THE BLADE
Friday, August 7, 2026 – 8:30 pm ColdTowne Main Stage IMPROV / FREE PARKING Two men of equal height and age take the stage. Somewhere in the universe, a single-cell organism takes its first steps to becoming its planet’s master and ultimately, its destroyer. A mother tells her child about Santa Claus, the Easter bunny, true […]
TOPIC THUNDER
Friday, August 7, 2026 – 10:00 pm ColdTowne Main Stage VARIETY / FREE PARKING / PAY WHAT YOU WANT Stand-up comedy made up from your prompts. Improv comedy inspired by the Stand Up. Hosted By Brandon Martin Featuring Neil Dorsey, Tim Brewer, Tai Ngyun, Brent Rmby, Jack Witcher, Kat Ellison Williams and many more! Ticket Type […]
THE CROSSOVER
Saturday, August 29, 2026 – 10:00 pm ColdTowne Main Stage The Crossover is a one-of-a-kind hybrid comedy show where every performer starts the night as a stand-up, delivering their sharpest jokes, then jumps right into fast-paced short-form improv with the same crew. No breaks. No substitutions. Just pure, unpredictable comedy from start to finish. Ticket Type […]
UCB HAROLD NIGHT
Thursday, August 20, 2026 – 7:00 pm ColdTowne Main Stage Making their Austin TX debut at ColdTowne Theater, UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Thursday! Harold Night is UCB’s long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold. —- Complete List of ATX Harold Teams […]
UCB HAROLD NIGHT
Thursday, August 13, 2026 – 7:00 pm ColdTowne Main Stage Making their Austin TX debut at ColdTowne Theater, UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Thursday! Harold Night is UCB’s long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold. —- Complete List of ATX Harold Teams […]
Live at ColdTowne — Stand Up
Friday, August 7, 2026 – 8:00 pm ColdTowne Cabaret STAND UP // DOORS AT 8:00 // FREE PARKING The premier stand-up comedy show in East Austin. Live at ColdTowne brings the best touring and local Austin comics every Friday night—showcasing comics who have been on Comedy Central, Moontower Comedy Festival, Funniest Person in Austin (winners), and […]
The 70
Sunday, August 23, 2026 – 11:00 am Austin Viola Spolin taught that “the techniques of the theater are the techniques of communicating.” In this workshop, Seth K. Thomas teaches The 70, a character-creation technique, rooted in human communication, developed specifically for improvisers and live performers. Through physical exercises performers will learn how posture, gesture, movement, and […]
Acting for Improvisors
Sunday, August 16, 2026 – 2:00 pm Austin Great comedy requires commitment, specificity, emotional stakes, and the ability to fully believe in absolutely ridiculous circumstances. This workshop helps comedians strengthen performance fundamentals through acting techniques designed to improve scene work, sketch performance, character work, and grounded comedic choices. Participants will explore objectives, stakes, physicality, emotional specificity, […]
From Funny Idea to Playable Game to Hilarious Sketch
Sunday, August 16, 2026 – 12:00 pm Austin The hardest part of writing a sketch isn’t coming up with funny ideas! It’s taking that idea and using it to construct a full sketch script. This single-session workshop walks participants through the full arc of how to take an observation that makes you and your friends laugh […]
Writing for Late Night: A Booming Industry!
Saturday, August 15, 2026 – 2:00 pm Austin Join freshly unemployed instructor Aaron Nemo as he shares insight from his years writing for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. This class will shed light on how to avoid common pitfalls in the packet submission process, writing jokes about the news when shit is bleak as hell, […]