Coming to the Stage ...
This is every ticketed event currently on our schedule. Red boxes are for the main showroom. Blue boxes are for the lounge showroom. If you see an orange box, we can't be held responsible for what happens when you click it.
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Bruce BruceSaturday 3 p.m. show added. Special event! Comic View, HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central, Top Five, Maron. Featuring Bryson Brown.   August 17-19 |
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Improv Class GraduationA graduation show for the latest edition of "Level 2 Improv." Hosted by instructor Chris Ulrich. Showtime is 12:45 p.m., and this is in the lounge showroom. August 19no cover |
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EPIX TV tapingThe premium TV network EPIX tapes shows for a new stand-up comedy series! Featuring Seaton Smith and Paris Sashay. The kitchen and bar will be open. August 20 |
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Comedy Boot Camp GraduationTalented veterans and service members show off their newly developed stand-up comedy skills at this graduation show and fundraiser. All ticketing is through ASAP.
August 22 |
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Open Mic NightLocal comedians take the stage for our open mic. Doors at 6:30, show at 7:30. Free admission. Click on the tickets to RSVP. August 23no cover |
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Arsenio HallSpecial event! A comedy icon returns. The Arsenio Hall Show, Celebrity Apprentice, Black Dynamite, Coming to America. Featuring Mia Jackson.
August 24-25 |
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DMV Comedy ShowcaseGreat comics with DMV ties in our 60-seat showroom. Featuring: Denise Taylor, Paris Sashay, Elahe Izadi, Mia Jackson and Natalie McGill. August 24lounge |
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DMV Comedy ShowcaseGreat comics with DMV ties in our 60-seat showroom. Featuring: Nick Hopping, Rallo Boykins, Donnie Sengstack, Paris Sashay and Matt Brown. August 25lounge |
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Improv Class GraduationA graduation show for the latest edition of "Short-Form Improv: Characters and Emotions." Hosted by instructor Anna Bethel. August 28no cover |
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Steve ByrneNetflix, Comedy Central, The Tonight Show, Sullivan & Son, Conan. Featuring Rob Maher and Alex Scott.
Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 |
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DMV Comedy ShowcaseGreat comics with DMV ties in our 60-seat showroom. Featuring: Haywood Turnipseed, Brittany Carney, Martin Amini, Rob Maher, LeClerc Andre. August 31lounge |
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DMV Comedy ShowcaseGreat comics with DMV ties in our 60-seat showroom. Featuring: Andy Kline, Sean Gabbert, Mike Brown, Alex Scott and Matty Litwack. September 1lounge |
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The Time Machine RoastGreat figures from history roast the hell out of each other. See comedy history being made ... with Walt Disney, Moses, Buddha, Marie Antoinette, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jane Austen and Bill Gates. September 5 |
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Arnez JSpecial event! Showtime, Netflix, Comic View, Comedy Central, NBC
September 6-9 |
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Comedy Kumite 16The sweet 16th edition of the world's greatest stand-up tournament. With Chris Lawrence, Brittany Carney, Theresa Concepcion, Benjy Himmelfarb, Pearl Rose, Petey Steele, Dominic Rivera and Adrian Rodney. RUMBLE! September 8lounge |
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Make Up Party: SchoolComedy teams compete for a cash prize with their five minutes of comedy about school. Watch the fun, or hop on stage to compete! Tickets are just $5. September 9lounge |
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Open Mic NightLocal comedians take the stage for our open mic. Doors at 6:30, show at 7:30. Free admission. Click on the tickets to RSVP. September 13no cover |
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Adam RayDC Improv debut! About Last Night podcast, The Heat, American Vandal, Workaholics, MADtv, Ghostbusters. Featuring Josh Adam Meyers.
September 14-16 |
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Tony RockLiving Biblically, The Game of Dating, Everybody Hates Chris, All Def Comedy Live, All of Us. Featuring Jordan Rock.
September 20-23 |
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Couples Therapy: A Comedy ShowRahmein Mostafavi leads a hilarious discussion where comics and willing audience members laugh about relationships and single strife. Featuring Rob Maher and Denise Taylor.
September 20lounge |
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ComedySportz ImprovInteractive comedy with the famous ComedySportz troupe. Showtime 7:30. All ages welcome. September 22 lounge |
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Late-Night ImprovComedySportz players stick around after their early show for the freewheeling improv of "The Blue Show" in our lounge. Ages 18 and up, showtime 9:45. September 22lounge |
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Craig RobinsonSpecial event! Ghosted, The Office, Mr. Robinson, Hot Tub Time Machine, This is the End September 27-30 |
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Pun DMV: RemixThe DMV's pun competition goes to the next level, with teams, A/V excellence and more. Enjoy it from the audience, or hop on stage as a contestant -- by yourself or with your friends. Tickets just $6. Hosted by Dana Fleitman. September 27lounge |
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Seaton SmithConan, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Comedy Central, Mulaney, HBO
September 28-29lounge |
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Stand-Up Class GraduationGrads of our famous "Five Minutes to Funny" stand-up comedy class take the Improv stage for the first time. Hosted by teacher Chris Coccia! October 3 |
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Nate BargatzeDC Improv headlining debut! "The Standups" on Netflix, The Tonight Show, Conan, Comedy Central
October 4-7 |
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ABDCsA night of stand-up with four American Born Desi Comics: Alingon Mitra, Akaash Singh, Tushar Singh and KC Arora.
October 4lounge |
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Emmy BlotnickDC Improv debut! Writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The President Show, Not Safe, @midnight.
October 5-6lounge |
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Dave AttellSpecial event! Comedy Central, HBO, Netflix, Conan, Trainwreck, Crashing October 11-14 |
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Stand-Up Class GraduationGrads of our first ever "Level 2 Stand-Up" comedy class take over the Improv's lounge showroom. Hosted by teacher Rahmein Mostafavi! October 11lounge |
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Daniel WeingartenDC Improv debut! A breakout stand-up / social media star headlines four shows in our lounge.
October 12-13lounge |
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Challenge Mania LiveStars from the popular reality competition series, MTV's "The Challenge," appear in an interactive variety show hosted by Derrick Kosinski and Scott Yager of the hit podcast "Challenge Mania." Guests TBD. Showtime is 3 p.m. All ages welcome. October 13 |
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Pun DMVThe DMV's pun competition. Enjoy it from the audience, or hop on stage as a contestant ... Tickets just $6! Hosted by Dana Fleitman. October 18 |
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Ms. PatBest-selling memoir "Rabbit," Last Comic Standing, Roast Battle, This Is Not Happening, WTF with Marc Maron, The Joe Rogan Experience, BET.
October 19-20 |
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Improv Class GraduationA graduation show for the latest edition of "Level 2 Improv." Hosted by instructor Chris Ulrich. October 24no cover |
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Aries SpearsShaq's All-Star Comedy Jam, Seeso, Showtime, Mad TV, Jerry Maguire. October 25-28 |
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Improv Class GraduationA graduation show for the latest edition of "Intro to the Harold." Hosted by instructor Chris Ulrich. October 30no cover |
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Murder Mystery Comedy ShowHalloween Whodunit returns! Treat yourself to the latest show by Die Laughing Productions, starring Rob Maher, Sean Gabbert, Tommy Sinbazo and maybe you. October 31 |
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Nikki Glaser"You Up" on Comedy Central Radio, Not Safe w/ Nikki Glaser, Inside Amy Schumer, MTV, The Tonight Show
November 1-3 |
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"And That's Why We Drink" LiveSOLD OUT! The hit podcast records a live episode at the club. Murder! The paranormal! Wine! A DC Improv debut! November 5-6sold out |
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Medium Cindy KazaSpecial event! Reach out to the spirits with a renowned evidential medium.
November 6 lounge |
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Jason MewesSpecial event! "Jay Mewes & His A-Mewes-ing Stories," starring the cult favorite from Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Dogma and more.
November 7 |
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Bill BellamySpecial event! The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Last Comic Standing, Who's Got Jokes, MTV, Booty Call November 8-11 |
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Deon ColeSpecial event! Grown-ish, Black-ish, Angie Tribeca, Comedy Central, Conan, Barbershop November 15-18 |
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Donnell RawlingsSpecial event! The Thanksgiving tradition continues. HBO, WPGC, Guy Code, Chappelle's Show, Project Dad.
November 23-25 |
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wellRED ComedySpecial event! Stand-up from Trae Crowder, Corey Ryan Forrester and Drew Morgan. Nov. 29 - Dec. 2 |
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Roy Wood Jr.The Daily Show, This Is Not Happening, Sullivan and Son, Conan, The Tonight Show
December 6-8 |
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Hypnotist Flip OrleyAmerica's premier comic hypnotist, and a DC Improv favorite for two decades!
December 13-16 |
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Dov DavidoffHBO's Crashing, The Tonight Show, The Late Show, Showtime, Comedy Central, "Invincible"
December 28-30 |
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New Year's Eve Celebration
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