2026 Lineup
Sugar Rush
Sugar Rush has perfected a high-octane, Spokane-style improv experience that hits like your favorite sweet treat — fast, bold, and impossible to resist. No scripts. No safety net. Just pure, unfiltered fun. Get ready to laugh loud and leave on a full-blown comedy high.
SUNDAY @ 2PM
Garage
Garage is a hilarious and acclaimed improv troupe with all women and non-binary performers that has been serving up laughs weekly since 2017. Featuring stand-up by prolific comedians from Comedy Central, Moontower Comedy Festival, and more, this deeply funny show has it all! Don't miss out on a good time!
SUNDAY @ 3PM
Girls Girls girls
Austin's original all-female improvisation troupe Creating long-form improvised musicals from a single audience suggestion is their specialty! The Girls and their live musicians make up the songs, dances, characters, and stories all on the spot.
McNeil hs improv
Laughter is the best medicine and the students at McNeil High School are taking that literally with an improv comedy club!
Four Square
Four Square brings improv comedy that’s smart, grounded, and hilarious! You can catch them in their weekly ExAb Night show at Coldtowne Theater!
SUNDAY @ 6PM
Excused absence comedy
There is no age limit on comedy! Excused Absence improv troupes bring big laughs to all who watch! Class troupes performing include: Kinderprov, Elementary (1 & 2pm classes), Sunday Teen Class, Thursday Thoughts, and Advanced Teens
A’Dulting with dragons
Adulting with Dragons - Adolescence Edition! A Dropout Wannabe Team plays as a group of fake teens trying to survive normal school life - that is, if school was filled with monsters and world-ending threats. Come for the fun, stay for the fight!re soon!
Hideout teens
The Hideout’s Improv Classes help actors, comedians, and everyone else discover their creative voices.
Our Kids Classes, Camps & Shows bring the power and fun of improv to the next generation!
SASAC Players
Returning for their second ExAb Fest, SASAC (aka South Austin Senior Activity Center) performs short form Improv that will leave you rolling in the aisles. Funny. Smart. Extremely Cool.
Jane Austin Improv
An award-winning narrative improv ensemble and company based in Austin, TX, performing completely improvised plays in the style of Jane Austen.
SUNDAY @ 5PM
Zach theater improv
Zach produces a dazzling lineup of nationally recognized plays and musicals! Zach student troupes include Children of Improv, Those weird theater kids, Unnecessary Journeys, Kermit the Frog Haters, and That one improv troupe
wit - westlake HS Improv
Westlake High School Theatre’s WIT!
Off Spring acts
Comedians: Some of them are parents. OffSpring Shows feature parent/child comedy acts, and they are not to be missed. Featuring: Dave & Emily, StarMan & StageMom, The Sweetlambs, Heebie Jeebies, and Alspaugh Now!
Blank center S-S-S-Stage
While this improv troupe is officially debuting at the Excused Absence Comedy Festival - Blank Center S-S-S-Stage players have built a love and appreciation for improv over 10+ years under the phenomenal guidance of Kristin Henn and many Cold Towne instructors. Together, they stutter openly, speak confidently, communicate effectively, and Dream. Speak. Live. during every improv opportunity they get!
Seth barkin
More soon!