Washington Improv Theater — Attraction in Washington

A friend of mine brought me along to see a show here & I've been hooked ever since, including helping out as a volunteer (or "operative", as they're called) with keeping the shows running. It's great fun to watch & just as much fun to help out behind the scenes. There are a couple dark months throughout the year, but in general there are house groups performing consistently, including iMusical: the Improvised Musical. FIST is an improv tournament in spring- a great time to see some less-experienced groups early on; and the cream of the crop toward the end. Improvapalooza runs later in the year & is my favorite- groups just try out any zany idea: they don't always work, but usually they're extremely entertaining or I can at least admire the creativity. Neutrino is in autumn & is an improvised short film -- filmed as...

Was so painfully bad. My friends and I saw an improv show here expecting to laugh a lot based on all these reviews. We went the March 10 2023 show at 7:30PM. I have never seen improv this bad before. They weren’t doing comedy. They were doing DRAMA and it was so weird. At one point, they were singing the weirdest garbage making a dramatic musical about a comic con and no one was laughing. I thought this improv group was supposed...

A genuinely wonderful place. Take a class here and be blown away at how quickly you build community and fun skills!

If you don't feel like taking a class, see a show! It's absolutely insane how high-quality the weekend shows are for such a low ticket price - and Harold Nights on Mondays...