The Comedy Workshop
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| Address | 302 W. 15th St. |
| Homepage | (this preceded the Internet) |
| Years of Operation | 1982?-1986 |
The Comedy Workshop was a comedy venue in the mid eighties that played a role in the early history of improv in Austin.
Club owner Paul Menzel drove to Austin on Fridays and conducted free, informal improv workshops, in which he'd explain improv structures and games and run basic exercises for whoever showed up -- usually present and past cast members of Esther's Follies. The theater's house troupe, The Hilarions, may be the first serious improv troupe in Austin.
The club closed down in May 1986.
More Information
- A history of the club by Angela Davis, writing for The Austin Chronicle.
