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* 2014: [[The 45-Hour Improv Marathon]]
* 2014: [[The 45-Hour Improv Marathon]]
* 2015: [[The 46-Hour Improv Marathon]]
* 2015: [[The 46-Hour Improv Marathon]]
====Marathon Casts====
Repeat performers are in bold. As of 2015, eleven improvisers have completed the marathon more than once; only [[Troy Miller]] has completed it three times.
{| class="wikitable"
! 2009
! 2010
! 2011
! 2012
! 2013
! 2014
! 2015
|-
| Andy Crouch
| Bill Stern
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Andy Crouch
| Emma Holder
| Aaron Saenz
| Bridget Brewer
| Brett Tribe
|-
| Caitlin Sweetlamb
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Curtis Luciani
| Jason Vines
| Eric Heiberg
| Christopher "Ceej" Allen
| Dave Buckman
| Cat Drago
|-
| Curtis Luciani
| Jessica Arjet
| Jordan T. Maxwell
| Halyn Lee Erickson
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Jessica Arjet
| Jonathan Monkhouse
| Courtney Hopkin
|-
| Jeremy Sweetlamb
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Kaci Beeler
| Karen Jane Dewitt
| Jill Bernard
| Kayla Lane Freeman
| Katie Dahm
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Halyn Lee Erickson
|-
| Kaci Beeler
| Marc Majcher
| Lisa Jackson
| John Ratliff
| Lindsey Reeves
| Michael Ferstenfeld
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Michael Joplin
|-
| Kareem Badr
| Meghan Wolff
| Peter Rogers
| Jon Bolden
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Lisa Jackson
| Rachel Madorsky
| Mike D'Alonzo
|-
| Matt Pollock
| Roy Janik
| Tim Redmond
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Marc Majcher
| Michael Joplin
| Ruby Willmann
| Quinn Buckner
|-
| Troy Miller
| Valerie Ward
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Troy Miller
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Roy Janik
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Peter Rogers
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Troy Miller
| Sarah Marie Curry
|}


== More Information ==
== More Information ==
* [http://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/improvmarathon The marathon's web page.]
* [http://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/improvmarathon The marathon's web page.]

Revision as of 15:31, 27 March 2015

The Hideout Improv Marathon is an annual improv event at The Hideout Theatre.

Summary

In the improv marathon, a core cast of eight improvisors performs some number of one-hour improv shows, back-to-back and without sleep. Every hour brings a different show format, and with it, different guests who specialize in that format.

In its first year, the marathon was a fundraiser for the Hideout itself. The next year, it became a fundraiser for The Hideout Theatre Youth Scholarship Fund.

History

The first record of the idea for the marathon is an email from Andy Crouch to Roy Janik from 8/15/08:

"We absolutely should do a 52-hour improv marathon as a fundraiser. You have a core group of people that actually stays up for the full time. Some people won't make it, but some will. You bring in guest players and change format every hour, working in all of our main formats (Maestro, Gorilla, Theatresports, Six Degrees, Start Trekkin', Shakespeare, After School Special, improvised musical, etc.) maybe more than once, and we make up some fun formats to fill the hours."

The marathon debuted as The 40-Hour Improv Marathon in 2009. The event has recurred every subsequent year, with the number of hours incrementing by one every time.

Individual Marathons

Marathon Casts

Repeat performers are in bold. As of 2015, eleven improvisers have completed the marathon more than once; only Troy Miller has completed it three times.

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Andy Crouch Bill Stern Andy Crouch Emma Holder Aaron Saenz Bridget Brewer Brett Tribe
Caitlin Sweetlamb Curtis Luciani Jason Vines Eric Heiberg Christopher "Ceej" Allen Dave Buckman Cat Drago
Curtis Luciani Jessica Arjet Jordan T. Maxwell Halyn Lee Erickson Jessica Arjet Jonathan Monkhouse Courtney Hopkin
Jeremy Sweetlamb Kaci Beeler Karen Jane Dewitt Jill Bernard Kayla Lane Freeman Katie Dahm Halyn Lee Erickson
Kaci Beeler Marc Majcher Lisa Jackson John Ratliff Lindsey Reeves Michael Ferstenfeld Michael Joplin
Kareem Badr Meghan Wolff Peter Rogers Jon Bolden Lisa Jackson Rachel Madorsky Mike D'Alonzo
Matt Pollock Roy Janik Tim Redmond Marc Majcher Michael Joplin Ruby Willmann Quinn Buckner
Troy Miller Valerie Ward Troy Miller Roy Janik Peter Rogers Troy Miller Sarah Marie Curry

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