#IFL2012 Prelim Recap
ColdTowne Theater brought the comedy thunder last night with the opening salvo of the 2012 Improv Fantasy League. Three teams entered, but only one walked away triumphant. At the top of the show, the Greenbelt Greenbelts garnered the most audience support, and were able to pick the run order and get first choice of the […]
#IFL2012!
Mom’s apple pie. The Lincoln Memorial. Making out. None of these things are nearly as quintessentially American as a good old fashioned football. The old gridiron. The pigskin. Two teams of hot sinewy dudes matching wits on a field of battle. And nothing’s more quintessentially hilarious than people fantasizing about playing football. With that in […]
SOLID GOLD HUSTLE
ColdTowne Theater’s smash hit comedy variety show, is coming back for a month-long victory lap. Every Saturday in July at 8:30 PM, The Hustle Show will perform a solid hour of their very best material. This ain’t the weak shit, son. Brought to you by the finest gathering of Austin’s comedic minds this side of […]
Bad Boys and Elevator Action Double Bill! Thursdays at 8:30!
Thursdays in July, two of ColdTowne Theater’s best improv groups — Bad Boys and Elevator Action — share a double bill of titanic proportions! For the unaware, Bad Boys have garnered acclaim as one of the best improv ensembles working in Austin, playing to sold out houses across the city and inspiring audience reviews such […]
ColdTowne Theater, Live and In Your Town!
Attention fans of Austin Improv Comedy! ColdTowne Theater is coming to a city near you. Near you, that is, if you in the metro areas of the following cities: Minneapolis, New York and Oklahoma City. And in the grand scale of the universe, technically we all live near one of those cities, right? First up, ColdTowne Theater […]
Summer Workshop Series
The 1987 Carl Reiner masterpiece, Summer School, featured a motley gang of misfit students, a high school gym coach forced to teach an English class and, if memory serves, a shocking twist ending (spoiler alert: the school was dead the whole time). The only difference between our Summer Workshop Series and the movie Summer School is […]
Hot Property: Development Hell
Clear out that 8:30 PM Saturday slot on your June calendars. Dinner with people you don’t even like can wait! Sketch comedy troupe Hot Property (combined credits include Master Pancake, Mascot Wedding, Midnight Society, and Stag Comedy!) brings a month full of comedic fire and brimstone with Development Hell. Every show will be different because Hot Property never stops […]
ATX Sketch Fest — All Fest Passes Added!
We are three weeks and a day out from Austin’s ONLY Festival — The ATX Sketch Fest! We’ve released a very limited number of All Fest Passes to the event, good for any shows save Paul F. Tompkins Crying & Driving Tour . Good news, however, because it’s entirely possible to purchase pass upgrades with tickets […]
Saturdays in May! Mike and Irene and Miller and Purselley!
If the creative history of the 20th century has taught us anything, it’s that great ensembles come in groups of four. Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Laverne, Shirley, Lenny and Squiggy. ColdTowne Theater is continuing that tradition in May. Two improv comedy duos are teaming up every Saturday night at […]
The 7th Annual Barbara Walters Middle School Talent Show!
On the last two Saturdays of April, Coldtowne Theatre will be transformed into the black box theater of Barbara Walters Middle School on the night of their 7th annual talent show. Hosted by the school’s new principal, the show is teeming with wacky students who “march to the beat of their own drums” (Mrs.Fromwell, 8th grade […]