Griefcat (ARL) · J'Accuse (ATX) · La Spazzatura (SF)

Griefcat headlines a triple bill in Austin on Thursday, November 5, as part of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. They're joined by J'Accuse, a local Austin act, and La Spazzatura, coming in from San Francisco. The three together make up a single night of improv comedy, and since it's part of a festival that stages shows across the country, you're getting a mix of local and visiting performers on the same bill.

Each show brings a different approach to the stage. J'Accuse is an improv murder mystery set in France, so you've got a whodunit unfolding in real time. La Spazzatura describes itself as an improvised opera—their own words are "low brow opera, high brow improv"—which puts the singing and the operatic format front and center. With Griefcat leading the night, the bill moves from a mystery to an opera, all made up on the spot.

The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is an improv festival with shows staged across the United States, and this particular lineup mixes styles and formats rather than sticking to one kind of sketch or scene work. That's the draw here: three different takes on improv in one evening, with the local Austin presence of J'Accuse and the San Francisco import of La Spazzatura sharing the stage with Griefcat. It's a good way to see a few different ways of doing the same thing in one go.

Griefcat, J'Accuse, and La Spazzatura play in Austin on Thursday, November 5.