List of Austin Improv Jams and Mixers

This list of Austin improv jams and mixers covers jams and mixers, which differ from shows in that they are participatory: a group of improvisors comes to the event and puts on scenes and games for each other.

Active Jams and Mixers

• Every Sunday at 5pm, ColdTowne Theater hosts Teen Improv Night for performers under 18.
• Every Wednesday at 7pm, the Hideout Theatre hosts a student jam.
• Every other Sunday at 8pm, The Institution Theater hosts The Rubber Room.
• First Tuesday of the month at 10pm, ColdTowne Theater hosts a student jam.
• Second Sunday of the month at 5 or 7 (check website), ColdTowne Theater hosts a ladies-only jam.
• Every Friday at 7pm, Drew Wesely leads Drew's Improv Gym, a coached long-form improv jam at Austin Rec Center, 1301 Shoal Creek Blvd.
• The fourth Sunday of most months, Merlin Works puts on The Merlin Works Mixer at the ZACH Theater.
• The warm-up for the monthly Merlin Works Second Sundays show is an "open warm-up" which any improviser can join.

Inactive Jams and Mixers

• From 2005 to 2009, The Hideout Theatre held The Tuesday Night Jam, a weekly free improv jam.
• In 2012, The Hideout Theatre hosted The Narrative Improv Jam.
• From 2010 to 2013, ColdTowne Theater hosted The Jam with Oh, Science!
• In 2012, Leng Wong and Kevin Miller hosted Whoosh Bang Pow: Back to Basics.
• From 2010 to 2012, The New Movement Theater hosted The Shootaround
• In 2013, every Tuesday night at 6:30pm, Harold's House happened at RLM on the UT campus.
• Every Sunday at 7pm in the month of January 2014, The New Movement Theater hosted an open jam. The jam was preceded by a 6pm workshop.