ColdTowne Theater Main Stage Season Announcement January – May 2024
COLDTOWNE THEATER proudly presents MAIN STAGE, FESTIVALS & SPECIAL EVENTS SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT JANUARY – MAY 2024 “Love, Laugh, LIVE” JANUARY SEXTET Directed by Kevin Anderson (Old Love), Produced by Abby Lincoln Sextet is an improvised romantic comedy about three couples exploring the unique love the characters have for each other, and the platonic love (and […]
ColdTowne is proud to support Acton Children’s Business Fair
Acton Children’s Business Fair Mark your calendars for October 27th for the Austin Acton Children’s Business Fair, a one-day market that gives children theopportunity to discover their inner entrepreneur and showcase their very own businesses. ColdTowne is a proud sponsor of this year’s business fair. The free, family event is organized by a team of passionate […]
The 25th annual Austin Film Festival kicks off on October 24!
ColdTowne Theater is excited to continue our partnership with Austin Film Festival at this year’s Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference! The 25th annual Austin Film Festival kicks off on October 24th with our Film & Food Fundraising Party. Come enjoy cocktails and cuisine with filmmakers, producers, celebrities and foodies from Austin and beyond […]
Destroy the self. Replace it with comedy. Pendulum Presents: The Ascendant
Pendulum Presents ascends expectations of typical sketch comedy. Pendulum Presents: The Ascendant is a sketch comedy show about the world of cults, running Oct. 6 through Nov. 3 at ColdTowne Theater. On the eve of their Ascension, the members of The Ascendant gather to reminisce about their experiences in the cults of their past. You’ll […]
B. Iden Payne Award-winning cast, Prima Doñas presents an all-new live comedy telenovela
You may or may not have gotten a chance to see a Latinauts show at ColdTowne in the last year and a half. If you did, you know that the cast (known as improv troupe Prima Doñas) is made up of Latinx improvisers who have spent most of 2017 and 2018 making up shows on […]
ColdTowne Theater Summer Improv Intensives, July 7, July 28 and August 19
Are you ready? Get ready for immersion in the principles and training methods that make ColdTowne the home of the next big thing. After eleven+ years helping performers hone their craft and realize their potential, we’ve built a national reputation for training the best and brightest long-form, improv comedy talent. Soak it all up in […]
Don’t Look Back: A retrospective on ’16 and look ahead w/Dave Buckman
Now that we’ve closed the books on 2016, we sidled up to Executive Producer Dave Buckman to talk about his first full year of programming at ColdTowne Theater to see what shows and performers had a break out run or year. What mainstage shows from 2016 were your favorites? Dave: Dinner for Six, famiLIES, Elvis’ […]
You Gave Me a Mountain (of a Show): An interview with Elvis’s director Will Cleveland
Will Cleveland is the Artistic Director of ColdTowne Theater, and has performed, produced and directed shows at the theater since moving to Austin from NYC in 2013. Prior to coming to ColdTowne, he managed UCB’s traveling team and was a producer for UCBComedy. He is a native of Arkansas and you can see him in […]
Arts Eclectic Interview on KUT: 10th Anniversary Weekend
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: it’s Fall in Texas! Also, October means that ColdTowne celebrates another year of the audiences, students and performers that make us great. This year is an especially special one: we’re turning ten years old. You’ve probably heard the origin story by now: five comedy nerds (including founders of The […]
BettyFest Interview with Patio Talk: A Legendary Improv Troupe who Happen to be Female
BettyFest was founded in 2014 by Patio Talk (Chrissy Shackelford, Juliet Prather, Amy Wright, and Kasey Borger), a comedy team based in New York City that originally formed at ColdTowne Theater in Austin, TX. Their members have been trained at UCB NY, iO Chicago, and of course, ColdTowne. We sat down with the ladies of […]