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Transforming the storefront at 617 Congress into The Hideout, a multilevel arts venue, has been a learning process for proprietors Shana Merlin and Sean Hill. But after $250,000 of investment, the developer's dance of securing permits, and many hours of hard labor, they have created one of Austin's most user-friendly theatre spaces.

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

Chloe and Lane Ingram are ... Chlane

What the cool kids are catching at the OOB

A team of local improvisers has acquired the home base for Austin's improv revolution

To improvise Chekhov plays, the cast of Nothing and Everything learned just how much goes on in them

Unless you'd rather just, what, twiddle your thumbs until Moontower?

This view of an upper-crust world both morbid and lively should please die-hard and casual Gorey fans alike

As April overflows with comedy festivals, an overview of Austin's celebrations of funny

Help the ColdTowne Heroes get out of town (to hit a batch of comedy fests around the country) at Fun-Razor, an evening of improv, sketches, and films

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

The comedy venue is home to diverse audiences and performers, but needs a permanent home of its own

Austinite's new website charts bi-cultural couples worldwide

Maggie Carey talks about improv, Clinton, and her daughters' convent

Or something analogous, anyway, this very weekend

With improv comedy all over Austin and even on the tube, it's tougher than ever for improv newcomers to create laughs out of audience suggestions and comedic inspiration. But with a corps of female performers who are appealing and talented and share a sense of direction, the new troupe Catfight has the potential to fly, even here, even now.

New venues, new faces, new experiments

The Downtown comedy club celebrates its fifth anniversary by looking to the future

A quintuple shot of Lakkalikööri for all my friends

Not us, chief; contrariwise, this weekend.

To beat the heat, OOB offers improv and stand-up acts in the triple digits

OOB dishes up a feast of funny after a summer starved for laughs

Chris Cogburn's No Idea Festival risks improvisation

Still not risking crowds? We've got your socially distanced virtual back

In this take on Hunger Games and Divergent-style tales, the improvisers struggle to find a plot or laughs

What we all need much less of, generally, is entitlement

Talking reunions with members of Fatbuckle, Squirrel Buddies, and the Amazon and the Milksop

Happily Ever After shows how to put on a Disney-inspired musical: improv edition