The Committee
After college, Austin moved to Los Angeles where he became stage manager for San Francisco's famed improv company, The Committee. It was here Austin worked as an improviser with Second City's Del Close and began to develop characters. When the Los Angeles company closed in 1969, Austin moved to San Francisco where he became a performing member of The Committee.
After his departure from The Committee, Austin moved back to Los Angeles and worked at the newly opened Comedy Store where he performed in The Comedy Store Players, worked as Emcee and did stand-up.
In 1972, Gary gathered together a group of actors and started the Gary Austin Workshops. After a year he decided it was time for the actors to perform publicly and he began directing shows in Los Angeles. As word got around about the workshop, the improvisers began to perform at various venues around Hollywood.
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