Peter Rogers

Peter Rogers
Primary Theater	The Hideout Theatre
Years Active	2000-2004, 2007-Present

Peter Rogers is an improv performer who works primarily with The Hideout Theatre.

History

Prior to 2000, Peter's only experience with improv had been a number of improv games in high-school theater class, a trip to see Second City in Chicago, and an absolutely terrifying batch of improv games once in college. Peter saw his first improv show in Austin after getting a free ticket to a ComedySportz show at Northcross Mall from a comedy defensive driving class. After that, he saw many more improv shows in town, and then he took the Hideout's first set of improv classes, from Shana Merlin, between 2000 and 2001. After that, Peter joined First Round Draft, the troupe that formed from the first batch of Hideout students. He left improv from 2004-2007, and then returned to do more shows, primarily at the Hideout.

Peter was a core cast member in The 41-Hour Improv Marathon, and will be a core cast member in The 44-Hour Improv Marathon.

Photography

Peter has photographed nearly three hundred improv shows, though he is perhaps better known for videography, posting improv videos to vimeo almost weekly, and setting up The Austin Improv Vimeo Channel.

Troupes

• First Round Draft (2001-2002)
• Blink (2009)
• Continental Breakfast (2010)
• The Dancy Street D'Orchestra (2010-2011)

Shows

• Austin Secrets
• The Black Vault
• Charles Dickens Unleashed
• Fakespeare (Don Pedro / Lennox) [current]
• Fandom
• Improvised Shakespeare
• The Joss Whedon Pajama Party
• Live Nude Improv
• Live TV Tuesdays: Angel (Wesley)
• Live TV Tuesdays: Buffy (Wesley)
• Live TV Tuesdays: Firefly (Simon)
• Live TV Tuesdays: Freaks and Geeks (Nick)
• The Professor
• Rock
• The Sci-Fi Comedy Double Feature
• Spirited
• Start Trekkin'
• Twilight Zoned
• Strange Worlds
• Totally Improvised, 90210 (ensemble, assistant director)
• The Violet Underbelly

Media

• Peter's improv photos on flickr.
• Peter's videos on vimeo.

Writing

Sketches

• Videos
• * Sketches Peter wrote for The Joss Whedon Pajama Party: "The Big Red Button"; "Cancellation Support Group"; "Joss Whedon's Dream Project", "Wash Has Too Much Time on His Hands", Parts 1, 2, & 3.
  • Sketches Peter wrote for an opening set for Your Terrific Neighbors: "Hurt Locker OMG YAY"; "Harlequin Network-Computing Theater"; "Waylon Jennings Interrupts".
  • "The Arrested Development Documentary Crew"
  • "Learning Something New About History"
• Sketches for "Sketchwar", a weekly sketch-writing contest.

Other Writing

• "Spanish for Everyday Situations".
• "Bellydancing Ninjas" (radio serial).

More Information

• Peter's explanation of the best way to video-record improv shows with your iPhone.
• A Google calendar of Peter's improv performances.
• A song about Peter Rogers composed and recorded by Michael Joplin: "Peter Rogers Just Don't Give A Fuck"
• A game Peter wrote about The Hideout Theatre.