Business Hours
ClosedMonday
7:30 – 11:00 PM
Tuesday
6:30 – 10:30 PM
Wednesday
6:30 – 10:30 PM
Thursday
6:30 – 11:30 PM
Friday
6:30 – 11:30 PM
Saturday
6:30 – 11:30 PM
Sunday
5:30 – 9:00 PM
616 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701, USA Get directions
Fallout Theater sits right downtown on Lavaca Street, where its small, intimate stage hosts a steady rotation of improv and sketch comedy most nights of the week. Alongside the shows it runs a training program of classes and workshops, so the performers you watch are often part of the same community learning the craft just down the hall.
Monday
7:30 – 11:00 PM
Tuesday
6:30 – 10:30 PM
Wednesday
6:30 – 10:30 PM
Thursday
6:30 – 11:30 PM
Friday
6:30 – 11:30 PM
Saturday
6:30 – 11:30 PM
Sunday
5:30 – 9:00 PM
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