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'''The Comedy Workshop''' was a stand-up comedy venue. It was also the first regular improv venue in Austin. | '''The Comedy Workshop''' was a stand-up comedy venue. It was also the first regular improv venue in Austin. | ||
Club owner Paul Menzel drove to Austin on Fridays and conducted free, informal improv workshops, in which he'd explain improv structures and games and run basic exercises for whoever showed up -- usually present and past cast members of [[Esther's Follies]]. The theater's house troupe, [[The Hilarions]], may | Club owner Paul Menzel drove to Austin on Fridays and conducted free, informal improv workshops, in which he'd explain improv structures and games and run basic exercises for whoever showed up -- usually present and past cast members of [[Esther's Follies]]. The theater's house troupe, [[The Hilarions]], may have been the first serious improv troupe in Austin. | ||
The club closed down in May 1986. | The club closed down in May 1986. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:32, 18 March 2015
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| Address | 302 W. 15th St. |
| Years of Operation | 1982?-1986 |
The Comedy Workshop was a stand-up comedy venue. It was also the first regular improv venue in Austin.
Club owner Paul Menzel drove to Austin on Fridays and conducted free, informal improv workshops, in which he'd explain improv structures and games and run basic exercises for whoever showed up -- usually present and past cast members of Esther's Follies. The theater's house troupe, The Hilarions, may have been the first serious improv troupe in Austin.
The club closed down in May 1986.
More Information
- A history of the club by Angela Davis, writing for The Austin Chronicle.
