What I found most interesting about Amanda and Clay’s philosophy was their belief that anyone can do improv, which lends them a great amount of hope for any student who walks through their doors.
Jenn Ripley, Writer
TODAY IS 9.02.10
In honor of this special day, Dallas Comedy House will be performing a one-time full improvised episode of Beverly Hills 90210. Come see the cast of West Beverly High in the lost episode that never aired. It’s the Free Popcorn and Free Comedy Show and it starts at 8. Be there! It’s what Jim and Cindy would want you to do!
WOW! We are so stoked for the next three weeks!
This weekend will kick off three weeks of amazing improv in Dallas, New Orleans and Austin! We’ve got tons of shows, awesome (and affordable) workshops, really swell t-shirts, and some good looking people too!
This weekend, the Marathons will kick off in Dallas at the Dallas Comedy House!
8:00p Incredible Opening Ceremony
8:30p Circus Office (Dallas, Tx)
9:00p Thought for Food (Denton, Tx)
9:30p The Control Group (Austin, Tx)
10:00p Chris and Tami (Austin, Tx/New Orleans, La)
10:30p FIAD (Dallas, Tx)
11:00p Crepes of Wrath (Ft. Worth, Tx)
11:30p Gangs of Recess (Ft. Worth, Tx)
12:00a Department of the Inferior (Dallas, Tx)
12:30a Spirit Desire (Austin, Tx)
1:00a Shirt, Tx (Dallas, Tx)
1:30a Sweater Off Dead (Dallas, Tx)
8:00p Buddies (Dallas, Tx)
8:30p Ames and James (Austin, Tx)
9:00p The Megaphone
9:30p City High (Austin, Tx)
10:00p Quite Well Thank You (Austin, Tx)
10:30p A Celebration of the Unremarkable (Austin, Tx)
11:00p Standup Comedy and more from Bryan Busch (Dallas, Tx), Christopher Tellez (Dallas, Tx) and more TBA!
12:00a Manick (Dallas, Tx)
12:30a Barely Legal (Dallas, Tx)
1:00a Stupid Time Machine (New Orleans, La)
1:30a Awesome Awards Presentation
Wanna take some workshops?
Here’s your Dallas workshop schedule
Saturday September 4th 11:00a-1:00p: Device Art w/ Chris Trew – $15
While walk-ons and tap-outs are beautiful devices when used correctly, they often cause problems when used incorrectly. In this workshop we’ll discuss the proper techniques to executing these popular devices including mechanics and heightening. If you walk on stage as Grandma because someone said the word “Grandma” you should take this workshop.
Saturday September 4th 1:15p-3:15p: The Monoscene w/ Tami Nelson – $15
Learn how to manage a monoscene (one long scene) by identifying the guiding points of the scene. By recognizing the determinate elements of the scene, be it character, dynamic, patterns and/or game, students learn to better “map” the direction of the monoscene. We encourage our students to play within these elements and discourage them from assuming the sometimes daunting task of following the narrative of the scene. This workshop highlights the importance of identifying these elements as well as experimenting with slower pacing, timing, theme and character exploration and pattern building.
Wanna buy a nice, cotton Marathon t-shirt?
Okay, here’s where you buy those:
The Improvised 90’s Sitcom Buddies! Season Finale is this Friday, August 27th at 10PM! Come join the cast of Buddies!: Cody Dearing, Kyle Austin, Landon Kirksey, and Tim Yager as they take the stage one last time in the Buddies! Season 1 Finale!
Joining the Buddies! on stage will be the entire guest star cast from Season 1: Amanda Austin, Bryan Holzwanger, Carley Stewart, Chad Haught, Christie Wallace, Clay Barton, Clifton Hall, Collin Dahlgren, Dale Alexander, Darek Tatum, Emily Alexander, Joshua Morris, Kenna Edwards, LaShunda Newsom, Laurie Reaves Barnett, Marc Hall, Nick Scott, Richard Yager, Shane Estep, Steve Good, and Todd Upchurch,
Were the Buddies! ratings high enough to get picked up for a second season? Will the entire cast return? All of your Buddies! questions will be answered THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!!
We’ll have $2 Jungle Juice all night long! Stick around for a 90’s Sing-A-Long with Bert Cobain after the show and party with cast all night long! This show will sell out, so make sure to buy your tickets now!
(Psssst…they’re for sale on the home page so CLICK HERE!)
Watch out, America…
Holy Moly: The Megaphone is representing in SIX cities around the country this weekend. Let’s break it down…
DCH in Dallas, that’s a given.
TNM in Austin, as always.
The Megaphone NOLA in New Orleans, fairly recently debuted.
Amanda Austin is teaching workshops at The Improv Festival Oklahoma, happy festing!
Our New Orleans based Megaphoners Stupid Time Machine are in NYC for Fringe!
Austin based, Dallas friendly instructor/performer Dan Grimm is in Grand Rapids for The Big Little Comedy Fest!
Improv is indeed everywhere.
We already serve up plenty of comedy all week, every week for you! NOW we’re offering up an even better deal! We’ve partnered with Living Social for a super sweet deal on show tickets. $20 gets you $40 worth of show tickets here at DCH. The even better news: there’s no limit to this deal, so you can buy as many as your little heart (or wallet) desires! You have until 5a.m. tomorrow morning to take advantage so CLICK HERE to get on the good stuff!
We’ve got a brand new Level 1 Class starting up soon.
August 4th, to be exact!
If you’ve ever thought about doin’ something for yourself, now’s the time! Have fun and meet new people!
Class meets every Wednesday
6-8pm for 8 weeks.
These classes fill up quick, so make sure to sign up now while you can!
CLICK HERE for more class info!
This weekend, our Austin Megaphone-er Chris Trew is in San Diego, California with our Studio8 family premiering their new Tommy Wiseau/Comedy Central Project, The House That Drips Blood on Alex at Comic Con. Chris and the Studio8 boys will be hangin’ with Mr. Wiseau and Joey Greco and spreading the pump-up about the project.
Are you at Comic Con? Have pals who are there? Just want to peek into what’s happening? Stalking Studio8?
Here is all everyone needs to know about this weekend:
On Wednesday we were in New Orleans. That evening we descended upon The Shadowbox Theatre en mass and hosted a wildly successful Improv Zero! There was a full house of enthusiastic funtimers for our introduction to New Orleans improv classes, a fat stage full of playful jammers at The Shootaround and a fantastically giggly audience for our Megaphone Show (featuring the badass local mover/shaker Champ Superstar ).
Our very first session of improv classes in New Orleans begins tomorrow. Due to all the crazed interest, we will be opening a second level 1 class on a week night very soon!
He’s an avid music lover, fascinated with analog synthesizers and vintage keyboards, and the proud owner of a french bulldog. So you can imagine how excited we are to hear what kind of stories Adam Pickrell has for us this Saturday night in the Megaphone Show! A professional musician and pre-law student (okay this guy is super impressive), he got his start “in the business” at a young age, when he was in a Telemundo lottery commerical. Since then, he’s continued to pursue his music endeavors. When he really hits it big, he plans on having a second home in Antigua or Marfa. Or maybe both! He digs sush, G.I. Joes and good, clean pair of boxer briefs. And, he’s even into helping people too. He’s headed to Haiti soon with the group R U 4 Children. Man this guy is spreading the love everywhere. Come here his stories Saturday, July 3 at 8PM.
Tickets on sale now!
We’ve all seen our fair share of PowerPoint presentations? Some informative, some creative, & some just all around boring. The only common thread? The speaker is always prepared. So why not change it up? DCH has partnered with Ignite Dallas to bring DFW the new craze of PowerPoint Improv! “Presenters” sign up to deliver a presentation they have NEVER REHEARSED! EVER! Popular at SXSW and Ignite Dallas, we’re prepared to be inspired by the unprepared!
CLICK HERE FOR ADVANCE TICKETS!!
