ColdTowne in November: Stag Comedy, Miller & Purselley
ColdTowne Theater brings two comedy delights to you this November: Stag Comedy performing sketch on Friday’s and Miller and Purselley bringing the improv on Saturday’s. Stag member Mac Blake tells us a little bit about their run entitled “The Jerk Parade:” “Our show is about being really, really funny. Dumb characters with real emotions, smart characters in dumb […]
ColdTowne Awards and Five Years of Comedy in Austin
ColdTowne Theater recently celebrated it’s 5th year as Austin’s finest Airport Boulevard comedy establishment by hosting a combination birthday party/awards ceremony celebrating the accomplishments of our community of performers over the course of the past year. There was cake, drinks, confetti, breaking glass and even our brand new adopted dolphin, Lumpy, a gift from our […]
John Ratliff, Best Improv Instructor 2011
We were happy to see that one of our instructors, John Ratliff, was chosen to be Best Improv Instructor of 2011 in the Austin Chronicle. Recently, we caught up with him to discuss his philosophy on improv and his thoughts on ColdTowne. CT: How did you get involved with the ColdTowne Conservatory? What makes you […]
UCB’s Matt Besser at ColdTowne!
UPDATE 2: To accommodate more people, the class will be held at Salvage Vanguard Theater at 2803 Manor Road. UPDATE: To reserve a spot in the class, send an email to ColdTowneBesser@gmail.com with “Workshop Registration” in the subject line. Priority admission will be given to people who see the movie and register in advance. Thanks! […]
Coldtowne Level 1 Improv Class Review
by Janelle Revord If you have even the slightest, tiniest urge or desire to take classes, you should just jump in with both feet and give it a try; you’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. The faculty at ColdTowne do a beyond amazing job of making class the highlight of your week and you […]
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, […]