Maestro
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| Theater | The Hideout Theatre |
| Directed by | Various |
| Cast | Various |
| Run | 2000-Present |
Maestro is a competitive short-form improv format. It has played at the Hideout Theatre on Saturday nights at 10 pm continuously since 2000. It's the longest-running improv show in Austin.
History
Keith Johnstone invented Maestro (originally known as "Micetro" and still called that outside of Austin) when he was asked, on short notice, to concoct an improv format that 50 people could play. He initially called it "The New Game." When Sean Hill founded the Hideout, Micetro was one of the games he brought from BATS in San Francisco.
In February 1999, Dan O’Connor and Brian Lohmann directed the first Micetro show in Austin for Austin Theatresports at the Public Domain Theater on Congress Avenue. Edi Patterson was the first winner. Later, Micetro was one of two shows (Gorilla Theater was the other) performed by Theatresports at the Hyde Park Theater, and part of the original programming when the Hideout opened in 2000.
Description
Notable Moments in Maestro History
On December 15, 2012, the Maestro cast was short one player, and the audience itself was conscripted as a cast member, with rotating audience volunteers standing in for #10. The audience collectively awarded itself the Maestro.[1]
