Missed Connections ATX: Best of What You’re Missing
ColdTowne Theater’s newest main stage show, Missed Connections ATX explores the sentimental, fantastical, and downright raunchy nature of austin’s most impersonal personal ads. We sat down to talk to show’s director, Chelsea Bunn, who handpicked a list of her favorite ads that aren’t going to make it into this run of shows. First of all, […]
Teacher Spotlight: Nathan Sowell
Winner of “Best Coach” in 2016, Nathan Sowell is the complete package. Knowledgeable and encouraging as a teacher and joyful as a performer, he is a critic, audience and student favorite. We posed a couple of questions about his background and philosophy in this post. Tell us about your background, Nathan. I started taking improv classes 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’ […]
How do you call your Loverboy? On Friday nights, starting Jan 2017.
After Wednesday favorites Patio Talk moved to NYC to further their comedy careers in 2014, audiences wondered: who will move into the Wednesday night slot? Who could deliver that much energy, talent and delight week after week? Given the long shadow and packed houses that Patio Talk had built over the course of their residency, the expectations […]
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 […]
Groundhog Indicates: It’s a Good Year for Improv!
Wondering if you or your loved one will enjoy taking classes at ColdTowne? Check out this blog post from Megan Mowry from this past March: she started in our free 101 class (every other Monday at the theater) and hasn’t looked back since. Want to go ahead and snag that holiday class pass? By Megan […]
Announcing the Jan – June ’17 Mainstage Schedule!
As a year of bang-up, award-winning programming comes to a close, we are excited to announce the selections for the ColdTowne 2017 Mainstage, from January through June 2017. All the Mainstage shows are Saturdays at 8:30pm. The 8:30 Mainstage shows are: January 7 – 28 The Do Over Produced by Lindsey Moringy Directed by Will Cleveland The […]
Midnight Society: Don’t Call it a Comeback
Midnight Society formed in 2007, and have since built a reputation among audiences and improvisers for the quality of their work. With shows that can deliver grounded scene work, absurdity and raucous physicality in the course of a single show, their command of the stage is never in doubt. Recently adding super talents Molly Moore and Sanjay […]
The Art of Good Filth, by Will Dwyer
There is nothing quite like the feeling of seeing your show get a spot on ColdTowne’s calendar and this is one you won’t want to miss. The one thing we wanted to demonstrate when we were planning this variety show: the bluest comedy that Austin has to offer, displayed at its highest intelligence. A taboo […]
Congratulations B. Iden Payne Nominees
Today, the B. Iden Payne committee announced their nominees for theater and improvisation. We are delighted to announce that several ColdTowne shows, troupes and performers have received nominations. Our July/August 2016 Main Stage production, “Dinner for Six” received several nominations, including: Kristen Samuelsen, Producer Outstanding Improv Production Joseph Dailey Outstanding Direction of Improvisational Theater Aly […]