Monday, August 12

Teen Improv Troupe Launch: Afternoon Session

Interested in performing with an Improv Troupe? Start here!

By Excused Absence Comedy for Youth

Date and time

August 12 · 1pm - August 15 · 4pm CDT

Location

ColdTowne Theater

1700 East 2nd Street Austin, TX 78701

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

3 days 3 hours

Ages 13 to 19

August 12 - 15, 1 pm to 4 pm

Excused Absence has a long history of establishing youth Improv troupes who master specific performance skills and formats culminating in live shows at ColdTowne and beyond. Every troupe is unique and built around its members's skills and ideas under the direction of a coach or director, some remain together for a single semester while others work together for years. Students who participate in this camp will work on Improv skills designed to prepare them to perform under the direction of a coach during the Fall semester. Though students are not required to attend camp to be in a troupe, it is an opportunity for us to get to know them and to create the best possible combination of performers. There is a morning and an afternoon session, this is the afternoon session. Though students are welcome to register both, the content is pretty similar. In some cases, we may ask that these campers also attend auditions in September to allow us to make the best possible groups.

Learn more about our Youth Troupes here.

Performance on the final day. Held at ColdTowne Theater. $180

Organized by

Excused Absence Comedy for Youth

Excused Absence Comedy is the youth program at ColdTowne Theater. We offer improv, sketch and stand up training to kids and teens in Austin, Texas and beyond. Taught by some of Austin's best comics, our year round classes, house troupes, and camps invite a diverse group of young people to hone their comedy skills while benefitting from the social and emotional tools improv provides.

We produce two weekly, all ages shows year round. What's the Story Steve is a Saturday morning improv show, designed for for families and performed by a skilled, adult cast. Excused Absence Night is every Sunday at 5 and includes both youth and adult acts to allow youth to see both peers and pro's perform. The show ends in an improv jam, for those who wish to get up and give it a try!

Excused Absence Fest is a yearly all ages comedy festival that features two days of live performance and workshops. It's the only youth centered comedy festival in Texas!