List of Austin Improv Shows

Here is a list of shows that have run or are running in Austin, organized by producer.

ColdTowne Theater

Ongoing Shows

• The Cagematch
• Stool Pigeon
• What's the Story, Steve?
• Improvised Comedy with Oh, Science!
• The SpeakEasy
• Big Beautiful Warriors
• Nice Astronaut presents Last Call
• Teen Improv Night

Mainstage Productions

• Family Tides
• Sci-Fi Saturdays
• Slaughter Your Shorts
• TGIS - Improvised 90's Sitcoms
• Eye for an iPhone
• Shanty Town Lake
• Rapture The Flag
• Cereal For Adults
• After School Special Victims Unit

Gnap! Theater Projects

Ongoing Shows

• Austin's Next Top Improvisor
• The Derby
• The Saturday Night Special

Mainstage Productions

• Lola
• Dusk - Improvised Tween Erotica
• Guilds Of Steel
• One More Night
• The Sandbox
• Crack! The Improvised Puppet Musical (PIP/Gnap 2009, 2010)
• Showdown (2011)
• False Matters (2011)
• Totally Improvised, 90210 (2011)
• Cover to Cover (2011)
• Elf Employment (PIP/Gnap 2011)
• The Cherry Bowl (2012)
• Steam (2012)
• The Professor (2012)
• Not This American Life (2012)
• Pocketful of Posies (2012)
• Seance (2012)
• Haunted
• Bad Company
• Heist!
• The Sword of Merlin Works
• The Trouble With Terry

The Hideout Theatre

Ongoing Shows

• Flying Theater Machine
• The Free Fringe
• Gorilla Theater
• Maestro
• More or Less
• Six Degrees
• The Spectacle
• The Threefer
• The Weekender
• The Wheel, a regular Friday-night slot, has included the following monthly shows:
  • 2x4
  • Dubbed Indemnity
  • The Fancy-Pants Mashup
  • The Lottery
  • Maestro Raw
  • The Narrative Improv Jam
  • The Nightmare Video Project
  • Pick Your Own Path
  • The TV Set

Mainstage Productions

The Hideout's mainstage shows happen at 8pm on Saturdays. Starting in 2010, each show has had a run that lasts for two months -- though on rare occasions, especially successful shows are 'held over' into 6pm productions in the following month. For more information see the List of Hideout Mainstage Shows in Chronological Order.

• After School Improv
• The Andersons
• Austin Secrets
• A Bedtime Gorey
• The Black Vault
• Boys of Summer
• Charles Dickens Unleashed
• Cochise
• Cops and Lawyers
• Fakespeare
• Fandom
• The Great Mundane
• The Hideout Holiday Super Special
• Hitchcocked!
• Holy 1960s Batman, Batman!
• Improvised Shakespeare
• I Love You So Much
• Ka-Baam!!
• Live Nude Improv
• Manhattan Stories
• Process
• Rock
• Spirited
• Start Trekkin'
• Strange Worlds
• The Sci-Fi Comedy Double Feature
• Theatresports
• Twilight Zoned
• The Violet Underbelly
• Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe?

The Institution Theater

Ongoing Shows

• The Rubber Room
• The Triple Scoop

Mainstage Productions

• Live TV Tuesdays
• Manson: The Musical
• Pulp Friction
• Only Three Will Survive...
• This American Live
• Bad Girls in Plaid Skirts
• The Next Chapter (2013)
• The Suitcase (2013)
• Hell & Back Cabaret (2013)

The New Movement Theater

• The Megaphone Show
• The Lab
• Austin Comedy Hour
• Rucker Park
• Stoned vs. Drunk vs. Sober
• Pass the Mic
• Block Party
• Lights Up!
• Student Union
• The Franchise
• Fighting Spirit
• The Opener
• Plugged