Interview with Title Fine: We Got Game’s Laura de la Fuente
Title Fine: We Got Game is ColdTowne’s newest MainStage production. Featuring an all-female cast of eight players and one coach who play game-based improv in the off season, the cast is entirely composed of women who played sports in high school or college. We interviewed some of the cast to talk about their athletic experience […]
Movie Riot brings you Spin-Off Summer this August
Every Friday at ColdTowne Theater, the improv team Movie Riot creates a never before seen movie, live on stage. However, for the month of August, Movie Riot is giving their format a little spin. An audience member suggests a movie and Movie Riot will create a spin-off. It’s called Spin-Off Summer and they’re performing it […]
ColdTowne featured on KLRU with Stand Up Empire (June 26th)
The comedy scene in Austin is exploding. With eight comedy theaters (and counting), and hundreds of improvisors, stand ups and sketch comedy performers, Austin is quickly producing talent that competes easily with comedians from larger markets, such as Chicago, LA and NYC. To chronicle the exploding comedy scene in ATX, creators Mike Wilson and Brently Heilbron […]
Visiting Lecturer Series: Rich Talarico
famiLIES, ColdTowne’s latest mainstage production was Originally improvised by LA based improv troupe Dasariski whichtakes it’s name from the three memebrs: Bob DASsie, Rich TalARIco and Craig CackowSKI. ColdTowne presents this new comedic staged play about three brothers and the lives they try to keep hidden from each other and the lies we tell ourselves when […]
Visiting Lecturer Series: Late Night TV Writing with Rich Talarico
The ColdTowne Visiting Lecturer Series continues with veteran TV writer Rich Talarico. Rich will lead a 3 hour workshop/seminar that discusses writing and creating techniques from improv-based Second City and comedic play famiLIES, to late night shows like Key & Peele, MADtv, SNL and The Tonight Show to high concept shows like Review and The […]
Chrissy Shackelford Workshops
by John Ratliff Last night I saw I Didn’t See You There, the Austin Sketch Fest solo showcase. It was great, and it reminded me that I tend to underestimate the importance of characters in improv. Like a lot of improvisers, I often play characters who are pretty close to myself. Which is fine: it […]
Austin Sketch Fest Is Here!
Lovers of comedy, one of the best weeks in Austin is here. The 2016 Austin Sketch Comedy Festival––7 days of the best scripted comedy from Austin and beyond. All this week we have multiple shows each night featuring sketch, stand-up, and more starting at ColdTowne Theater, stopping by the Hideout Theater, and then concluding with […]
Recipes from the Garden
As seasoned hostesses, all the ladies of Gardenalia have a signature recipe that they delight in making and sharing with their fellow adherents. From cocktails to substantials, their recipes pair well with repressed feelings and overshares alike. Vivian’s Spring Fling Punch Perfect for Weddings, Garden Parties, and non-Religious Wakes – 2 liters sparkling water (if […]
Me vs. Game: A Love Story
by John Ratliff During the first few years I was doing improv, I developed a reputation as someone who hated game. (As in “the game of the scene.”) I didn’t hate it, really; I just thought it ran counter to the two things I really wanted to do, which were (a) grounded, realistic scenework and […]
Brandon Gardner Workshops
Brandon Gardner of UCB New York will be teaching workshops on May 8th. Workshops are $35 each or $60 for both (see below for details on how to save). The Game of the Scene 12pm-2pm, Sun. 5/8 ColdTowne Conservatory (6929 Airport Blvd., Suite #131, Austin, TX 78752) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER UCB Theater found Ian Roberts […]