Saturday Night in ColdTowne

January 20, 2008 by Josh Harvey

ColdTowne Crowd.jpgOn Saturday night, Gabriel and I ventured over to see Austin improv comedy troop ColdTowne Theater.  My LSU roommate and New Orleans transplant Chris Trew performs with ColdTowne.  In 2007, ColdTowne was named Austin's best comedy group by the Austin Chronicle.

Chris dragged me on stage to be his "stool pigeon" for the 8 pm show.  The "stool pigeon" is a person pulled from the crowd, placed on stage (on a stool), and who tells stories that serve as fodder for the team of 6 improv comics.  So Chris had me tell several 2-minute stories and the improv players picked elements of my stories and turn them into a made-up-on-the-spot comedy routines. 

Despite my limited story-telling skills, Chris and ColdTowne did an incredible job of turning my rather unfunny, real-life stories into coherent skits that had the room laughing wildly.  To learn more about ColdTowne, and to see their show schedule, click here

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