The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival started their second night off strong with local group Improv For Evil, who regularly perform at the Hideout Theater, and LA-based funny ladies Token Boy (with Austin-based comic Jon Bolden), who kicked off Thursday’s events at the Salvage Vanguard’s Apple Stage. The space, set for one of the Vanguard’s current productions, turned into a playground for the performers, who had fun exploring and incorporating the ladders and platforms into scenes - and experimenting with facepaint, soundtracks and group photos. more ›

Kevin McDonald headlines this year's Out of Bounds Comedy Festival, with his one-man show, Hammy and The Kids. In the show, McDonald explores his relationship with his alcoholic father and with his influential sketch comedy comedy troupe/television show, The Kids in the Hall. After touring in 2000 and again in 2008, their new television show Death Comes to Town premiered earlier this year in Canada. Austinist caught up to talk to McDonald about his show, wherein he discusses the difficulties he faced with his father and with the Kids, especially during the process of making the troupe's feature film, Brain Candy. McDonald told Austinist about the origins of his show, checking out some music in Austin, and why he's funnier to rape than Bruce McCulloch. more ›

One of the touring acts from last year's Out of Bounds Comedy Festival returning to perform again this year is TuskegeeXperiment, an all African-American improv comedy troupe out of LA. TuskegeeXperiment is comprised of Stephen C. James, Marshall Givens, Jason Kelley, Tammie Smalls, Dwana White and Edana Walker. Austinist chatted with Marshall Givens about forming the group, their provocative name, and why Snap, Crackle, and Pop are the best breakfast cereal rappers. more ›

PROJECTproject is an improv, well, project out of Toronto Canada playing at this years Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. They're known for innovating unique and experimental formats for improvised shows. PROJECTproject consists of Julie Dumais, Sean Tabares, Sarah Hillier and Alex Tindal. Austinist got a chance to talk with Julie about PROJECTproject's origins, some of the formats they've created and what they aim to do with their time in Austin. more ›

The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is bringing down the unique improv duo Grandma Hates Technology. While improv duos are fairly ubiquitous, Grandma Hates Technology, a father and his teenage daughter, is a much more unusual combination. Grandma Hates Technology will be performing two shows in this years festival. Austinist asked Mike Weiss about how he came to perform improv with his daughter and what their relationship brings to the performance table. more ›

For the second year in a row, the Out Of Bounds Improv Festival has doubled in size—from a little over a hundred performers in 2008 to 500 this year, including The Kids In The Hall's Kevin McDonald and NPR's Will Durst. And if you've been wondering where and when you were going to be able to see all of them, we've got the full schedule available now. Venues include improv mainstay theaters The Hideout, The Salvage Vanguard Theater, and Coldtowne Theater, as well as The Velveeta Room and ND at 501 Studios. The festival runs the week of August 31st, through September 6th. The full schedule is available on the festival's website. more ›

Seven days, six mountain-climbing fingers, five eligible bachelors, four pairs of cop sunglasses, three sets of tucked-in male genitalia, two dead Parisian crimelords and one coveted rug later, the seventh annual Out of Bounds Comedy Festival has come to an end. more ›

Photos from Friday's "Battle of the Sexes" and Saturday's PGraph and VAROOM performances at Salvage Vanguard Theatre during the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. more ›

Like a comedic Russian nesting doll, but diamond-encrusted and joyfully un-PC, the members of Pimprov are champions of persona-based improv, crafting shows where the interactions between the pimp characters are as crucial as the interaction between the characters played by the pimps. more ›

Full schedule after the jump. more ›

It’s understandable if the names David Razowsky, Dan O'Connor and Floyd Van Buskirk don’t mean anything to you. But know this: these guys are improv. Their resumes are long, and include time spent in Chicago, Amsterdam, Seattle and Los Angeles, the latter of which is their current base of operations. more ›

Ever wonder how improv groups get their names? We sure do. Tonight's troupes have such whippy monikers as Chicago's Grandma June's Sewing Circle (quaint, curious) and NYC's Rue Brutalia (our favorite of the bunch). Tonight's lineup also includes some Fort Worth, Dallas, Phoenix, New Jersey, and of course Austin. more ›

While Omaha, Neb.’s 88improv flies under the flag of “Smart. Clean. Comedy!,” the group proves that clean comedy doesn’t have to equal lame comedy. more ›

10pm–Look Cookie, Improv for Evil more ›

The annual Out of Bounds Fest kicks off this evening with a big boom—none other than the lovely and charming Maria Bamford performs at Esther's Pool. Opening is our very own Lovey and Lovey; Austin's Matt Bearden emcees. more ›

Mark our words: Rotozaza's Etiquette, coming in April for Fuse Box, will sell out. // Hyde Park Theatre is holding auditions this Saturday. // Out of Bounds '08 is now taking submissions. // Troades at the Vortex is held over for two more weeks. more ›