The 40-Hour Improv Marathon

The 40-Hour Improv Marathon was the first annual Hideout Improv Marathon.

Core Players

• Andy Crouch
• Caitlin Sweet
• Curtis Luciani
• Jeremy Lamb
• Kaci Beeler
• Kareem Badr
• Matt Pollock
• Troy Miller

Schedule

• Friday 5pm: Maestro
• Friday 7pm: "Flowey Donut" (free-form improv with the core improvisors)
• Friday 8pm: Start Trekkin'
• Friday 9pm: TheatreSports
• Friday 10pm: "This Week Tonight", improv inspired by the news
• Friday 11pm: Cochise
• Friday midnight: "Parlor Games"; twisted games with Your Terrific Neighbors
• Saturday 1am: Available Cupholders
• Saturday 2am: The New Movement
• Saturday 3am: Northshore Locale
• Saturday 4am: Snackers
• Saturday 5am: Midnight Society
• Saturday 6am: The Starter Kit
• Saturday 7am: "The Sleepover", an improvised slumber party with Look Cookie.
• Saturday 8am: No Chaser
• Saturday 9am: "Pancake Social", a mimosa party and improv cooking show
• Saturday 10am: Ka-Baam!!
• Saturday 11am: "What the Dickens!?", improvised Charles Dickens
• Saturday noon: Student Showcase
• Saturday 1pm: ComedySportz
• Saturday 2pm: Flying Theatre Machine
• Saturday 3pm: Student Showcase
• 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
• Saturday 8pm: Improvised Shakespeare
• Saturday 9pm: "Holy Sleep Deprivation, Batman!", an improvised episode of the 60s Batman tv show
• Saturday 10pm: Musical Maestro
• Saturday midnight: Dubbed Indemnity
• Sunday 1am: The Bat with ColdTowne
• Sunday 2am: The Institution
• Sunday 3am: "Musical Armando", with A Bunch of Liars and The Love Notes
• Sunday 4am: Parallelogramophonograph
• Sunday 5am: "Mystery Meat", a surprise format from Roy Janik
• Sunday 6am: "Soap Opera", improv daytime television with Junk
• Sunday 7am: McNichol and May
• Sunday 8am: "The Final Countdown", free-form improv with the core improvisors

Media

• "Holy Sleep Deprivation, Batman!": photoset by Michael Yew.
• Improvised Shakespeare: photoset by Michael Yew.
• Lola: photoset by Michael Yew.
• Photoset from Parallelogramophonograph.

More Information

• "The Hideout’s 40-Hour Improv Marathon a Big Success" (blogpost at The Hideout's web site)
• "The Hideout Improv Marathon" by Robert Faires (The Austin Chronicle)
• "Review: Hideout Improv Marathon" by Robert Faires (The Austin Chronicle)