The New Movement Theater

The New Movement
Address	616 Lavaca Street
Homepage	http://www.newmovementtheater.com/
Years of Operation	2009-Present

The New Movement is a family of comedy theaters and training centers in Texas and Louisiana focusing on long form improv and sketch comedy writing.

Summary

The New Movement theaters are owned and operated by Chris Trew and Tami Nelson.

The original Austin theater opened for classes in February 2009 and began running shows on January 13th 2010.

On March 3rd 2012, a second theater space opened in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In the Spring of 2018, Trew and Nelson agreed to pass on their business to the TNM ATX community, leaving them to solely run their New Orleans space as The New Movement. The theater in Austin rebranded itself as Fallout Theater.

Shows

• Austin Comedy Hour
• Block Party
• Fighting Spirit
• The Franchise
• The Lab
• Lights Up!
• The Megaphone Show
• The Opener
• Pass the Mic
• Plugged
• Rucker Park
• Stoned vs. Drunk vs. Sober
• Student Union

Media

Videos

• The TNM TourCo playing in Oklahoma City in October 2011.

More Information

• Post about the theater by Andrew Buck.