ATX Sketch Fest — All Fest Passes Added!

(5/2/12)

We are three weeks and a day out from Austin’s ONLY Festival — The ATX Sketch Fest! We’ve released a very limited number of All Fest Passes to the event, good for any shows save Paul F. Tompkins Crying & Driving Tour . Good news, however, because it’s entirely possible to purchase pass upgrades with tickets to the Paul F. Tompkins Shows!

The festival kicks off at ColdTowne Theater on May 23rd, with performances from the Encyclopedia Show, the Hustle Show and There’s Waldo. We continue May 24th and 25th at the Hyde Park Theatre with shows from the P! Company, Spirit Desire, Stag!, Ghetto Sketch Warlock, One Across, Astronaut Theatre (NYC), and Fantasy Sex Picnic (LA).

The weekend will be capped off at the 29th Street Ballroom with two performances from Paul F. Tompkins and a special appearance by last year’s festival darlings, LA’s Delicious Moments and Austin’s own Your Terrific Neighbors.

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Saturdays in May! Mike and Irene and Miller and Purselley!

(4/23/12)

If the creative history of the 20th century has taught us anything, it’s that great ensembles come in groups of four. Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Laverne, Shirley, Lenny and Squiggy.

ColdTowne Theater is continuing that tradition in May. Two improv comedy duos are teaming up every Saturday night at 8:30 to bring you half hour long manic tableaux of characters and absurd situations that have never been seen before and will likely never be seen again. It’s ColdTowne, so anything can happen.

Mike and Irene (Michael Jastroch and Irene White) are two veteran improvisers who have appeared in countless sitcoms and movies. More accurately, Irene has appeared in countless sitcoms and movies and Mike was in a commercial once. Mike and Irene perform character driven improvised comedy pieces, focusing on the absurdity of small moments, and the banality of the big ones.

Miller and Purselley (Nat Miller and Pierce Purselley) is a two person improv group that looks to tell a story. They explore the narratives of everyday life, concentrating on the intricacies and nuance of grounded characters and the truth of those lives in the moment. They seek the story that’s already happening on stage and follow it.

The 7th Annual Barbara Walters Middle School Talent Show!

(4/18/12)

On the last two Saturdays of April, Coldtowne Theatre will be transformed into the black box theater of Barbara Walters Middle School on the night of their 7th annual talent show. Hosted by the school’s new principal, the show is teeming with wacky students who “march to the beat of their own drums” (Mrs.Fromwell, 8th grade math) and really show their stuff.  It’s a fun event you’ll be sorry to miss!

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Featuring:
Byron Brown
Danny Catlow (duh)
Ed Reed
Addison Billingsley
Kate Bojanek
Mitch Harris
Sam Malcolm
and Bob McNichol