Rook

01/16/2020

It's been a minute, but we're back! Our Natalie can't be there, so what do we do? We're doing a TALKIE! Come see us in the Weekender at 8pm this Sunday night and see if we can remember how to improv!
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Come see the Hideout's rising talent and seasoned troupes mix it up! -The Hideout Theatre: Improv classes and shows in downtown Austin, TX.

11/24/2019

What a beautiful night for an ending. Rook had our last show with our dearest Sarah Marie Curry on Friday. The house was packed, the audience was hot, we sang our little hearts out and Sarah Marie was transcendent as always. Sarah Marie, how we will miss you so. Over the last three years you have been an incredible partner, collaborator, dreamer, and friend. There is no one like you in all the world. We wish you the best in your next projects and dreams, and will never forget how much fun we have had together in Rook. Knock em dead, lady! ❤️ Love, Your Birdies.

11/19/2019

Wafflefest is our favorite fest - especially Sarah Marie Curry's favorite fest. So it is fitting then that we announce that Friday night will be our last show with our dearest Sarah Marie. She is going onward to the next adventure, and we will miss her so dearly. So let's send her out with a powdered sugar bonanza and a waffly farewell to show our love ❤️. The tears, laughs, and oh-so-much sugar happen this Friday night at 7:30 pm at the Hideout Theatre! Tickets here: http://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/wafflefest/

11/06/2019

What a lovely and wonderful week we've had. This weekend we closed out a wonderful run of Rook Presents: The Raven. Then, Monday night Rook was so honored and proud to receive the Martin Demaat Award for Outstanding Itinerant Improvisational Troupe at the 45th Annual B Iden Payne Awards ceremony! Sarah Marie and Cat were there to accept the award and Cat flipped out just a little bit. :-) Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us and come to our shows and taken our workshops. Thanks especially to the B Iden Payne Awards Council for this wonderful surprise.

And finally, on to the next one! Rook performs THIS Sunday night at Zach Theatre at 8pm for Merlin Works! Come see us!

11/01/2019

Sold-out audiences agree: Rook Presents:The Raven is not to be missed! "From the costumes, to the dialogue, to the taste of tension that hung in the air throughout the show, Rook absolutely delivered. The scoring was spot on. It chilled me to the bone," says Jeffrey! "I will never ever tire of seeing this show, and I will never not want to see it." says Chris. Appearing two more nights only at the Hideout Theatre! Get your tickets for tonight's show now at Hideouttheatre.com

10/23/2019

There's just something about them, those frightening women of lore. Their steely stares, their careful soundless steps, their terrifying lullabies sent echoing into the darkness... They beckon to you: come closer. Come hear my song. No harm will come to you. I promise...
Rook Presents:The Raven. Gothic Tales of Horror and Hysteria. Three nights only at the Hideout Theatre, October 31st-November 2nd. Featuring special guests, Katie Traughber, David Ronn, and Rob Yoho. Hideouttheatre.com for tickets and more information.

10/20/2019

Rook is so excited to have three very special guests performing with us as part of Rook Presents:The Raven. Katie, David, and Rob have been performing, teaching, playing, directing, and doing incredible improv here in Austin, Texas for a very long time. Come join us for some beautifully haunted ballads inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe at the Hideout Theatre, October 31st-November 2nd. Hideouttheatre.com for tickets and more information.

10/18/2019

One of the most glorious things we love about Rook Presents:The Raven are the beautiful and terrifying settings. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, we have reveled in those eerie, isolated mansions, the darkened skies, the howling winds, the fog that creeps just outside the doorstep... Come join us for a limited run of these gothic tales of horror and hysteria. Halloween weekend at the Hideout Theatre October 31st-November 2nd. Hideouttheatre.com for tickets and more information.

10/15/2019

Do us a kindness dear ones, and give us an up- vote on this site for our upcoming performances of Rook Presents:The Raven.

In these dark times, it is so good to see such sweetness in friends such as you.

A noise, you say, by the back door? No, I didn't hear that at all. It's nothing to worry about. Nothing at all....

Check out The Raven: A Gothic Tale of Horror and Hysteria at The Hideout Theatre in Austin and get detailed info for the event - tickets, photos, video and reviews.

10/10/2019

At the ending of October
When the nights are growing colder,
You shall see a kind of show that has not e'er been seen before--
And shall again-- nevermore!
For three nights only! Rook Presents: The Raven, A Gothic Tale of Horror and Hysteria. Featuring special guests, Katie Traughber, David Ronn, and Rob Yoho. In the style and tone of Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Raven," set in the misty moors of a fictitious turn-of-the-century Victorian countryside, Rook will perform an improvised musical fraught with paranoia and suspense. Characters mistrust, deceive, and slip into desperate songs of fear and longing.
Take care, friends... Don't let your candle go out!
Hideout Theatre, October 31st-November 2nd. Tickets and more information at Hideouttheatre.com

10/04/2019

Here we come, Chicago! Rook can't wait to play in the Dramatic Improv Festival tomorrow, AND to get to wear pants without sweating our faces off! Wins all around! Come see us if you're in town at 10pm, playing with Ghost of Love and Unmusical Chairs! ❤️