Main Showroom
Below are shows and events scheduled for our 285-seat main showroom. You SHOULD go to all of them, but we're cool if you only make it to half.
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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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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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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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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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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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Craig RobinsonSpecial event! Ghosted, The Office, Mr. Robinson, Hot Tub Time Machine, This is the End September 27-30 |
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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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Dave AttellSpecial event! Comedy Central, HBO, Netflix, Conan, Trainwreck, Crashing October 11-14 |
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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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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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