==Shows==
* ''[[After School Improv]]''
* ''[[Boy, Howdy!]]''
* ''[[The Andersons]]'' (Mr. Cooper)
* ''[[Austin Secrets]]'' (creator/director)
* ''[[The Black Vault]]''
* ''[[Blood, Sweat, and Cheers]]'' (director)
* ''[[Hitchcocked!]]''
* ''[[Improvised Shakespeare]]''
* ''[[Ka-Baam!!]]''
* ''[[Savage Swords]]''
* ''[[Theatresports]]'' (director)
* ''[[Thinning the Herd]]''
* ''[[The Violet Underbelly]]''
* ''[[Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe?]]''
* ''[[Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe?]]''
* ''[[The Violet Underbelly]]''
 
* ''[[The Black Vault]]''
== More Information ==
* ''[[Austin Secrets]]'' (creator/director)
* [http://gybpodcast.libsyn.com/roy-janik-ep-24-got-your-back Interview] on ''[[Got Your Back]]''.
* [http://gybpodcast.libsyn.com/comedy-nerd-out-2815-ep32-got-your-back An episode] of ''[[Got Your Back]]'' that includes his lecture "Finding, Feeding, and Chasing Inspiration".
* [http://yesandrew.com/sunday-improv-interview-roy-janik-2/ Interview] by [[Andrew Buck]].


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Latest revision as of 16:55, 19 February 2016


Roy Janik

Roy Janik.jpg

Primary Theater The Hideout Theatre
Years Active 2005-Present

Roy Janik (/ˈjɑːnɪk/; AKA Roy Danger) is an improv performer, teacher, and director.

Roy is a co-owner of The Hideout Theatre and its Artistic Director.

History

Roy was a core cast member in The 41-Hour Improv Marathon and The 43-Hour Improv Marathon.

A post from him about the first improv show he ever saw:

The first show I remember seeing was Micetro, sometime around 2000, maybe, in the downstairs. Man, I didn't know it at the time, but it was early on in the Hideout's life.

I don't remember much about it, except that I did like it. I remember someone in a black turtleneck I thought was the epitome of cool. I remember that Yasmine was in the show, because I knew her vaguely from something else.

I remember getting my suggestion gently shut down by the director. Someone had said something like "pirates" and I was like "monkey pirates", thinking that if pirates were funny, monkey pirates were even funnier. Note that these aren't the actual suggestions. I just can't remember.

And I remember that it was someone's first solo scene as a performer. The directors made a HUGE deal out of the fact that they were doing their first solo scene, and I remember thinking as an audience member that it was a really big deal. My mind invented a whole backstory... that this girl had somehow graduated and had been given the go-ahead before the show to do a solo scene, etc., etc...

But yeah, I liked the show, but I never felt the inclination to go back. I would've if it had come up.

Troupes

Shows

More Information