After Hurricane Katrina, five of ColdTowne’s eight members fled to Austin, Texas, living together, begging for food together, and building a group mind that borders on codependence. Performing at Austin’s Out of Bound Improv Festival, Coldtowne established their new existence as relentless and adaptable performers, come hell or high water. Since then, Coldtowne has performed long-form improv regularly at Austin’s Hideout Theater, and even produced a sold-out performance of a Katrina-inspired sketch show, Hurricanes are Funny.

The Residents of ColdTowne come from a variety of backgrounds: Absurdist Art, Journalism, Vocal Acrobatics, Hip Hop Music and Old Money. Together they populate ColdTowne with long- and short-form improv, sketch, standup, screenwriting, guerilla film and lots of nerdy blogging.

In addition to their training at New Orleans’ Comedy Conservatory, residents of ColdTowne have trained and performed with Improv Olympic and as regular members of New Orleans’ charter ComedySportz team, with workshops and master classes by numerous improv luminaries. Miscellaneous ColdTowne performance venues have included the inaugural Southern Improv Festival, Harrah’s Casino, IO West, IO Chicago, ComedySportz Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, and Dallas, Louisiana State University, as well as Dallas’ West End Comedy Theater.