The 43-Hour Improv Marathon

The 43-Hour Improv Marathon was the fourth annual Hideout Improv Marathon. It was performed from 5pm on June 1st to 12pm June 3rd 2012.

Core Players

• Emma Holder
• Eric Heiberg
• Halyn Lee Erickson
• Jill Bernard
• John Ratliff
• Jon Bolden
• Marc Majcher
• Roy Janik

Schedule

• Friday 5pm: Free-form improv from the core cast.
• Friday 6pm: Maestro
• Friday 8pm: Start Trekkin'
• Friday 9pm: Girls Girls Girls
• Friday 10pm: Parallelogramophonograph presents "New Works"
• Friday 11pm: The Library
• Saturday 12am: Improv for Evil
• Saturday 1am: The New Game Project
• Saturday 2am: Jill Bernard's Drum Machine
• Saturday 3am: Spirit Desire
• Saturday 4am: "The Bat" with ColdTowne
• Saturday 5am: Cat & Ryan
• Saturday 6am: The "Truth Chair" act from Austin Secrets
• Saturday 7am: Student Show
• Saturday 8am: The Seven Eight Sevens
• Saturday 9am: Racket
• Saturday 10am: What's the Story, Steve?
• Saturday 11am: The Institution Theatre presents the movie format
• Saturday 12pm: The Amazon & The Milksop present improvised Tennessee Williams (by robots)
• Saturday 1pm: Cover to Cover
• Saturday 2pm: Free-form improv from the core cast.
• Saturday 3pm: Special preview of The Black Vault
• Saturday 4pm: Dubbed Indemnity
• Saturday 5pm: The Knuckleball Now
• Saturday 6pm: Spirited
• Saturday 7pm: Pick Your Own Path
• Saturday 8pm: Rock
• Saturday 9pm: The Available Cupholders
• Saturday 10pm: Maestro
• Sunday 12am: Confidence Men
• Sunday 1am: The Puppet Improv Project
• Sunday 2am: "Tech Nightmare", a show where the tech booth rebels and controls the performers with random sounds, lighting cues, and music.
• Sunday 3am: Midnight Society
• Sunday 4am: Seance
• Sunday 5am: Tears But Joy
• Sunday 6am: Local Genius Society presents "Beach Cops"
• Sunday 7am: Your Dad's Friends
• Sunday 8am: Student Show
• Sunday 9am: Charles Dickens Unleashed!
• Sunday 10am: an improv show based on The Hunger Games
• Sunday 11am: Free-form improv from the core cast.

Media

• Photoset from Anna Lattka.
• Photoset from The Hideout Theatre.
• Photoset of hours 1-4 from Steve Rogers.
• Photoset of hours 5-9 from Michael Yew.
• Photoset of hours 17-20, 28 from Michael Yew.
• Photoset of hour 40 from Peter Rogers.
• Photoset of hours 37-43 from Claudio Fox.
• Photoset of hours 41-43 from Steve Rogers.

More Information

• The schedule announcement, on the forums and on the Hideout web site.
• A story about the marathon in The Austin Chronicle.
• A blog post prior to the marathon from Jon Bolden.
• A blog post about the Hardcore Four, audience members Ashley Lowe, Amy Dietze, Ryan Criswell, and Cat Drago who stayed for the entire 43 hours.