Press

“Trew is out of his fucking mind…”
- Wayne Allen Brenner, The Austin Chronicle
“An improv master…”
- The Onion A.V. Club
“A tireless performer…Hilarious…”
- The Austinist
“…a comedic risk-taker with a boisterous and left-field wit.”
- XL Magazine
ColdTowne - Best Comedy Troupe 2007 (Austin Chronicle)
ColdTowne - Most Outstanding Improv 2007 (B. Iden Payne)
ColdTowne - Best Improv Troupe 2006 (Austin Chroniclel)
Terp 2 it - Best Rapper in Austin 2008 (Austin 360)
(More ColdTowne Theater-related quotes can be found here.)

Read the interview here.
My duo show one a.m. is reviewed by the Austin Chronicle.
The news wakes us up early and films us.
Named “Most Fearless Improviser“, “Hardest Working Individual For the Collective” and a member of the “Hardest Working Troupe” as well as co-creator of “Best New Format” in the first annual Austin Improv Collective awards ceremony. Nominated for Best Male Improviser and Most Playful and Accepting Improviser.
Coverage of see.hear.speak.three, the comedy festival that I was Executive Producer of.
Interview by The Onion AV Club.
Interviewed by the DT Weekend for the improvised hip-hop concert team “Aw Shit.”
ColdTowne is named “Best Improv Group” in the Austin Chronicle Readers Poll.
The Austinist pre-Frontera Fest interview.
Performing “Hurricanes Are Funny” at the Chicago Improv Festival.
Winner of the XL Funnywriter Sketch Comedy Writing Contest.
The Austin Chronicle writes about our festival trips to Chapel Hill, Washington D.C. and more.
Timeout Chicago covers ColdTowne’s show at the Chicago Improv Festival.
KUT Austin does a small piece on the ColdTowne Theater.
The opening of the ColdTowne Theater prompted this and this and this and this.
Austin Chronicle cover story on the state of Austin Improv and the Out of Bounds Improv Festival.
The LSU Reveille covers opening night of Studio 8’s feature length film debut.
Abercrombie and Fitch Magazine calls us brilliant. [pdf warning]
A weekend with ColdTowne at Austin 360.
Check Please! interviews us about post-Katrina satire.
Take 2 Magazine interviews Studio 8 and we answer all of their questions.














Chris Trew is the only reason for the season.
Comment by Corky Murphy — March 7, 2008 @ 8:50 am
Chris Trew makes me laugh so hard, I pee other people’s pants.
Comment by MC Murphy — March 7, 2008 @ 10:36 am