6:00 PM Unfinished Business: An Improva-BOO-za Story
A group of ghosts meet for their Unfinished Business Anonymous support group to see why they haven’t crossed to the other side. Surely it isn’t their fault, right?
Cast: Amber Bellsdale, Kunal Duggal, Hannah Lord, Peter Tzeng
6:12 PM Disco-Prov Returns!!!
Musical Improv like you’ve never seen before! We don’t sing, we dance… and we keep disco dancing for the whole groovy show!
Cast: Blind Cast
6:17 PM Party Mashup Games Live!
Want to see a live game night on stage? See it happen at Party Mashup Games’ first-ever Palooza show!
Cast: Erick Acuña, Katherine Mash
6:29 PM Champagne Family Presents: In This Economy?!?!
Our goal is to create scenes that feel both ridiculous and highly relatable. Our ensemble uses a fast-paced, character-drive approach to explore ordinary scenarios in absurd ways. Imagine a scene where roommates concoct creative ways to avoid paying rent or an Uber driver who is also working as a Doordasher and an Amazon delivery driver. Cutting costs and corners often leads to unintended, hilarious outcomes as people to stay sane in a crumbling economy.
Cast: Adam Pollins, Allison Le, Andrea Ulrich, Angelica Moreno, Arlene Mariotti, Dara Freeman, Johnny Williams, Luke, Tim Wroble
6:38 PM Clenched FIST 2026
You saw FIST earlier this year. Now see it again — but in 15 minutes! Clenched FIST returns!
Cast: Abigail Fu, Alex Kazanas, Alex Wilkinson, Alissa Platz-Engler, Allison Wilson, Amber Bellsdale, Anna Lorch, Béatrice Leydier, Christine Olinger, Diana Lewkowicz Alexander, Goli Samimi, Hannah Piper, Jakob Rosario, Jared Smith, Joe Randazzo, Jeff Bollen, Matt Alexander, Matt Strote, Meghan Faulkner, Mikhail Faalasli, Nicole Barrett, Peter Tzeng, Stephanie Wester
6:53 PM Love Knocks: An Improvised Reality TV Show Reunion of Icons
Last summer, the city was captivated by DC’s hottest singles, who spent their time at a villa making out, breaking up, and bringing the drama. Now, it’s time to rehash all the juiciest moments between these iconic characters — the Grade-A banter, the surprise challenges, and mostly, the funniest moments with Love Knocks: An Improvised Reality Show Reunion.
Cast: Abby Haverty, Anna Burke, Ashley Holmes, Colleen Ryan, David Spears, Erick Acuña, Fiona Leary, Hassan Halim, Joel Larin, Kendall Holliman, Kevin Seefried, M.J. Welch, Meera Kallupura, Remy Michaels, Sam Jackson
7:02 PM Commedia DOLL’Arte: American☆Girls’ Level 1 Improv Showcase
Meet Felicity, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha, and Molly, WIT’s newest Level 1 grads!!
Cast: Anna Claire Walker, Jessica Norman, John Carroll, Jordana Mishory, Liz Sanders, Samiyyah Ali
7:11 PM Hellcat Presents: Spellcat
Double, double, toil and trouble.
Cast: Aubrey Peterson, Clare Mulligan, Devin Hiett, Kaelan Fleury, Krystal Ali, Liz Hoke, Lori Pitts, Sarah Baldwin, Símonica Mendes, Steph Wilson
7:20 PM Blackout
The Blackout form is a unique take on improv that consists of a non-stop series of loosely related scenes. Much like real life, all the moods, situations, and characters disappear as mysteriously as they arrive.
Cast: Abby Fu, Amber Bellsdale, CJ Lassai, Daarel Burnette, Elissa Heller, Hannah Lord, Justin Fedich, Luke Bovard, Mary Ellen Dingley, Peter Tzeng, Zhaokang Ong
7:31 PM Acuña & Friends & Friends
Acuña brought every single of his friends to do a comedy show.
Cast: Erick Acuña
7:40 PM Decorum, Delegates!
A Model UN session, even more improvised than usual.
Cast: Blind Cast
7:49 PM Pitch Disaster 2
Aca-scuse me! The Bellas are banned from regular improv shows for doing a choreographed dance.
Cast: Anna Claire Walker, Catherine Castillo, Dana Malone, Geoff Withuhjee, Gwendolyn Bogard, Liz Sanders, Lore Leupold, Lori Pitts, Jordana Mishory, Meghan Faulkner, Nihad Mansour, Samiyyah Ali
7:53 PM Funny By Proxy Presents: Folklore
This show is a mix of the Princess Bride, Twilight Zone, and Grimms’ Fairy tales. We will brave the world of folklore, myth and legend and create a new fable that has never been told before and never will again!
Cast: Ariana Colder, Arshan Khan, Billie Solley, Elaine Wiley, Jake Hensley, Jenny Snider, Mason Oberle, Ricky Munoz, Tommy Kelleher
8:04 PM Improv Perfect 2
Improv practice makes improv perfect!
Cast: Anna Claire Walker, Catherine Castillo, Dana Malone, Geoff Withuhjee, Gwendolyn Bogard, Liz Sanders, Lore Leupold, Lori Pitts, Jordana Mishory, Meghan Faulkner, Nihad Mansour, Samiyyah Ali
8:09 PM Millennial Tuck Presents: Butterfly Effect
A missed bus today could accidentally start a cult tomorrow. Follow one tiny decision as it ricochets through an entire improvised universe.
Cast: Erik Wells, Gill Levy, John Paul Snead, Julia Alford, Juliette Verlaque, Mary Jameson, Mikko Abarcar, Sachi Khushu, Sam Wang
8:18 PM Café LingoProv
¿Dónde están mis zapatos? У меня карандаш. Meet the people of Café LingoProv, where only Duolingo’s finest sentences are spoken!
Cast: Blind Cast
8:25 PM Pitch Perfect 2
Who runs the world? GIRLS!
Cast: Anna Claire Walker, Catherine Castillo, Dana Malone, Geoff Withuhjee, Gwendolyn Bogard, Lore Leupold, Lori Pitts, Jordana Mishory, Meghan Faulkner, Nihad Mansour, Samiyyah Ali
8:31 PM Tintas (to Improv) DC
Improv players and bilingual local poets from Tintas DC, a Latinx writing community in the DMV area, collaborate in an improv show inspired by original poems shared by Tintas members.
Cast: Adriana Martinez, Analía Gómez Vidal, Azalea Aguilar, Ceci De Robertis, Cynthia Via, Erick Acuña, Jason Walther, Luna Corbetta, Pamela Chomba, Richie Khanh, Sandy Ovalle, Slli’m Williams
8:46 PM A group of adult improvisers and none of them are two kids in a trenchcoat also trying to perform improv
This is a show with ONLY adults in it performing REGULAR improv. There are NO kids in this show. And ABSOLUTELY ZERO kids are in a trenchcoat pretending to be a very real adult human.
Cast: Blind Cast
8:52 PM Queensberg Presents: Improv Traitors
A full game of The Traitors in one show! Join Queensberg as they try to suss out who keeps sabotaging their scenes.
Cast: Adina Lasser, Avalon Warner-Gonzales, Betsy Milarcik, Chris Clark, Genevieve Dabrowski, Kacie Peterson, Mason Heilman, Matthew Schwartz, Meaghan Griffith, Michael Williamson, Paul Detrick, Sam Jackson, Stan Seiden
9:05 PM 1-800 FIREAPARTMENT
Come check out your new friend’s apartment, I hear the amenities are fire.
Cast: Bethany Stokes, Chris D’Silva, Eli Okun, Madeline Dozier, Mikail Faalasli, Ryan McCloskey, Svend Larson
9:14 PM Improvised Table Read: The Movie
The Improvised Table Read has been a hit show at WIT since debuting at Palooza 24. Now, the cast debuts their brand new movie based on the show!
Cast: Alex Kazanas, Geoff Withuhjee, Joe Randazzo, John Carroll, Jonathan Murphy, Jordana Mishory, Liz Sanders, Meredith Garagiola
9:26 PM Ace and Em’s After School Special
Did after-school specials stop you from making bad choices? No? What if they were improvised MUSICALS performed by PUPPETS? You suggest the vice. We create an over-the-top cautionary tale on the spot.
Cast: Anna Claire Walker, Emily Marsh
9:38 PM The Perfect Format
The perfect improv format must true to improv’s core by being made up with audience input! Come tell us the show you want to see and we’ll create it before your very eyes!
Cast: Alissa Platz-Engler, Anna McDonald, Katherine Mash, Jenny DelVecchio
9:49 PM NEXT!
Pairing a typical dating show with the outrageous nature of MTV’s Next; join us as DC’s quirkiest singles get to know each other in a fast-paced, silly setting.
Cast: Blind Cast
9:56 PM SCRIPTED THEATRE PERFORMED BY PROFESSIONAL ACTORS
The cast of Snowfall in Love is leaving behind their improvised Hallmark holiday movies for the heady and serious nature of SCRIPTED THEATRE. Since their holiday show wrapped, they have delved into this play, rehearsing every line, practicing every piece of blocking, and identifying every character motivation. They just need you, the audience, to remind them of the play name, and what scene they are in.
Cast: Allison Yolo, Anna Claire Walker, Chels Shorte, Christina Dabney, Krystal Ali, John Carroll, Jordana Mishory, Meghan Faulkner, Mike Williamson, Tom Di Liberto, Turner Meeks, Samiyyah Ali
10:09 PM Improvised Barbershop Quartet
We’re bringing back barbershop quartets – guaranteed to make you swoon.
Cast: Blind Cast
10:16 PM Huggy Smalls: The Notorious H.U.G. Presents: Human Smalls: The Notorious B.O.D.Y.
All your favorite TV sitcom theme songs, made up on the spot!
Cast: Chris Orvin, Em Fiske, Jared Smith, JoJo Franzen, Nic Small, Richie Khanh
10:28 PM Idiot Box
All your favorite TV sitcom theme songs, made up on the spot!
Cast: Adrianne Thomas, Anna Claire Walker, Arielle Rich, Cassie Barnum, Catherine Deadman, Geoff Withuhjee, Katie O’Donnell, Mark Chalfant, Patrick Hsieh, Ryan Campbell, Simone Webster, Stan Seiden Accompanist: Amy Broadbent
10:42 PM WIT’s 1st Annual Fighting Improv Bakedown Tournament (FIBT)
The Fighting Improv Bakedown Tournament (FIBT) is a bracketed tournament in which individual bakers fight their way up the bracket toward championship glory—like Washington Improv Theater’s FIST, but with ACTUAL BAKED GOODS. Bakers advance or are eliminated based on judges from the audience who will taste test the ACTUAL BAKED GOODS. One baker will earn this year’s Star Baker award, emerging to cheers, validation, and, of course, glory.
Cast: Cassie Hoffman, Chris Olinger, Elissa Heller, Mikki Smith, Natalie Knazik, Peter Tzeng, Stephanie Wester, Zhaokang Ong
10:58 PM The CW’s Umamusume
Watch the drama at a high school for horse girls. Only on The CW.
Cast: Blind Cast
11:07 PM Wrecking Ball
She came in like a wrecking ball, literally. A team plays scenes; Miley bounces in to flatten them whenever the booth dares.
Cast: Amber Bellsdale, Daarel Burnette, Dennise Mena, Elissa Heller, James Corti, Luke Bovard, Mary Jameson “MJ”, Matt Knapper, Turner Meeks
11:14 PM Poker Night Monoscene
It was (not) a crazy game of poker!!
Cast: Geoff Withuhjee, Joe Randazzo, John Carroll, Jonathan Murphy, Jordana Mishory, Kaelan Fleury, Kourtney Ramseur, Krystal Ali, Mike Williamson, Samiyyah Ali
11:26 PM Down The Rabbit Hole
Fall down the rabbit hole as you get lost in depths of Wiki pages
Cast: Cassie Hoffman, Craig Gagel, Grace Campion, JoJo Franzen, Marisa Borreggine, Meghan Faulkner, Ryan Pierannunzi, Peter Bird, Sam Ruback, William Ferriby
11:35 PM Foley a Duel
* Bangs Coconuts ” clop clop clop clop
Cast: Blind Cast
11:44 PM Searching for the Gay National Anthem
Each scene starts with music played by the booth and that inspires the scene.
Cast: Clare Mulligan, Geoff Withuhjee, John Paul Sneed, Krystal Ali, Lauren Gabel, Mikko Abarcar, Samiyyah Ali
11:53 PM TFA Presents: Tags for Ages
For the 5th year in a row, lovable indie team TFA answers the question, “how many tag-outs can they do in one show??”
Cast: Adam Fishbein, Alex Kazanas, David Lapkoff, John Carroll, Liz Sanders, Renan Snowden
12:02 AM Algae 3000
Reflecting Poolooza!
Cast: The Algae
12:05 AM Three Times Removed
Follow one timeline or wander between three as a single improvised story unfolds across different moments in time. No two audience members experience the story in quite the same way in this immersive improvised experience.
Cast: Abby Fu, Amber Bellsdale, Colin McIntyre, Gwendolyn Bogard, Hannah Piper, Jack Barnes, Nick Tschernia, Peter Tzeng
12:20 AM RAD Company: DC’s #1 Cover Band
RAD Company is DC’s #1 cover band!
Cast: Erick Acuña, Jared Smith, Nicole Barrett, Richie Khan
12:31 AM Too Many Cooks: The Cake Edition
Welcome to the exclusive live taping of “Too Many Cooks: The Cake Edition”!
Cast: Macey Schiff, Stephanie Wester, The Aura of Lauren Gabel