List of Austin Improv Shows

Here is a list of shows that have run at various improv theaters in Austin.

ColdTowne Theater

Ongoing Shows

• The Cagematch
• Stool Pigeon
• What's the Story, Steve?
• The Jam with Oh, Science
• The SpeakEasy
• Big Beautiful Warriors
• Nice Astronaut presents Last Call

Mainstage Productions

• Family Tides
• Sci-Fi Saturdays
• Slaughter Your Shorts
• TGIS - Improvised 90's Sitcoms
• Eye for an iPhone
• Rapture The Flag

Gnap! Theater Projects

Ongoing Shows

• 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: Improv Inspired by Doctor Who (2012)
• Pocketful of Posies (2012)
• Seance (2012)

Gnap! and Merlin Works also sponsored the creation of several troupes, who then had mainstage runs at Salvage Vanguard Theater:

• Blink
• Wait OK Now
• The Seven Eight Sevens
• Kosher Bacon
• Stone Airplane
• Buckets of Buckets

The Hideout Theatre

Ongoing Shows

• Gorilla Theater
• More or Less
• Maestro (2000-)
• Dubbed Indemnity (2010-2012)
• The Nightmare Video Project (2010-2012)
• The Fancy-Pants Mashup
• Pick Your Own Path
• The TV Set
• Flying Theater Machine
• The Weekender
• The Threefer
• The Spectacle
• The Free Fringe

Headliner Shows

• Louder Than Words
• The Plagiarists
• The Library

Mainstage Productions

The Hideout's mainstage shows happen at 8pm on Saturdays. Each show has a run that lasts for two months -- though on rare occasions, especially successful shows are 'held over' into 6pm productions in the following month.

• Start Trekkin'
• Cops and Lawyers
• After-School Improv
• Ka-Baam!
• The Violet Underbelly
• Live Nude Improv
• Hitchcocked!
• The Andersons
• Holy 1960s Batman, Batman!
• Who is T. Henry Baudecliffe?
• Spirited
• Charles Dickens Unleashed
• The Sci-Fi Comedy Double Feature
• Process
• Rock
• Manhattan Stories
• The Black Vault
• Austin Secrets
• Fandom
• Strange Worlds
• TheatreSports (mainstage run) (2013)
• Fakespeare (2013)
• A Bedtime Gorey (2013)

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)

Merlin Works Student Productions

• Bad Company
• Heist!
• The Sword of Merlin Works
• The Trouble With Terry

The New Movement Theater

Ongoing Shows

• Lights Up!
• The Franchise
• The Opposites Show