List of Free Fringes

This list of Free Fringes includes all the formats for every performance of the Hideout Theatre's experimental-show slot, from the 1/5/12 inaugural show to 5/30/13.

Date	Format	Producer	Description
2012 Shows
Jan 5, 2012	Drag	Jason Vines	It's simple. Girls dress up as guys. Guys dress up as girls. Everyone plays opposite their actual gender. We get 4 guys and 4 girls in drag up on stage and do a montage. Anything goes.
	The New Game Project	Roy Janik	In shows like Maestro that feature improv games, we've got a ton of favorites that we bust out week after week. In the New Game Project we're throwing all those out of the window. We'll take names of non-existent games from the audience and invent new games on the fly. And who knows, the ones we like the best might make their way back into Maestro.
	Headlining	Firth & Arjet
Jan 12, 2012	Shortform Mashup		Every Saturday for the past 12 years or so we have played improv games during Maestro, our most popular show... games like The Alphabet Game, No Questions, Pan Left/Pan Right, and so on. On their own they're a blast, but what happens when we combine games together? Madness, that's what. Alphabet Hell Dub? Movies Bodies Samurai Showdown? Come see the brains of improvisers get super broken.
	The Floor is Lava!	Jason Vines	This one's not that weird. Everyone improvises as normal... except the floor is lava! Improvisers have to perform on top of chairs, benches, blocks, etc... whatever they can do to keep off the floor. If they touch they floor, they die, and have to leave the scene. What?
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Jan 19, 2012	Ding!	Mike Kinald	At the Hideout Theatre, we love to tell stories. Many of our shows are full length improvised plays! But we also games, like in Maestro, our most popular show. Ding! is an experiment to combine the two. Four to six improvisers will be performing a short narrative. But every time a bell rings, they pick a game (like Alphabet, scene in reverse, etc...) out a hat. They then have to *use* that game to help tell the story. Expect madness. Expect confusion. Expect a surprisingly cohesive story despite (or perhaps because of) all the challenges along the way.
	Blind Montage	Amy Dietze	There's a decently common improv format called the Bat, which is like a radio play in the dark. The lights go out and the improvisers do all the scenework using only their voices and imaginations. The Blind Montage reverses that idea and flips it around. The lights will stay on, but for the entire show, the improvisers will be blindfolded. Can two actors connect emotionally without being able to see? Can they effectively hand one another a cup? Can they avoid injury to life and limb? There's only one way to find out.
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Jan 26, 2012	LADIES NIGHT!		Join the Hideout for the first ever Ladies Night at the Free Fringe. Funny, talented ladies from all over the Austin improv scene will be converging on The Fringe to mix it up. The ladies will be divided into 3 troupes who will each decide on a format and then almost immediately perform it. Expect the energy in the air to be incredible.
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Feb 2, 2012	GrimmNoire		Ever wonder what Cinderella would look like if written by Dashiell Hammett? How about if The Big Bad Wolf was looking for a "Special Package" when Red came down the path? It's Grimm's Fairy Tales in the style of Film Noir. One fairy tale is retold in the style of Noir. starring: Mike Kinald, David Lampe, Jason Vines, Topping Haggerty, Halyn Lee Erickson
	Tamales!	Jason Vines	We have a large container of cooked tamales on stage. + We do improv scenes. = At least one person must be eating a tamale at all times during any given scene. Improvisers must justify why one person has their mouth full. starring: Jason Vines, Mike Kinald, Eric Heiberg, Ann Wilson, Amy Averett, Meredith Newell, Victoria Bui, John Buseman
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Feb 9, 2012	The Bestiary	Thedward Blevins	There's a pretty awesome technique/game in improv where you play your character by taking on the characteristics of animals in human form. So if you're a mouse, you might play shy but excitable. The Bestiary takes that one step further. All the characters are animals. They cannot speak human language; they can only make animal noises. starring: Brad Hawkins, Sandra Ybarra, Margaux Binder, Karen Jane DeWitt, Thedward Blevins
	Spirit of Influence	Mitchell Deane	The bareness of the improv stage is both its blessing and its curse. A few chairs, a few curtains, and our words are used to create everything in the universe. But there's so much that's unseen. In Spirit of Influence, there will be an "unseen" person who provides the characters and scenes with subtext and texture by stating these things out loud. This can be anything from granting characters emotions such as "rage" or "euphoria" to giving them specific characteristics like "allergic to peanuts" or "has Smashmouth song stuck in his head" starring: Mitchell Deane, Karen Jane DeWitt, Brandon Martin, Sam Schak, and Heidi Rogers
	The Library	Justin Davis	We all have our own unique perspective on life. No two people are the same. But what happens when all the people in a story literally come from different universes? The library is a long-form narrative show with each improviser playing from a different genre perspective. Science fiction, romance, horror, Southern gothic, quirky meet-cute indie movie, whatever. One story, multiple genres. starring: Justin Davis, Kacey Samiee, Nicole Beckley, Jon Bolden, and Karen Jane DeWitt
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Feb 16, 2012	Formats on Shuffle	Chris Sebilia	On one wheel many different styles of improv. On the second wheel several different audience suggestions. We spin the wheels. *spin* *spin* *spin* Looks like we're doing an opera about Cracker Jacks. *spin* No, wait, opera has been skipped over, and now it's a VH1 Behind the Music about the life and times of Cracker Jack. 4 minutes later, we spin the wheels again. *spin* *spin* *spin*
	Mousetrap!		Improv is at its most exciting when the performers are taking risks and on the edge of failure. Most of the time that means making bold choices in scenes, or showing emotional vulnerability. But sometimes you have to break out the big guns. And by guns we mean mousetraps. The stage will be scattered with mousetraps, and blindfolded improvisers will have to navigate them while doing scenes. Gimmicky? Painful? Ridculous? Yes, yes, yes. Our pain is your reward.
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Feb 23, 2012	Alternate Ending	Jason Oliver	This show takes stories, books, and movies that we all know and love, and indulges in a bit of wish fulfillment. The improvisers will take suggestions for stories that are crying out to be rewritten. First, they'll perform a mostly accurate version of the original ending, and then throw the script away to find out what could have happened. These are the Director's endings, the insane endings, the just endings, the "What should have happened" endings. starring: Jason Oliver, Chuy Zarate, Arby Gonzales, Zac Grantham
	Mixed Modes	Paul Normandin	Allison is done with improv. She's decided to return to the world of scripted theatre, and she's dragging the rest of us along with her. She'll be performing the entire show with a script (only known to her), including all her lines and stage directions. Everyone else had better catch up, and make sense of whatever miscommunications happen along the way. starring: Allison Asher, Ryan Hill, Jessica Arjet, Katherine Greco, Gloria Bankler, Paul Normandin
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Mar 1, 2012	The Mitch-o-Scene	Jeff O'Leary	The late, great Mitch Hedberg was a fantastic comedian: surreal, unconventional, and brilliantly insane. So what happens when a bunch of improvisers play tribute to Mitch by all pretending to be him while doing improv? Who knows. Is this idea too out there even for the extremely out there Free Fringe? Quite possibly! Starring: Andy Campbell, Ashley Carlisle, Stephanie Hagemeister, Dan Kerrigan, Jeff O'Leary, Nichole Oliver, Kevin Smith
	DrunkProv	Chuy Zarate	Speaking of questionable ideas, here's another one. There are 4 performers. There is one case of beer. The case must be completely drunk by the end of the show. Insanity prevails. starring: David Lampe, Blynch, Jessica Arjet, Chuy Zarate
	Headlining	Firth & Arjet
Mar 8, 2012	All Ladies Be Trekkin'		This is a show we could easily charge 20 dollars for, but for some reason is free. The Hideout has a rich and proud tradition of doing improvised Star Trek shows. We've had like 6 different seasons of the show (Start Trekkin') over the years. And now, for the first time, we're doing an all-ladies Start Trekkin'. Any lady who was part of any of those seasons, and still has a dress, is invited to perform. You must not miss this.
	Ladies' Night Mixup		Also performing a set will be an wildly talented assortment of ladies, doing a format they decide on moments before hitting the stage. We did this a month ago, and it was an amazing night.
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
Mar 15, 2012	Dark for SXSW.
Mar 22, 2012	Google Chat Scene	Ruby Willmann	Four improvisers, connected only through a google chat room, will perform a monoscene like no other. The google chat will be projected on the screen - three of the four improvisers will be on stage at their own computers - one will be in New York City. Together they will join forces to create a never before scene technological attempt of a monoscene. Want to learn more? Just google "awesome."
	Spin the Bottle	Jason Vines	Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. * 8 improvisers get in a circle on stage and play "spin the bottle". The spinner and the spinnee then do a scene that must include a kiss. When that scene is over... Spin again! starring: Jason Vines, Dana Yanoshak, Andreas Fabis, Ruby Willmann, Luke Wallens, Ryan Austin, Kayla Lane Freeman, Heidi Rogers, and Sam Schak.
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
Mar 29, 2012	Well Endowed	Alex Gray	Imagine there are giant sticky notes stuck to the walls and set of the Hideout stage. On each note is written an attribute like "jealousy", "broken leg", "smelly", etc... As scenes progress, stickies are put on actors and objects, which they immediately take on as true during the scene. It's a constantly shifting, constantly revealing kaleidoscope of a world. starring: Christopher "Ceej" Allen, Cindy Page, Dave, Brad Hawkins and Jessica Arjet
	Theater Talk	Nicole Beckley	A perfect complement to Process, our current mainstage. Theater Talk gives us an episode of a fiction talk show where various "Theatre" directors are interviewed. As we delve into their minds, we also delve into their work, seeing snippets and scenes from their various plays. starring: Mitchell Deane, Christopher "Ceej" Allen, Kayla Lane Freeman, Brett Tribe, Kevin Miller, Ashley Jayne Carlisle, and Nicole Beckley
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
Apr 4, 2012	I Saw You!	Nicole Oliver	You know the "I Saw You"/"Missed Connections" ads that used to pop up in newspapers but now are huge on the internet? We will use a computer to randomly pick ads that people have placed on the internet like this one: I saw you, revolutionary music teacher now living in Oakland "You: brown hair, green jacket, pro-Palestine shirt, and black sunglasses, oh and I can€™t forget the brown shoulder bag. Me: IWW shirt and nothing cool on except for maybe a red star shining from my black heart. We should meet." The improvisers will then have either two choices - 1) Create that scene from the beginning of when the missed connection actually took place or 2) Create the scene from when they meet again.
	Play Date!	Karen Jane DeWitt	In this show, Karen Jane DeWitt, Kayla Lane Freeman, and Kaci Beeler act like themselves as tiny, adorable children! Who wouldn't want to see that? First, they each tell a little story about something funny that happened when they were kids. Then they take inspiration from those stories to do 3 person scenes as themselves as children. Regression therapy? Perhaps. But we're all along for the ride!
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Apr 19, 2012		Big Beautiful Warlock
		The Better Half
		Squirrel Buddies
	Catchin' Frogs	The Amazon & The Milksop
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
Apr 26, 2012	Campfire Songs	Michael Brockman	Folks gathered 'round a campfire, making s'mores and telling each other stories. Except the stories will all be improvised songs and the campfire will be fake (hopefully). All the warmth and joy of a communal night around the fire, with more music and fewer bugs. starring: Aden Kirschner, Jordan Maxwell, Jason Vines, Peter Rogers, Amber Franklin, and Michael Brockman
	Epic Telescope	Peter Rogers and Marc Majcher	There's a game in Maestro called Half-Life, where we do a scene in a minute, then the same scene in 30 seconds, then 15, then 7... This is the opposite of that. The brave performers will start with a 10 second scene, and re-do it longer, and longer, and longer. As Peter Rogers, one of the producers, said: "This is probably completely impossible. If it crashes and burns, I will reveal that the whole thing was Marc's (the other producer's) idea." starring: Peter Rogers, Marc Majcher, Lauren Buck, Lisa Jackson, and Josh Gill
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
May 3, 2012	Blue Maestro
May 10, 2012	Full Moon Rises	Zac Grantham	There is a party game called Mafia. It's popular among geeks. There is a variation of that game with werewolves instead of mafia. Essentially people are either werewolves or villagers. Every night, the werewolves kill one villager. During the day, the villagers (and werewolves) investigate and kill one person they think is a werewolf. This repeats and eventually either all the villagers die or the werewolves are killed. The Fringe version is set in a late 17th century New England village. The performers randomly draw cards to assign roles to people. The scenes take place during the day as people try to determine who the werewolves are. Murder! Supernatural intrigue! Suspense! Improv!
	The Pun Show	Peter Rogers	The annual O'Henry Pun Off is coming on May 19th. Improvisers traditionally clean up at the event, which consists of competitive punning. To prepare, Peter Rogers is putting together a show which will feature nothing but puns. It'll be groan-inducing, but impressive. You'll laugh, you'll cringe, you'll find it un-bearable. Which, if you're a bear, is a pun.
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
May 17, 2012	My Best Fiend		Andreas Fabis & Ceej Allen
	Evil Peter Rogers	Kevin Miller	Peter Rogers: affable, witty, introverted--and above all, exceptionally nice. Or so we thought. Turns out Peter Rogers has a dark side, an EVIL side, that comes out to play at the most random of moments. This format will insert Peter Rogers, playing himself, into a variety of real-world situations. At any moment, players from the sides can tag Peter out and become Evil Peter Rogers, sabotaging the situation in any way they see fit. Peter must then re-enter the stage and attempt to justify or salvage the horrible evil thing he's just done. starring: Kevin Miller, John Buseman, Brad Hawkins, Christine Giordano, Peter Rogers
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
May 24, 2012	The Improv Bachelor	Brad Hawkins	It's like a dating reality show, only for improv duos. There will be an improviser chosen to be the Bachelor and three or four contestants. A director sets up some scenes, and the Bachelor is paired with each of the contestants in turn. The audience judges the scenes, and the winning pairing forms a duo which is given a slot in the next Hideout schedule.
	Switch-Tag Story	Mitchell Deane	Improvising one long story is difficult enough. But what happens when the actors playing the characters keep switching? At any given point the improvisers will check in with each other and all people on stage and people in the wing will switch characters. Also at any given point, people from the wings can tag a person out and play their character. Madness.
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
May 31, 2012	Super Team	Ryan Austin	Super Team is improv inspired by The Avengers! What are the Avengers like when they're not saving the world? Well, maybe they bicker, maybe they're best friends, but we're catching them on a day where the world isn't in grave danger and we're watching them interact, argue, love and exist. If Joss Whedon didn't give you enough of it in the movie, we'll give you 22-25 minutes of it! cast: Andrew Pish, Brandon Martin, Nicole Beckley, Quinn Buckner, Ryan Austin
	Teach a Man to Pish	Kareem Badr	Andrew Pish recently moved to L.A., but that hasn't stopped him from being around Austin all the time. Hideout owner Kareem Badr decided to grab Pish while he could, and the two will be doing a show together.
	Headlining	mmmmK
Jun 7, 2012	Belly Mouth	Jason Vines	This picture is all you need to know.
	Gremlins	Mitchell Deane	This may be the craziest Fringe show yet. Remember Gremlins? Remember the rules? Don't expose them to light. Don't get them wet. And never, never feed them after midnight. Well this is like that, but replace mogwai and gremlins with some random celebrity or historical figure. Ummm.... Maybe you'll just have to come see it.
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Jun 14, 2012	Myth Debunkers	Eric Heiberg	An improvised version of Myth Busters, the TV Show. Does a cat always land on its feet? Will combing your hair with wedding cake make your hair grow back? Will being nice to others make you happy? Let's find out.
	The Better Half of Two Guys	The Better Half and Two Guys from Yonkers	Take the three girls from The Better Half that play boys (Regina, Ashley, and Madeline) and mix Two Guys From Yonkers, who will be playing Two Gals from Yonkers for that night. It's a gender-bending, group mashup of a Fringe show.
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Jun 21, 2012	Stand-upProv	Jeremy Sweetlamb	It's a common occurrence for stand-up comics to carefully refine their acts over years of performing... tweaking the timing and words until it's a finely crafted piece. In this improvised stand-up show, that's all out the window. Each comic is given a set list that they have never seen before as they hit the stage. It might just say "The one about duck", and we'll have to figure out what that means together. They have 5 or 6 minutes to improvise their stand-up set list.
	The Borrowers	Asaf Ronen	Look, let's be honest. A lot of musicians, writers, actors, and filmmakers have spent a lot of time writing/saying/singing a lot of beautiful words. Why should we have to make up our own, when there's already perfectly good words out there ready to use? In this project, the situations and characters will be new and improvised, but the words will be... familiar. All the dialogue will be lovingly borrowed from existing movies, songs, novels, etc.. cast: Kayla Lane Freeman, Halyn Lee Erickson, Jason Vines, Jordan T. Maxwell and Asaf Ronen
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Jun 28, 2012	After School Improv Reunion		The cast of After School Improv, the first ever Hideout Student Mainstage, reunites for this look into the future... The After School Improv "10 year High School Reunion". We'll see how everyone has changed. The cheerleader who now has 8 kids and 5 ex-husbands. The Jock that now digs graves for a living. The nerdy guy who is now a mult-billionaire. The mousy girl who is now a supermodel and so on. The learning doesn't stop in high school, and we've all still got lessons to learn.
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Jul 5, 2012	Celebrity Alter-Ego	Andreas Fabis	Yeah, yeah, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter... WHATEVER. That's only the tip of the iceberg. Come see these intrepid performers unveil the secrets of some of history's greatest women and men. Joan of Arc, volcano whisperer? Albert Einstein, werewolf counselor? starring: Peter Rogers, Topping Haggerty, Kevin Miller, Robin Anderson, and Lindsey Reeves
	Audition	Alex Gray	The next big show is casting and four hopefuls are competing for a coveted space in the production. The brilliant (some say sadistic) director has come ready to put everyone through their paces. These lucky four have come to play and play they shall...
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Jul 12, 2012	The debut of Mother F***kin Action Heroes!	Jason Oliver	the nice version: Mother F***ing Action Heroes! is one part narrative improv and two parts uppercut. We bring you an original story inspired by the action hero movies of the 80's and 90's. If you have been waiting for improv based on the action hero movie genre, then your dreams are coming true. the a***ole version: Mother F***ing Action Heroes! don't do shows. MFAH shows up and audience form around us. If you feel like having your funny bone upper cutted through your a***ole, then you better damned well show up to the Hideout and get served a dish of laugh candy. Fun f***ing fact about this show: Steven Seagal showed up to the audition and tried his hand at the narrative improv based off of action hero movies from the 80's and 90's that we do around here. Cast member Jared Stepp slapped him back to Under Siege 2.
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Jul 19, 2012	Confessions of an Improv Class	Jon Bolden	Jon says: "I had the same group of students from Level 1 to Level 5. By the time we closed our series of graduation shows, featuring story telling, we had a pretty cool story about ourselves. It was my first time leading students all the way through an improv program, and obviously their first experiences with improv. We thought a great way to say goodbye to a few folks that have to part ways was to have one last show using our level five format (the living room) and basing our stories on experiences with the class and how they got into improv."
	The Triumphant Return of the Tech Nightmare	Cortney DeAngelo & Cindy Page	One of the most surprisingly delightful shows of the 43 Hour Improv Marathon this year was The Tech Nightmare. Cortney and Cindy controlled the show from the booth, playing sound effects and music at random, and screwing with the lights randomly. They also dolled out punishments harshly and with evil fervor. This is also the now famous show where the audience took over the show and sang Bohemian Rhapsody in the dark. Who knows what will happen this time. A whole new crew of victims lines up for the slaughter.
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Jul 19, 2012	Falcon Barbecue	Drew Eiden and Mike Kauffman	Two improvising buddies from Chicago are on a road trip. They're in two groups together in Chicago, and both went through all the classes at iO. Now they're going to try their hand at some duo improv as they see and perform at The Hideout Theatre for the very first time in The Free Fringe. Come witness the birth of... Falcon Barbecue
	Sh*t Ton of Hugs	Jason Vines	This show comes to you from the mind of the man who brought us the gender bending Drag show, The Floor is Lava, the one where people had faces on their bellies, and that one involving crumbly tamales we're never going to speak of again. This time around, it's "Sh*t Ton of Hugs". Someone must be hugging at all times for the entire show. It sounds simple, but what happens when the scene is a gunfight, or dinosaur wrestling, or a solo scene, or anything else the fevered mind of Jason Vines can think up? Is this show just an excuse for Vines to get some comfort and love without having to admit he needs a hug? It's possible. But a sh*t ton of hugs should also be a sh*t ton of fun.
	Once Upon A Time	Firth & Arjet
Aug 2, 2012	Deeply Superficial	Bob Olmstead	Your friend is well-meaning and looking out for you, so she gives your email address to a friend of hers she thinks might be a good match for you. But the email you get from this potential partner in love not only includes a list of requirements you must meet, but ends with the sentence: "And in the name of full disclosure, I'm a deeply superficial person." What do you do in this situation? The only thing you can do. Blow her off and create an improv show based on the email. starring (so far): Jordan T. Maxwell, Kristin Firth, Cassidy Santaguida, Cortney DeAngelo
	Drowning in Mitchell Deane	Brad Hawkins	Mitchell Deane (whose real name is Granville Mitchell Deane III, or so he says), is a unique and beautiful snowflake of an improviser and a person. It can take him 30 minutes to answer a simple yes/no question, and no time at all to make you laugh hysterically. Look, the man cannot be explained, and he can definitely not be duplicated. But this show will attempt to do just that. A cast of brave improvisers will attempt to perform as Mitchell Deane. And just to spice things up, Mitchell will also be in the cast. starring: Ryan Austin, Brandon Martin, Ruby Willmann, Ryan Hill, Ellen Pittsford, Sarah Swofford, and special guest star Mitchell Deane
	Mystery Format	Christopher "Ceej" Allen	This week Firth & Arjet will be presented with a mystery format by Christopher "Ceej" Allen. They will have no idea what the format is until they step on stage.
Aug 9, 2012	Firth & Arjet Free Fringe Finale	Firth & Arjet	Firth & Arjet has been with the Free Fringe since it began. Now Firth is leaving Austin to go to Philadelphia for school, so we're going to celebrate the duo in this final show presenting everything Firth & Arjet. During their time together they've created five custom show formats and on this special night they will present every one of those shows. There will also be guest appearances by the lady sketch troupe Confirmed Bachelors (performing Thursday will be Amy Gentry and Valerie Ward) and the master storyteller Paul Normandin.
	Actor's Nightmare	Firth & Arjet	Improv with a script! Jessica and Kristin have chosen existing two-person scripted scenes the other doesn't know about. For each scene one of them will have their scene, their lines, their blocking determined by what's written. The other one will improvise with no idea what "should" happen next.
	Duologues	Firth & Arjet	Based on an audience suggestion, Jessica and Kristin create unique characters with two simultaneous monologues. Throughout the rest of the show they alternate scenes and monologues to explore the characters and reveal their relationships. The show is theatrical in style and remains truthful even when culminating in absurd situations. Silly and Sublime, Ethereal and Grounded, Real and Outlandish.
	Always a Bridesmaid	Firth & Arjet
	Tomboys	Firth & Arjet
	Once Upon a Time	Firth & Arjet
Aug 16, 2012	Object Stories	Neal Tibrewala	What is worth? What gives an object value? Let's find out in the most ridiculous way possible! 1. Let's take valueless objects 2. Give them value by making up stories about them 3. Auction the newly made-awesome objects off to the audience. Bring an object if you like! We'll do the legwork for you by improvising a totally untrue story all about it, and then selling it for cold, hard cash. starring: Peter Rogers, Neal Tibrewala, Troy Miller, Halyn Erickson, Valerie Ward
	The New Game People!	Roy Janik	Brand new, never before seen improv games will be invented on the spot based on audience suggestions. starring: Alex Dobrenko, Jon Bolden, Ruby Willmann, Roy Janik
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Aug 23, 2012	Dear Diary	Jen Kaplan	'The "Dear Diary" idea came about when Sam Schak, Nicole Oliver, and I were hanging out one night at the Dog & Duck and got to talking about things that we used to write in our diaries when we were younger. The show will start with one or all of us reading out loud from our old diaries and doing a show inspired by those old, extremely embarrassing, real-life thoughts. I think it would make for a hilarious show, but one that's grounded in the reality of what goes on in our heads when we're young and trying to figure out life, love, etc.' starring: Jen Kaplan, Sam Schak, Nicole Oliver, and their innermost secrets
	iO Summer Intensive Show	Karen Jane DeWitt	This summer five Austin improvisors traveled to Chicago for the iO Theatre's Summer Intensive! Watch them put their five weeks of training to work in this Chicago-style show with an Austin flair. starring: Nicholas Saenz, Kayla Lane Freeman, Karen Jane DeWitt, Aaron Walther, Peter Rogers
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
Sep 6, 2012	Storybook Rhymz	Chris Sebilia	The 7 Dwarves whistle while they work, But beatbox with Snow in their off times. Cinderella€™s stepmom is a jerk, But did you know she spits sick rhymes? The Big Bad Wolf ate a granny himself And his big bad rhymes put a Grammy on the shelf! Crass City presents Storybook Rhymz - improvised stories and rap songs by characters from your favorite tales. Cast: Chris Sebilia, Cassidy Santiago, Eric Heiberg
	May I speak to Batman?	Ellen Pittsford	Comic books only tell the exciting parts of the story. Maybe when superheroes aren't fighting evil, they take their dogs for walks. They get a beer with some buddies. They kiss their wife goodnight. And they keep their identity a SECRET. Come see what happens as our completely improvised superhero walks the line between living two lives! starring: Deano Jones, Jordan T. Maxwell, Jessie Pascarelli, and Ellen Pittsford
	Animal Farm	Jessica Arjet	Animal Farm - Swift like a Cheetah, clever like a Fox, we all have a bit of an animal in us. Now when Sarah Marie and Jessica let that animal side out, guess what happens? Two hilarious characters emerge to perform some crazy, silly, sublime stories for you. All Improv is Equal, but some is more Equal than others....
Sep 13, 2012			Once upon a time there was a wonderful person named Ruby Willmann. And everyday Ruby loved/taught/performed Improv all over Austin and beyond. Until one day Ruby announced she was leaving for Peru in September. And all her friends flocked to the Hideout to perform with her in one more show before she left town. What show you ask? Why Ruby's Free Fringe Fancy Pants Extravaganza!!!! When & Where is the show? At the Thursday Free Fringe at the Hideout Theatre on September 13th. This will be a Fancy Pants themed show with Ruby in Every Scene. Each performer will get one scene with her to say goodbye.
Sep 20, 2012	Stretch Dumbstrong	Jason Vines	Squishy face. Squishy body. Squishy, squishy squishy. That's all you need to know. From the man who brought you Drag, The Floor is Lava, and friggin' Tamales.
	Lower Decks	Peter Rogers	Did you know there were 428 crew members of the original Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk. The Death Star was peopled with thousands. It was the size of a friggin' moon! The stories and movies are always made about the high-ranking officers on the bridge or the command base or whatever. The go-getters and the good-looking top brass. But what about the regular schlubs just trying to get along? What about them? What exactly goes on... in the Lower Decks? starring: Gene Zhou, Eric Heiberg, Cat Drago, Thedward Blevins, Lacy Shawn, Quinn Buckner, Brad Hawkins, Jason Oliver
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Sep 27, 2012	Gamers of a Certain Age	Alex Gray	A group of older men is gathering like they have every week since high school. At first, it was to play D&D but over time it has become an excuse to get away from their lives and talk to the only people who understand them - their adventuring buddies. They're there to play the game, but can the quest be won when real life keeps getting in the way?
	Tech Nightmare	Cindy Page	Improvisers are great and all, but they have too much control over their own destiny. It's time for the true puppet masters to shine... the tech booth! For one show only, the tech booth is entirely in charge. Lighting, sound effects, and music are all played at their whim, and the improvisers don't play along, they are severely punished.
	Politiprov:	Your Dad's Friends	It's time for some timely, relevant improv. Your Dad's Friends takes us behind the scenes of two warring political campaigns. We won't know what the issue is until the audience decides, but it's bound to be contentious. The drama is intense, the stakes are high, and the fate of humanity (or some small town's curfew hours) hangs in the balance!
Oct 4, 2012	Gamers of a Certain Age	Mike Nystul	A group of older men is gathering like they have every week since high school. At first, it was to play D&D but over time it has become an excuse to get away from their lives and talk to the only people who understand them - their adventuring buddies. They're there to play the game, but can the quest be won when real life keeps getting in the way?
	A Thoroughly Modern Lady in King Arthur's Court	Scott Hearne	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, except...instead of a man from the 19th century, a woman from the 21st Century is transported to King Arthur's Court. Magic, intrigue, costumes...Madness ensues!
	Animal Farm		Swift like a Cheetah, clever like a Fox, we all have a bit of an animal in us. Now Sarah Marie Curry and Jessica Arjet let that animal side out, guess what happens? Two hilarious characters emerge to perform some crazy, silly, sublime stories for you. All Improv is Equal, but some is more Equal than others....
Oct 11, 2012	LADIES NIGHT!		Join the Hideout for the third ever Ladies Night at the Free Fringe. Funny, talented ladies from all over the Austin improv scene will be converging on The Fringe to mix it up. The ladies will be divided into 3 troupes who will each decide on a format and then almost immediately perform it. Expect the energy in the air to be incredible.
Oct 18, 2012	You, Only Better	Eric Heiberg	In improv, we often use the audience to help come with with words or titles to help inspire our shows. But in "You, Only Better" we're going to take the lives of two audience members and create highly-fictionalized books/movies based on their lives. Then we'll see the amazing mashup that occurs when those two stories are combined. Will the fictional version of your life reflect your actual life at all? Will you like it more or less? There's only one way to find out.
	The Great Debate	Paul Normandin	Let's face it, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between the politicians on either side of the political fence. And during a debate, it's hard to tell who's winning and who is losing. To know how to feel, we need to listen to the spin. That's what we're here for. This show will present and improvised debate, but throughout, a panel of experts with wildly different perspectives will tell us how we should feel. Trust us, it's better this way.
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Oct 25, 2012	Tech Nightmare	Cindy Page	This show was birthed in the insanity of the 43 Hour Marathon. The tech booth is put in complete charge of the show, AS THEY SHOULD BE ALL THE TIME. Sound effects, lights, and music all change on their whim. And if the performers don't do what they're told, they are PUNISHED.
	Happy, Healthy, Funky (or, You Should Be Dancing)	Kat Greco	One of the principles of improv taught at The Hideout is to be "happy, healthy, sexy." That is, let your character be someone whom others would want to hang out with or someone others are at least interested in. Make connections with other characters. Make bold choices and stick to them. Is there any type of music that embodies the spirit of "happy, health, sexy" more than funk? Think about it. Funk quickens the senses, lightens the spirit, inspires confidence and forges joyous connections between people on the dance floor. It's powerful stuff! But can funk inspire happier, healthier, sexier improv? In tonight's show, we'll find out! Periodically we will pause our show for a funky dance break. When we're done, we'll pick up where we left off with a new sense of vigor, purpose, confidence and connection.
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
Nov 1, 2012	Ralph Rogers		Look, just trust us on this one. We play-tested it, and it's hilarious. A scene cannot end unless Peter Rogers utters the line "Hey Guys, there's a lot of vomit out there." TRUST US.
	Jessica and Peter		It's a Peter Rogers double-header, as Jessica Arjet and Peter combine forces to unleash their duo power on the world.
	Bedfellows		A series of 3 vignettes, all about intimacy and relationships. With Andreas Fabis, Dana Yanoshak, and Jessica Arjet.
Nov 15, 2012	NaNoWriMo		NaNoWriMo Special National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000-word (approximately 175-page) novel by 11:59:59 PM on November 30. In this very special fringe, we'll be interviewing six different authors about their works in progress, hearing an excerpt from their stories, and then improvising as yet unwritten scenes to help figure out what comes next. This should be an exciting blend of literature and improv. The authors: Justin Davis, Gloria Bankler, Jessie Pascarelli, Cindy Page , Ruby Willmann (via Skype from Peru!), and Kareem Badr
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Nov 29, 2012	Plaid Boys	Kayla Lane Freeman	There is a troupe called Bad Boys made up some some funny dudes. They're smart, they tend to wester Western style shirts, and they all have classes. This is not that troupe. It may resemble that troupe in both content and form, but look closely and you'll notice some rather significant differences.
	Improv Saved My Life	Jason Vines	Improv saved their life. This is their story.
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
Dec 6, 2012	Lovecraft Secrets		In what will hopefully become a Hideout tradition, we're mashing up the two most recent Hideout Mainstage shows... The Black Vault (improvised horror inspired by H.P. Lovecraft) and Austin Secrets. To that end, we give you Lovecraft Secrets. On the surface it has the form of Austin Secrets... a personal exploration of the secrets that people hold near and dear to their hearts and that inform their everyday humanity. But these secrets... are a little... darker... (and hopefully a little faker) curators: Marc Majcher (The Black Vault director) & Roy Janik (Austin Secrets director); tech: Cindy Page; cast: Justin Davis, Brad Hawkins, Andreas Fabis, Emily Breedlove, Jayme Ramsay, Jessica Arjet, Kareem Badr, Peter Rogers, Paul Normandin, and Kaci Beeler
	Parents and Kids		Parent and child is one of the closest relationships in the human experience. But could you imagine doing improv with your parent...or your child? Thursday night 4 brave improvisors will take the stage with their improviser children. Can it work? Can awesome improv withstand the parent/child bond? Let's find out. Starring: Kristin Henn and Charlotte; Jessica Arjet and Catherine Arjet; Ryan Hill and Dean Palm; Anna Lattka and Tamara
Dec 13, 2012	The Twelve Scenes of Christmas	Jon Bolden	We all know that The 12 Days of Christmas is the best Christmas song. That fact is not up for debate. Exhibit A: 5 GOLLLLLDDDEEEENNNN RINGS. Case closed. It is therefore hoped that The Twelve Scenes of Christmas will be the best improv show ever. There will be 12 scenes. The first scene will involve 12 people, the second scene will have 11, etc, etc... all the way down to the pear tree. Starring (so far): Caitlin Sweetlamb, Michael Joplin, Jon Bolden, Lisa Jackson, Mia Iseman, Andy Buck, Adam Trabka, Courtney Hopkin, Peter Rogers, Marc Majcher, Ryan Austin
	Merry Xmas Tech Nightmare	Cortney DeAngelo	The ever popular Tech Nightmare returns. Ordinarily the people on stage call the shots, but in this show the tech booth has taken over. The performers are utterly at their mercy... and if they don't do exactly what they're told, they are punished. This time with a Christmas flair! Strange and sometimes otherworldly Christmas songs will inform the nightmare landscape of the show.
	Jessica and Alex	Jessica Arjet	Jessica invites her friend Alexander Hilary to join her for an intense 2 person improv show.
Dec 20, 2012	The Show with the Snake	Roy Danger	Someone dropped a 10 ft. snake thingy off at the Hideout. Have a look to the right. What little explanation we got was that they made it as part of a crazy scavenger hunt. After photographing it, they had no need for it, so naturally they gave it to us. Thank you. We are going to do one show with it, The Show with the Snake. And then at the end of the show, we'll give it to one lucky audience member. starring: Claudio Fox, Ramsey Mourad, Caeriel Crestin, Mitchell Deane, Bryan Roberts, Justin Davis, Neal Tibrewala, and Roy Danger
	Downton 2121	Andy Buck	Downton Abbey jumps to the year 2121. Stately English manor drama meets the distant future. Ray guns heat tea. Robot stable boys. Holograms eavesdropping on the scullery maids. starring: Mia Iseman, Andy Buck, Karen Jane DeWitt, Luke Wallens, Colin Thomas Bates, Katie Thornton, and Courtney Hopkin
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Dec 27, 2012	Preacher Roommate Detective Squad	Mitchell Deane	They are preachers. They are roommates. They are freelance detectives. They are... the Preacher Roommate Detective Squad. starring: Mitchell Deane, Christopher "Ceej" Allen, Kevin Miller, Claudio Fox, Scott Hearne
	Expectoratin' with Julie Gillis	Julie Gillis	We've all got things we want to get off our chest... fears, secrets, pet peeves, aliens, and mucus. This show is about that. With Julie Gillis. starring: Kevin Miller, Jordan T. Maxwell, Ashlee Medlin, Marc Majcher
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
2013 Shows
Jan 3, 2013	Austin Free Hug Day Adventure	Sandra Ybarra	Scenes inspired by the experiences of local improvisers who braved the rain and cold weather to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. Everyone needs a hug. Come feel the change. starring: Adriane Shown, Cassidy Santaguida, Christopher Sebilia, Luke Wallens, Ryan Hill, Sandra Ybarra, and Victoria Hawthorne
	It's a Wonderful Resolution	Travis Devitt	New Years resolutions are notoriously difficult to actually carry out and most people fail at them. We'll be getting actual New Years resolutions from the audience and do an improvised set of scenes based on what life will be like for the audience member if they actually stick with their resolution. starring: Travis Devitt, Ryan Austin, Luke Wallens, Heidi Rogers, Brandon Martin, and Kim Dilling
	Once Upon a Time	Firth & Arjet
Jan 10, 2013	Mystery Project	Jason Vines	We have no idea what Jason Vines is up to this week. But this is the man who brought us Drag!, The Floor is Lava, Sh*t Ton of Hugs, and the infamous Tamales. We only requested that he not make a mess (see: Tamales). Other than that, it's wide open.
	What Are You Scared of?	Gloria Bankler	It's a chain of intimidation. One improviser invites another improviser they're scared to perform with to do a scene with them. They in turn, have invited someone else... and so on. Will we learn a lot about human nature? it's entirely possible.
	Blue Monsters!	<redacted>	Okay - First thing is that monsters don't believe in humans. If you don't get that the whole show falls apart. Also you should know that monsters have families - of course they have families - otherwise where would baby monsters come from. Third if you happen to be playing this show for kids at some random, unnamed theater, for two months, then maybe you have some ideas, thoughts, or curse words that you'd never say in front of kids, but geez do you wanna pull that stuff out once in awhile. So this Thursday, in the Free Fringe, a bunch of people who perform for kids at an unnamed theater, in an unnamed weekly kids show, will let it all hang out. If you ever wondered what monsters are really like - this is your opportunity.
Jan 17, 2013	The Fellowship of The Fringe	Paul Normandin	The Lord of the Rings is one of the most-read and most cherished books of all time. So maybe all the elves and wizards and giant eagles and the painstaking attention to detail have something to do with that... But we suspect it's really about the story structure. In this show, we'll take the basic, classic setup and improvise the details on top of it. A band of variously skilled individuals comes together to destroy a great evil. Except maybe this time instead of taking The One Ring to Mount Doom, they're taking a particularly stale baggette to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Actually, let's hope it's something a little cooler than that. But that's in your hands, audience!
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Jan 24, 2013	This is a very special Free Fringe. It's the Free Fringe Festival, in fact! Instead of one or two experiments, we're going to do a whole bunch of 'em... for about 5 minutes each.
	Watching us Watching	Mike Nystul	Watch us watching some improv. Sometimes the audience is as entertaining as the performers.
	Fast and Furiously Missing	Cassidy Santaguida	The premise is that Vin Diesel has invited himself to be in Furiously Missing and we couldn't say no. Special guest star: Vin Diesel, and he always plays himself.
	5 Minute Dinner Party	Jason Vines	Jason Vines, Sarah Swofford and Taylor Overstreet had dinner together tonight. They will perform an improvised format they came up with at dinner. Enjoy!
	Clown 101	Thedward Blevins	Fresh from Deanna Flysher's 3 day Naked Comedy intensive, these brave clowns in training bare it all on stage.
	Awkward Silence	Cindy Page	Thirty seconds of silence is a nice way to start a two-person scene, but what happens when you stretch thirty seconds to three minutes, and two people to a crowd of six?
	Left Wing Poultry	Amy Carpenter	Chicken and human performers come together for a longform improv show that is sometimes political, sometimes controversial, yet always heartwarming.
	Everything is Bigger	Sandra Ybarra	We only got 5 minutes to make something good happen so we go to go big...the sky is the limit.
	Mad Tea Party	Brad Hawkins	Each chair has a property that affects the characters, and the characters keep changing seats.
	TBD	Chuy Zarate
	Arcie Cola in da House!	Arcie Cola	"I won't need nothin but a light on the stage."
	Plus projects by Andy Buck and Madeline Jo Chauvin!
Jan 31, 2013	Vin Diagram	Kevin Miller	A one man cop buddy flick in 10 minutes. Vin Diesel is Detective Nick Chowder, a one man wrecking crew. Prince is a beat cop who just got his new assignment to detective. These two must find a way to use their vastly different styles in post-apocalyptic Minneapolis. This is a one man show that cannot be missed! starring: Kevin Miller
	Starborn	Ryan Austin	Hey Starchild. Let's be David Bowie humanoid space aliens. We will leave our home planet of Kanamite 12 to visit Earth and prepare it for our occupancy. We will heal the planet with our superior technology, telepathy, and beauty. We will talk to its inhabitants, we will rid them of their self-imposed obstacles (using our technology, telepethy, and legends of our home world). They will be our slaves. We are SOOOO much better than them. We are the starborn, 12th tribe of the 12 tribes of Kanamite. Starring: Mia Iseman and Ryan Austin
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
Feb 7, 2013	Taxi Cab Impressions	Brent Unger	A chance encounter with a perfect stranger can sometimes take you to places you never expected. The stranger you meet could be an angel in disguise. Or a demon. Hailing a taxi is a prime example. You're entrusting your life to a perfect stranger to take you safely to your destination. Taxi Cab Impressions will take you on a journey. Where it goes, nobody knows. starring: Ryan Hill, Heidi Rogers, Andreas Fabis, Mike Nystul, Kevin Miller, Chuy Zarate, Jessica Arjet, Brad Hawkins, and Brent Unger
	Hugprov	Karen Jane DeWitt	"With the help of some undetermined guests, we will do some hug-centric games and scenes that will razzle and dazzle your Thursday night crowd. There will be awwwws. There will be oooohs and there might be some eeeeeeews." starring: Karen Jane DeWitt and Eric Heiberg
	Headlining	Jessica Arjet and Chuy Zarate
Feb 7, 2013	Bob's 50th	Bob Olmstead	One life, so many people that change it, move it, make it better and sometimes make it much worse worse. All heroes do not wear Tights and Capes. This tale will be of the unsung heroes of plain pants and simple blouses that change our lives every day. This show is tribute to the everyday person that performs a heroic act in our life. Follow our single, adult male encountering 50 as he encounters people that have affected his life.
	Blind Date	Sandra Ybarra	Regina Soto and Madeline Jo Chauvin wondered why dating is so awkward but acting ridiculous onstage comes naturally. So they thought....what if they had blind dates onstage? So with the help of "man-wrangler" Sandra Ybarra, and the support of the improv community, Regina and Madeline harassed their friends to find them blind dates. They won't see the dates until they get on the stage, and won't know anything about them. Of course, there's always the chance that nobody will show up...which means Regina and Madeline will have to, well, improvise.
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Feb 28, 2013	Teach a Man to Fischer		An opening set to cleanse the pallet. Nothing too shocking about this show, just friends who haven't gotten to improvise together in a while. starring: Terrill Fischer, Roy Janik, Peter Rogers
	Waiting for Batman	Eric Heiberg	It's 1964. Commissioner Gordon (Curtis Luciani) and Chief O'Hara (Eric Heiberg) have come against yet another dubious crime from a criminal mastermind. Once again, they are stumped and have called Batman on the Bat-phone. Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara discuss life, crime, and each other's wives while Batman is making his 22 minute journey to the Commissioner's office.
	Off Book	Gloria Bankler	One improviser has memorized lines from a scene that the other improviser has no clue of. The on-book improviser never deviates from the script. The improviser, well... improvises!
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
Mar 7, 2013	Fandom Redux		Fandom, The Hideout's mainstage show from January and February to tackle fictional worlds that didn't make it into the initial run. What will they take on now that they've already done Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and so on? They don't know! But one of them will definitely be Ghostbusters. And one of them will definitely be an audience choice. This show sold out its run at 12 dollars a ticket. This time it's free, so get your ticket online ahead of time.
Mar 14, 2013	Dark for SXSW
Mar 21, 2013	What Are You Scared Of?	Gloria Bankler	It's a chain of intimidation. One improviser invites another improviser they're scared to perform with to do a scene with them. They in turn, have invited someone else... and so on. Will we learn a lot about human nature? it's entirely possible.
	Chris Allen's 10 Year Improversary	Chris Allen	He's been a staple of the Austin Improv scene for, well, exactly 10 years! And now he's going to celebrate. Whether you know him as Chris Allen, C.J., Ceej or the unspellable sound of a throat clearing, this is the show for you.
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Mar 28, 2013	Heiberg Heiberg Heiberg	Courtney Hopkin	Eric Heiberg has been a mover and shaker and hugger and force of goodwill in the Austin improv community for years and years now. But in just a few days, he's leaving our fair city for Minneapolis. This show is his 57th last hurrah.
	"It's Always Sunny In Austin, Texas"	Kareem Badr	Awful people with terrible ideas that, when executed, lead to utter chaos. It's a wonderful world. And yes, Eric Heiberg is in it.
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends	featuring guest star Eric Heiberg
Apr 4, 2013	Kat Improvises	Scott Hearne	Stand up comic Kat Ramzinski, has never done improv before, but there's a first time for everything . In tonight's Free Fringe, Kat will be thrown head first into the fray with a group of experienced improvisers. So what happens when a stand up comic with zero improv background sits in with an improv group? Wonderful chaos.
	Our Friends From Across the Pond	Kaci Beeler	Jules and Heather are fantastic improvisers from the United Kingdom. They've come all this way to be a part of the Improvised Play Festival. In the meantime, we're keeping them busy by throwing them into shows. In this show they will be foregoing their heritage and playing Americans the whole time. And the Americans performing in the show... will play British people.
	Headlining	Jessica Arjet and Clifton Highfield
Apr 8, 2013	Overdirection Overthruster	Thedward Blevins	Too many directors and too much direction. Multiple directors simultaneously: directing the same scene physically rearranging players putting dialog in their mouths telling them how they feel making them rewind.
	P.A.L.S.	Brently Heilbron	Improvised "Super group" Watchmen influenced dark super-hero league. P.A.L.S... which stands for a number of things depending on who you ask.
	Headlining	In Our Prime
Apr 25, 2013	Twenty Minutes of Hosting	Peter Rogers	The time has come for the fine art of hosting to get recognized as being worth in its own right. Peter Rogers and Marc Majcher host the top of an improv show for 20 solid minutes.
	The Imaginary Show	Kevin Miller	Whatever imaginary show Peter and Marc wind up introducing at the end of their 20 minute hosting set is the show that Kevin and Company will attempt to do. ANYTHING could happen.
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
May 2, 2013	Deane Martin	Brandon Martin	Have you ever wondered what it might be like to hang around a group of very successful lounge singers from the 50's-60's era? How much scotch, cigars, and Philandering might go on amongst celebrity friends? Let's find out in "Deane Martin, a look into the lounge"
	Theatersports for Non-Improvisers	Roy Janik	Theatresports debuts this Saturday at the Hideout, but before that happens some of the cast is going to cut loose in the Fringe. Two teams can challenge each other to anything at all, so long as it does NOT involve an improv scene or game. Most push-ups? Best hug? We shall see!
	Headlining	Jessica Arjet & Lisa Jackson
May 9, 2013	Sing Along	Amanda Hinsman	We want to jump up and sing whatever song might pop into our heads and we want you to sing along! Scenes inspired by such glory will hence commence. If you are a fan of the song pop app, pitch perfect, or constantly switching radio stations this is your show. starring: Lindsay Hejl, Blake Rienhart, Seth Johnson, Tim Stiefler, Jennifer Brinlee, Jillian Summar, and Amanda Hinsman
	Romance in the Raw	Courtney DeAngelo	Romance blossoms! Love between people is always different and sometimes, quite spontaneous. A fearless look at love with quiet intensity, passion, and probably some humor.
	Headlining	Jessica Arjet & Mike Nystul
May 16, 2013	BITTERFEST!!		Time to take the comedy out of improv, am I right? Kill the laughs and bring on the tears. We'll have three troupes perform tragedy.
		Goat	known for this format, serious and dark.
		The Awkwards	take their usual funny quirky tone, and let it have dark consequences.
	Headlining	In Our Prime
May 23, 2013	The Slappy Sessions, Live!	David Moses Fruchter	A live honest to goodness recording of guided improvisation and interviews for use on the KOOP radio show "Slappy Pinchbottom's Odd Preoccupation." Not to be missed.
	Pick Your Own Black Vault	Peter Rogers	The Black Vault meets Pick Your Own Path. Come control a spontaneously created Lovecraftian horror story, Choose Your Own Adventure style. If you die you can go back, but you can never forget.
	Headlining	Jessica Arjet & Tyler Bryce
May 30, 2013	Infotainment	Brad Smith	Infotainment! Our cast of experts will amaze and inform you by answering questions (correctly or otherwise) in our various areas of expertise. Then comes the shocking conclusion when we bring it all together! starring: Anna Giacomo, Brad Smith, Vicky Vegh, Brett Weaver, Noah Wright, and Patrick Yonkin; hosted by Jessica von Schramm
	World of Typos	Asaf Ronen	Many improvisers are writers and many writers notice the typos that squeeze through and end up on menus, on signs, in magazine articles. And many improviser/writers imagine the world where those would be typos, where a diner would offer Fred Eggs, where quotation marks are thrown about willy nilly. starring: Justin Davis, Lisa Jackson, Jeanette Jones, Ted Meredith, and Asaf Ronen.
	Headlining	Your Dad's Friends
Jun 7, 2013	TeacherProv	Mia Iseman	Inspired by real classroom stories, these actual teachers will give you an education – IN COMEDY. Cast: Ashley Jayne Carlisle, Caitlin Sweetlamb, David Lampe, Jayme Ramsey, Jeremy Sweetlamb, Mia Iseman
	Bueler, Bueler?	Andrew Buck	Andrew picks one person from the audience… a person who has no improv training, and does a show with them.
	Jessica & Marc	Jessica Arjet