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District Improv Festival returns for weekend celebration September 8-10

Headlining performers are Will Hines and Jim Woods, longtime performers from the Upright Citizens Brigade.

Review:  The Second City’s ‘America; It’s Complicated!’ at the Kennedy Center

There’s not much to laugh at in politics today. Nor is it easy to make fun of diversity, gender, Putin, or Pepsi.  But that doesn’t...

‘Legendary: Sweet Slice of Liberty’ by TBD Immersive

TBD Immersive, DC’s very own immersive theater company, brings a new production to the city this weekend. This time the show comes to life...

Three Truths I Took Away From Second City’s ‘Generation Gap’

Are we brave enough to laugh at ourselves? That’s a question The Second City explores in it’s latest comedy show Generation Gap, playing now...

Review: ‘Late Night Double Feature Improv Show’ by Fells Point Corner...

By Bill Kamberger Improv is life; after all, we do it every day. And since many would claim that theater is life, performing improv in...

Musical Theater and Improv Join Forces at Washington Improv Theater

“Quick! We need a word. Any word,” says Travis Charles Ploeger, director and accompanist for iMusical, an improv ensemble out of Washington Improv Theater....

Review: ‘Damned If You Do’ by Upright Citizens Brigade at Woolly...

By Beatrice Loayza “So, what are we seeing again?” my friend asks me at dinner prior to the show. Pause.  I scrape the corners of my...

In the Moment: ‘Power and Lunch’ at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival

In the DMV area, there are plenty in the political and social elite who can be found clicking away on their social media working...

Interview: Musical Improv Duo Tara and Rance Discuss their Critically-acclaimed Show...

Veteran Chicago improvisers Tara DeFrancisco and Rance Rizzutto have traveled together to 20 countries and more than 50 U.S. cities to perform their improvised...

Preview: Washington Improv Theater’s ‘Wintry Mix’ at DC Arts Center

Now through February 4, Washington Improv Theater (WIT), the District’s oldest and only nonprofit long-form improv theater, presents Wintry Mix, a four-week medley of...

Review: ‘Citizens’ Watch’ at Washington Improv Theater

One of the best things about improv is that no two shows are alike. And Citizens’ Watch, the improvisational mystery now unfolding at Washington Improv Theater, is no exception.

Review: The Second City’s ‘Divided We Stand’ at The Kennedy Center

They’re back! Second City--the group that made Chicago the capital of comedy and that all but invented improv--has returned to DC, where it is...

Interview: A Q & A with Arts Collective@HCC’s ‘IMPROVAGANZA’ Participants: Part...

Howard Community College's Arts Collective's What Improv Group?! is presenting Improvaganza, HCC’s (and Howard County’s, too) FIRST Improv Festival with Master Classes, on March...

IMPROVAGANZA: Improv Festival and Improv Master Classes at Arts Collective @HCC

Howard Community College's Arts Collective's What Improv Group?! presents... IMPROVAGANZA!  A Three-Night Improv Festival Mar 30, 31 & Apr 1, 2017, at 8pm in HCC's Studio...

Arts Collective @HCC Presents ‘A 2-Show Valentine Affair’ February 10 &...

Directed by: S.G. Kramer and Daniel Johnston Creative Writing Coordination by: Tara Hart Music Performed by: Chris Sisson, Steven Caballero Stage Management by: Linwood Milan Production Assistance by:...

Review: The Second City’s ‘Unelectable You’ at The Kennedy Center

Billed as “The Second City’s Completely Unbiased Political Revue,” Unelectable You—now in the middle of a four month pre-election national tour—paused in Washington, DC...

Review: ‘POTUS Among Us’ at Washington Improv Theater

A quick but firm handshake, a genuine embrace, a passing glance to own the room and most of all a nudge, wink and leaning...

Arts Collective @ HCC’s “Underground Rooftop Coffee House” – An Artistic...

Arts Collective’s “What Improv Group?!?!” partners with HCC’s Creative Writers, Performing and Visual Artists, and HoCoPoLitSo Howard Community College's (HCC) Arts Collective (AC) kicks off...

Spine: ‘We Know How You Die’ and an Oracular Upright Citizens...

We Know How You Die, the Upright Citizens Brigade's improvised, audience participation exploration of the Oracle, its predictive methodology, and its impact on the...

Arts Collective@HCC Holds Auditions for 2016-2017 Improv Group (WIG) Season on...

Howard Community College’s Arts Collective (AC) announces open auditions for “What Improv Group?!” / W.I.G.’s 2016-2017 Season, under the direction of S.G. Kramer &...