The Marathon returns June 1st-3rd. Here is the schedule for the 43 Hour Improv Marathon.
It’s full of guest groups, old favorite shows come back from the dead, crazy experiments, and fun challenges to keep the core eight improvisers on their toes.
The core, or “Crazy 8” are eight performers who will be in each and every show. They will not sleep a wink, and instead will be performing straight through from 5pm on Friday to noon on Sunday afternoon. And as you can see from the lineup below, they’re in for quite a wild ride.
The “Crazy 8” for 2012 are Roy Janik, Marc Majcher, Halyn Erickson, John Ratliff, Emma Holder, Eric Heiberg, Jon Bolden and Jill Bernard (from Minneapolis!)
You can buy tickets for any and all of these shows by clicking this link.
Full Marathon passes will be available soon for $75, so if you’re feeling brave, look out for that.
| Hour | Day | Time | Group/Show | Format | Tickets |
| 1 | Friday | 5PM | Inaugural Show | The core cast of 8 play together for the first time. Anything goes. | |
| 2 & 3 | Friday | 6PM | Maestro #1 | The Hideout’s longest-running improv show. Elimination-style improv games and scenes! | |
| 4 | Friday | 8PM | Start Trekkin’ | The Hideout’s hit take on the original Star Trek Series. Set phasers to ‘fun’. | |
| 5 | Friday | 9PM | Girls Girls Girls | An improvised Broadway-style musical | |
| 6 | Friday | 10PM | PGraph | The award-winning, internationally touring Parallelogramophonograph presents their “New Works” improvised play format | |
| 7 | Friday | 11PM | The Library | Each performer embodies a different genre, be it absurdist, science-fiction, childrens’ lit. Watch as they all collide in the same world. | |
| 8 | Saturday | 12AM | Improv for Evil | The clown princes of evil have a reputation for inventing insane shows and challenges, and this show will be no exception. | |
| 9 | Saturday | 1AM | New Game Project | Brand new, never before seen improv games will be invented on the spot based on audience suggestions. | |
| 10 | Saturday | 2AM | Drum Machine | normally a one-woman musical with only the backing track of a drum machine… now expanded to include all 8 core players | |
| 11 | Saturday | 3AM | Spirit Desire | This New Movement house teams brings their unique brand of comedy to the Marathon, and mixes it up with the 8 Marathoners | |
| 12 | Saturday | 4AM | ColdTowne | The Bat: improv in the dark… AKA a cruel trick to play on the Marathoners | |
| 13 | Saturday | 5AM | Cat & Ryan | Cat & Ryan first discovered improv 1 year ago at the 2011 Marathon. It changed their lives forever, so to bring it all full-circle they’ve been given this hour to do with as they please. | |
| 14 | Saturday | 6AM | Truth Chair | When someone sits in the truth chair, they MUST tell the truth. And then improv scenes will be created based on that. | |
| 15 | Saturday | 7AM | Student Show 1 | games and scenes with the rising stars of the Hideout Theatre | |
| 16 | Saturday | 8AM | Seven Eight Sevens | improv scenes set in Austin with proto-typical Austin characters | |
| 17 | Saturday | 9AM | Racket | Rhythm based improv with off-beat accompaniment. Think STOMP! with improv thrown in | |
| 18 | Saturday | 10AM | What’s the Story, Steve? | An adorable (and real!) dog goes on an adventure, aided by improv. This show is for kids, but will be enjoyed by anyone. | |
| 19 | Saturday | 11AM | The Institution Theatre | The newest thing in cinema is being done on stage: an improvised movie! | |
| 20 | Saturday | 12PM | Amazon & The Milksop | Tennessee Williams, the way it was meant to be performed: by robots. | |
| 21 | Saturday | 1PM | Cover to Cover | from Gnap! Outrageous improvised stories inspired by Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys teen mysteries | |
| 22 | Saturday | 2PM | The Eye in the Storm | The midpoint of the show… and a brief respite for the core 8 to do whatever they want. This is when they need you the most. Come cheer them on. | |
| 23 | Saturday | 3PM | Mystery Show | It’s a surprise! (turned out to be a debut of The Black Vault, Lovecraftian improv) | |
| 24 | Saturday | 4PM | Dubbed Indemnity | live dubbing of movie and tv clips. Challenging, hilarious, and unique | |
| 25 | Saturday | 5PM | The Knuckleball Now | The fastest, quickest-wits in town. Scenes, characters, puns and plot-twists speed by in a rollercoaster of laughs. | |
| 26 | Saturday | 6PM | Spirited | The Hideout Mainstage returns: improvised dreamscapes in the style of Sendak, Lewis Carroll, and Miyazaki | |
| 27 | Saturday | 7PM | Pick Your Own Path | An Adventure that You Choose Yourself… a highly interactive show based on the popular book series from the 80s. | |
| 28 | Saturday | 8PM | Rock Opera | The Hideout’s current Mainstage show. All-singing, all-ROCK! | |
| 29 | Saturday | 9PM | Available Cupholders | Known for pushing the envelope of improv with innovative show concepts, this show will prove that out. | |
| 30 & 31 | Saturday | 10PM | Maestro #2 | The Hideout’s longest-running improv show. Elimination-style improv games and scenes! | |
| 32 | Sunday | 12AM | Confidence Men | 2-time B Iden Payne Award winning Confidence Men present improv in the style of David Mamet. | |
| 33 | Sunday | 1AM | Puppet Improv Project | What’s better than improv with puppets? Improv with puppets starring improvisers who haven’t slept in 34 hours. | |
| 34 | Sunday | 2AM | Tech Nightmare | The tech booth rebels and controls the performers with random sounds, lighting cues, and music. | |
| 35 | Sunday | 3AM | Midnight Society | Midnight Society f*cks sh*t up | |
| 36 | Sunday | 4AM | Seance | a meeting of the Secret Society of Blackbower Mediums | |
| 37 | Sunday | 5AM | Tears But Joy | ColdTowne house team Tears But Joy use an audience interview to inspire comedy | |
| 38 | Sunday | 6AM | Local Genius Society | Local Genius Society presents Beach Cops!, their show based on the ground breaking, critically acclaimed television show Baywatch. | |
| 39 | Sunday | 7AM | Your Dad’s Friends | Last year they performed an “Impro-vention”. What will this year bring? | |
| 40 | Sunday | 8AM | Student Show 2 | games and scenes with the rising stars of the Hideout | |
| 41 | Sunday | 9AM | Charles Dickens Unleashed! | Improvised Tales of Victorian England in the style of Charles Dickens | |
| 42 | Sunday | 10AM | The Hunger Games | You’ll have to come see this show to find out what it is. | |
| 43 | Sunday | 11AM | Final Show | The victory lap of the 8 core Marathoners. They’re free to do whatever they like… except sleep. |