What Our Students Are Saying
Our students have life-changing experiences through improv. Read what current Level 5 student Jeremy Logan had to say on his improv blog about ColdTowne classes and our community: “This sense of community is what has kept me there for 8 months now…The theater has come to define my life since I started there, improv and […]
ColdTowne Welcomes You in October
Slaughter Your Shorts Slaughter Your Shorts is ColdTowne Theater’s newest marquee improv comedy show. Slated for Saturdays at 8:30pm in October, the show will weave Nickelodeon’s 90s-cult favorite “Salute Your Shorts” with 80s slasher movie conventions, complete with live blood and gore. The show’s concept is the brainchild of ColdTowne Theater veteran performer and faculty […]
Introducing “The Morning Sausage”
Austin Comedy Audiences, prepare for that next big thing. Coldtowne has been making an effort to bring you some of the most well produced, cutting edge comedy. And Coldtowne’s latest project is no different. It was only a matter of time before Coldtowne’s ever-expanding schedule started to look at the one area it had neglected […]
Fall Cage Match Schedule Announced!
Once a week, ColdTowne throws two teams of comic gladiators into the pit and gives each of them exactly 20 minutes to claw their way into your heart. Desperation never smelled so sweet. This is the improv show where your vote counts. For only five bucks, you can come make life-or-death rulings on the future […]
ColdTowne Theater Premier Week!
Out of Bounds is over, but the Austin Comedy train is just getting rolling at ColdTowne Theater. This week marks the full debut of our newly revamped schedule, which includes new feature shows and marquis runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights! We’ve got three shows debuting this week! Family Tides, our exploration of family dysfunction, […]
ColdTowne Theater During Out Of Bounds!
The Out of Bounds Comedy Fest is nigh! In just about seven days, 500 comedians from across the country will begin flocking to Austin to participate in the largest comedy festival in the south. From August 31st to September 5th, seven different venues will host improv, stand up and sketch comedy shows from New York, […]
Bring Your Weird Family Baggage in September!
Thursdays at 8:30 in September, Coldtowne Theater wants you to bring your baggage. Watch as Family Tides takes your dysfunctional family and shows you just how funny they really are. Share your story or just watch others share theirs. Laugh as this mischievous group explores what it really means to be dysfunctional. Need family therapy? […]
IFL Week 1 Recap, One Week Late!
Week 1 of the 43rd year of IFL had was a hard fought battle fought with bits. Bits welded by Goths, Yuppies and the elderly who try to keep trim by walking indoors. During free agency at the top of the show, The Highland Mall Walkers and their supporters outbid the Greenbelt Gentrifieds and 66Sixth […]
Mainstage Sketch Show Has a Name, September Debut!
Murderers and con artists. White collar fraud and suicide bombers. Bernie Madoff and Rupert Murdoch. There’s a crime wave sweeping the nation, and it has absolutely nothing to do with any of those things. The real crimes against humanity are being perpetrated every day by the very people that birthed you. Your parents are guilty […]
ColdTowne Theater Heads To NYC!
Hello, what’s this? Half of ColdTowne Theater is emptying out of Austin next weekend, just in time for the heatpocalypse. We’re all headed for New York City for the 13th annual Del Close Marathon. The Marathon is three days of non stop long form improv put on by the UCBTheater at four different venues all […]