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* [http://www.facebook.com/hujhax/media_set?set=a.10152063720712265.1073741841.588952264&type=1 A photoset of the annual group photos from 2006 to the present.] | * [http://www.facebook.com/hujhax/media_set?set=a.10152063720712265.1073741841.588952264&type=1 A photoset of the annual group photos from 2006 to the present.] | ||
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/austinimprov/sets/72157603231421564/ A photoset of the 2007 potluck]. | |||
* [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.223961494339204.53042.118587218209966&type=3 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 2011 potluck. | * [http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.223961494339204.53042.118587218209966&type=3 Photoset] by [[Roy Moore]] of the 2011 potluck. | ||
* [http://www.steve-rogers-photography.com/Events/AIC2011/20191237_kpnsVB#!i=2223901020&k=HBbLV3r The 2011 and 2012 group photos], as shot by [[Steve Rogers]]. | * [http://www.steve-rogers-photography.com/Events/AIC2011/20191237_kpnsVB#!i=2223901020&k=HBbLV3r The 2011 and 2012 group photos], as shot by [[Steve Rogers]]. | ||
Revision as of 00:05, 7 November 2013
The Austin Improv Potluck is an annual potluck for the Austin Improv community.
Summary
The potluck occurs every year on the Sunday before Thanskgiving. Everyone in the Austin-improv community is invited, and typically about a hundred people show up for the event. The potluck is one of the few events still under the aegis of The Austin Improv Collective. At some point during every potluck, all the improvisors gather together for a massive group photo.
Love Notes
"Love notes", a potluck tradition, are short affectionate notes exchanged among improvisors.
Every year at the potluck, the organizers provide a stack of manila envelopes and markers. Should you want to receive love notes that year, you take a manila envelope, write your name on it, and place it where everyone can access it. (Some years, there have been clotheslines strung up for this purpose; other years, manila envelopes were all masking-taped to a wall.) Then, anyone who wishes can write a short note about you, either anonymously or not, and leave it in your envelope. At the end of the night, you gather up your envelope, and with it, all the kind notes people have written about you.
History
The first annual potluck was held in 2005, upstairs at The Hideout. At the time, nobody realized it would become an annual event, and no group photo was taken.
Starting in 2006, the potluck also included an awards ceremony, but that was discontinued in 2011.
Earlier potlucks were held at improvisors' houses, but the potluck has grown too large to be hosted by individuals, and now the Austin Improv Collective rents a sizeable venue every year for the event.
Potluck Locations
- 2005: The Hideout Theatre, upstairs
- 2006: An improvisor's house
- 2007: Shannon McCormick's house.
- 2008: Julie Gillis's house.
- 2009: Café Caffeine
- 2010: Julie Gillis's house.
- 2011: The Institution Theater
- 2012: The Elks Lodge
- 2012: The Moose Lodge
Media
Photos
- A photoset of the annual group photos from 2006 to the present.
- A photoset of the 2007 potluck.
- Photoset by Roy Moore of the 2011 potluck.
- The 2011 and 2012 group photos, as shot by Steve Rogers.
