Friday, September 2nd

6pm @ ColdTowne Theater This venue is cash only. Pay once, stay as long as you want


Cast:Kate Bojanek, Charlotte Evelyn, Emma Holder

The Lindas

Austin

Kate Bojanek, Emma Holder and Charlotte Evelyn are The Lindas, Austin's freshest faced and fiercest improv comedy troupe featuring "the best 9 year-old improviser in the world"* The Lindas like to have fun and it kinda shows. The show starts out with creative scene painting and then delves into the characters and ideas discovered in the opening.

*according to the completely un-biased mother of said improviser.

The Lindas began after Emma Holder and Kate Bojanek had Charlotte as a student in improv and sketch-writing classes. They decided to form a troupe in November, 2010 and have since taken the Austin improv scene by storm. The Lindas held a month-long residency at ColdTowne theater in April, 2011 and appeared in the Ladies are Funny Festival in May, 2011. The Lindas were featured on the KOOP radio show Off Stage and On the Air.


Cast:Maggie Gorelick, Rustom Cyrus Khavarian, Justin Baker, Ashley Opstad, Danny Lampson, Simon Wiscombe, Greg Boytos, CC Swiney

The 400 Cat

Los Angeles

Maintaining the philosophy of story-first improv, The 400 Cat brings episodic long form improvisation to all of your favorite television genres. The first episode of every genre features live auditions, as the audience chooses which archetype each player will take on! It's like a choose your own adventure book, without the book!

The 400 Cat performs every Friday night at The Improv Space in Los Angeles, CA. Every month they pick a new genre of television and tear it to shreds/respectfully homage it heavily.

Cast:Allison Summers, Tyler Pratt

Allison Summers "Collections"

(Sketch) Los Angeles

In this one-woman show, Allison Summers plays six different characters that take you on a journey from Knoxville, TN to Los Angeles, CA. Working for a mobile homes collections agency where her morals and dreams are repeatedly challenged, Allison must decide whether to move to LA and pursue her dream or come to the realization that she is destined for the corporate world.

Allison Summers is a character actress and writer in Los Angeles, CA. She recently performed "Collections" at The Women in Comedy Festival in Boston. She also performs around LA at UCB, The Second City, and IO WEST. She can be seen in this year's indie comedy feature "Hollywood Sex Wars" as Ash, the loveable crackhead. She can also be seen performing with her improv group Edith Head at various venues around town.


Cast:Alonya Eisenberg, Conroy Gibson, Doug Lief, Luke Barats, Darren Lanning, Trever Tevel, Kim Wong, Dan Oster, Erik Latshaw

My Favorite Customer

Los Angeles, CA

My Favorite Customer performs highly interactive fast-paced improv with an emphasis on the three F's: fun, freedom, and f***ing around! Every show includes an improvised movie based on audience suggestions such as a genre, characters, and something just plain weird.

The members of My Favorite Customer are improv veterans, having performed the world over at venues such as Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, and the 2009 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. Together, they've been improvising for over a decade with credits that include MADtv, Barats & Bereta, and numerous national television commercials.


Cast:Kristen Schier, Amie Roe

The Amie and Kristen Show/The Kristen and Amie Show

Philadelphia, PA

The fluid, girly comedy of the Amie and Kristen Show/the Kristen and Amie Show has been enjoyed by audiences throughout the United States and Canada. Best friends and improv actresses Amie Roe and Kristen Schier present organic improv that's part best girlfriend, part social commentary, and mostly id.

Best friends Amie Roe and Kristen Schier birthed their best friend improv show out of a duo improv class taught by Armando Diaz of New York City's Magnet Theater. Since that time, the Amie and Kristen Show/the Kristen and Amie Show has been performed regularly at the Philly Improv Theater (PHIT) and at independent venues throughout Philadelphia. They have also appeared in the Baltimore Improv Festival, Duofest, the Toronto Improv Festival, the Seattle Improv Festival, and the Chicago Improv Festival. Amie and Kristen love each other, love doing improv, and love going all over the country to be with each other doing improv.

Both Amie and Kristen are instructors and house team directors at the Philly Improv Theater (PHIT). Kristen can be seen as an ensemble member of PHIT house team Fletcher and, just a short bus ride away, Amie appears regularly as an ensemble member of Magnet Theater resident ensemble, Brick, in New York City.


Cast:Patrick O'Sullivan

Young Sully: Stories from an Irish-American Youth

(Sketch) San Francisco

In his debut one-man show, Patrick O'Sullivan gives a comedic and heartfelt reflection of his experiences growing up in the Irish immigrant culture of San Francisco, featuring remarkable and outlandish tales of everyone from his father (former English Premier League soccer player Paddy Sullivan) to legendary local drinker Johnny Foley.

Patrick O'Sullivan is the creator of the hit stage shows 'All About Walken: The Impersonators of Christopher Walken' and 'All About Jack: The Impersonators of Jack Nicholson.' In 2011, you can see him as Jim Carrey's flashback father in the film 'Mr. Popper's Penguins' and starring as Gary Busey in the Los Angeles production of the national stage sensation 'Point Break Live!' He has also been seen on Comedy Central, Showtime, FOX, and CBS shows, and is a writer/performer for the popular internet channel Totally Sketch. He produced a new documentary on Lenny Bruce and the film, 'Looking for Lenny' has screened in Paris and Toronto this year. This former rock vocalist, radio and roller rink disc jockey, and scoreboard operator for the S.F. Giants and 49ers is really just a big kid from the wrong side of the tracks with a story to tell.


Cast:Drew Coolidge, BJ Gallagher, Cece Garcia, Cory Howard, Graeme Hinde, Sky King, Robyn Norris, Ryan Locante

5 Man 3 Man

Los Angeles, CA

Based in Los Angeles, 5 Man 3 Man is a 3-Person Show performed by 5 improvisers. A rotating cast of men and women who wear the hats of actor, director, writer, editor, and sometimes choreographer, for any and all characters and scenes. The audience gives a single suggestion and what follows has been described as "What just happened?" and "That looks like so much fun!"

5 Man 3 Man is a cast of improv veterans from iO Chicago, iO West, Second City Las Vegas, the Second City National Touring Company, UCB, Dirty South Improv and many other independent venues that you've probably never heard of. Currently 5 Man 3 Man plays all over Los Angeles at iO West, the Second City, and the Westside Comedy Theatre. They are about to embark on their first mini-tour at the end of May through Utah and Las Vegas where they will be performing just off, off the Vegas strip.


Cast:Becca Trabin, Aaron Hertzog

Get a Room

Philadelphia

Real-life sweethearts Aaron Hertzog and Becca Trabin push the comfort levels of audiences with fearless commitment, memorable characters, and genuine cuteness.

Becca Trabin and Aaron Hertzog are both improvisers, stand-up comedians, and writers in Philadelphia. Becca Trabin has performed in the 2010 Chicago Improv Festival and the 2010 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Aaron Hertzog has performed in the 2010 North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival and in 2010 was the third place finisher in Philly's "Phunniest" Person contest held at Helium Comedy Club. They were both in the 2011 F. Harold Festival and are members of Philly Improv Theater House Teams. When they're not doing comedy, they're cuddling.


Cast:Erin Goldsmith, Adrianne Gagnon

We're From Here

Toronto, ON

We're From Here. Where's "here"? Wherever you want it to be. Based on the suggestion of a single location, WHF transforms the stage into an exploration of people and places, both far away and in your own backyard, with hilarious results. The small cast of 3 women allow for gender, age and nationality to be explored thoroughly in each show.

We're From Here has been performing together as a trio since 2008, appearing in Toronto and at various festivals, including the 2009 and 2010 Toronto Improv Festival, 2010 Boston Improv Festival, 2011 Charleston Comedy Festival, 2011 Chicago Improv Festival and 2011 Ladies Are Funny Festival in Austin.


Cast:Jennifer Dunne, Rick Andrews

The Cascade

New York City

Scientists cannot disprove the existence of an infinite number of alternate universes nearly identical to ours except for slight changes. The Cascade explores the impact of this theory upon two people through honest, funny and playfully painful moments re-lived and re-imagined in multiple ways.

Improvisers Jennifer Dunne and Rick Andrews have a keen attention to detail while orchestrating an astonishing portrait of what could have been.

Rick Andrews is a teacher and performer at The Magnet Theater in New York, New York. As a performer, he began with Improv Boston in Cambridge, MA, and continued on in Saint Louis, MO.
As a teacher, Rick teaches at The Magnet Theater in New York City and has taught workshops at improv festivals across the country, including the Boston Improv Festival, Baltimore Improv Festival, Black Box Atlanta, and many more. Jenny Dunne has a BFA in acting and comes from the lovely state of Colorado. She started her training at the Magnet last year.


Cast:Hep Jamieson, Silvana Gargione, Brandy McKay, Erin Keegan, Frankie Sanchez

Happy Accident(s)

Los Angeles, CA

Happy Accident(s) is a long-form improv group based in Los Angeles. They perform a 30-minute show they like to call "The Walters," which involves creating characters collectively, and interviewing those characters to propel the show forward.

Happy Accident(s) have studied at iO West, Second City, and UCB. Last year they were nominated for Best Del Close Theater team, and were part of the 8th annual Los Angeles Improv Festival and the 2nd annual Boston Improv Festival. They can be seen hosting Whoopsie Wednesdays every week at iO West.


Cast:Tom Reed

Lounge-asaurus Rex

Minneapolis, MN

Lounge-asaurus Rex (the man) is the greatest lounge singer in the world. Lounge-asaurus Rex (the experience) combines musical and improv prowess to create a fully improvised lounge singer act. Mustached, bejeweled, and dressed to the nines, Rex works the crowd with witty banter, soaring ballads inspired by audience suggestions, and more schtick than you can shake a stick at. Hear Rex roar for the third year in a row at OOB!

Tom Reed performs regularly at ComedySportz-Twin Cities, Brave New Workshop and in long form groups including Rampleseed, Ringo and Lounge-asaurus Rex. In addition to improv, Reed recently starred in "Avenue Q" at Mixed Blood Theatre as "Princeton," and created the hit one-man musical parodies "Bite Me Twilight" and "Parry Hotter & the Half Drunk Twins" at the Minnesota Fringe Festival.


Cast:Jessica Arjet, Kristin Firth

Firth&Arjet

Austin, TX

Firth & Arjet will be performing one of their earliest innovations as a pair, 'Duologues.' Based on an audience suggestion, Jessica and Kristin create unique characters with two simultaneous monologues. Throughout the rest of the show they alternate scenes and monologues to explore the characters and reveal their relationships. The show is theatrical in style and remains truthful even when culminating in absurd situations. Silly & Sublime. Ethereal & Grounded. Real & Outlandish. Firth & Arjet.

Firth & Arjet has been performing together since 2007. In 2008 they brought Asaf Ronen on as a coach and created their "Duologues" format. They later created "Always a Bridesmaid..." and performed that for about a year. They now have a regular weekly slot, and perform (various formats) every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Friday at the Hideout Theatre at 8pm. They have performed together at festivals locally and around the country including the Chicago Improv Festival, New Orleans Improv Festival, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, Ladies are Funny Festival, Duofest, and the North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival.


Cast:Andrew Cornelius, Laura Wilkinson, Eric Muller

Strippers Picnic

Chicago

Run of the mill improv? Hardly. Not satisfied to get by as one of the best-looking improv teams in Chicago, Strippers' Picnic prides itself on presenting strong thematic improvised journeys in their long form sets. The untitled form is best described as a montage love child of the Harold and the Deconstruction. While Strippers' Picnic shows are scenically based, expect that anything can and will happen including monologues, a cappella songs, or even an improvised ballet. The results are funny and smart, pretentious, and often delirious and twisted.

Strippers' Picnic is a team composed of seven veteran improvisers who have been performing regularly together since September 2007. Students of iO, The Annoyance Theater, and Second City's Conservatory, they have performed at nearly every Chicago establishment. They love performing road shows with over two-dozen performances outside the City By the Lake.


Cast:Brett Tribe as El Tribe Loco, Brent Foshee as The Texecutioner, Todd Schanbacher as The Ultimate Midwesterner, Jericho Thorpe as Psychobilly, Dave Buckman as Baby Bob Buckland, Nick Ramierez as Stone Cold Nick Ramirez, Bryan Roberts as The Natural Boy, Lance Gilstrap as Harrison Mack, The Business Maniac

Improv Royale

Austin

Improv Royale is a group of wrestlers who have taken improv level 1, and now wish to display their skills for a captive audience. Expect heel turns, people being hit with chairs, submission holds, dirty tricks, and strong emotional relationships.

The members of Improv Royale have traveled around the country, winning various world heavyweight championships and delighting fans with displays of superior strength and charisma. Upon taking their first improv class, they low-blowed the instructor and proceeded to introduce him to previously unexplored realms of the pain universe. They then declared themselves improv champions and decided to do shows. If you have a problem with that, cross the line and tell them to their faces.

But seriously, the members of Improv Royale are well known for their performing skill and have received honorable mentions in Austin's major publications. They belong to such revered troupes as The Frank Mills, Midnight Society, and the Coldtowne Mainstage. When they are together, they know how to have a good time; with beer... and baby powder.