Marc Jalandoon

Marc Jalandoon
Primary Theater	The Hideout Theatre
Years Active	2015 - Present

Marc Jalandoon is an active improviser, primarily performing at The Hideout Theatre.

History

Marc began taking improvisation classes at The Hideout Theatre on November 8th, 2015.

A post from him about why he chose to begin improvising:

My first experience watching improvised theater was at a Maestro show possibly a couple of years ago or so; of what I can remember now, the thing that stood out to me the most was a (relatively, for his ego's sake) good-looking dude basically spend the entire show making people laugh and kissing people, and I remember thinking to myself, "Man, those two things sound like fun, and I feel like I'm a solid B- to C+ at both - maybe improv is something I'd love to try one day!"

But real talk, I honestly started improvising in November of last year for more than just a fun new Frodo adventure where I'd be challenged, be brave, and make friends along the way - for me, it was a way to cope with, distract myself from, and (if we're being completely honest) escape the canonical quarter life crisis / post-long term relationship / self-identity blues that people go through, one way or another.

Over the past 10 months, I've met some of my best friends, been welcomed to an incredible community, became ravenous at wanting to learn more and try to master this art form, and - most importantly - found a lot of myself along the way. I realized that the improv that I love watching and love performing is funny second, honest first, and the only way I could ever be honest on stage was to be honest off of it; I used improv to get away from the dissonance in my personal life, only to see me using improv to address it head on.

Classes

The Hideout Theatre

Student

• Level 1 (11/2015) - Andy Crouch
• Level 2 (1/2016) - Andy Crouch
• Level 3 (3/2016) - Ryan Austin
• Level 4 (5/2016) - Ryan Austin
• Level 5 (7/2016) - Ryan Austin
• Level 5 (6/2016) - Sarah Marie Curry
• Level 6 (9/2016) - Andy Crouch
• Level 6 (8/2016) - Sarah Marie Curry

Teaching Assistant

• Levels 1-6 (7/2016 - 5/2017) - Courtney Hopkin
• Level 5 (5/2017) - Sarah Marie Curry

Merlin Works

• Level 2 (11/2016) - Susan Pickover

Troupes

Inactive Troupes

Twine - 12/2016 - 8/2017

One-off Shows

The Hideout Theatre

• Maestro - (10/1/2016, 11/5/2016, 2/11/2017, 10/14/2017)
• Maestro RAW - (5/7/2016*, 7/16/2016, 9/10/2016)
• Fancy Pants - (7/1/2016, 9/9/2016, 10/7/2016)
• Student Appreciation Show - (5/28/2016, 9/24/2016)
• Free Fringe - (11/10/2016, 1/19/2017, 10/12/2017)

ColdTowne Theater

• Improv Fantasy League - (8/17/2016, 8/24/2016)

The Institution Theater

• Tarantula - (10/29/2016)

616 Lavaca

• Penalty Box - (12/8/2017)

Extended Run Shows

The Hideout Theatre

• Story to the Death - (Actor, 8/2016)
• Adventure PhD - (Stage Manager, 10/2016)
• Nozes Off - (Stage Manager, 1/2017)
• Death by Musical - (Actor, 9/2017)
• Dance Dreams - (Actor, 11/2017)
• Orphans, the Musical - (Actor, 1/2018)

The Institution Theater

• Immigrants, The Musical! (Part One) - (Actor, 6/2017)

Workshops

• Trance Mask Workshop (6/2016)
• Interactive Improv (2/2017)
• Advanced Narrative Workshop (4/2017)