FIST 2024: Who’s Who
FIST 2024 spans 78 teams and 289 performers! Who will succeed Moonstruck 2 as the next FIST champions? The tournament starts Jan. 25—ticketing will be online soon!
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Cast: Kevin Hackbarth, Richard Johnson, Natalie Knazik, Liz Lowry
Whatever you’ve got, we’re in for it…mostly.
Achilles & Steve
Cast: Emerson French, Julia Gross, Val Paschall, Isaac Stone
Achilles & Steve is, as its name suggests, a celebration of unlikely duos and the zany energy they inspire!
An Advice Show
Cast: Stacey Axler, Jack Barnes, Jojo Franzen, Nic Small
An Advice Show converts an audience member’s problem into unqualified, unsolicited, & (potentially) helpful advice.
All Denim
Cast: Kate Fridley, Harrison Hammonds, Katherine Mash
We met in Level 1 and we don’t know what’s happening
Arctic Fox
Cast: Brent Buxton, Mark Chalfant, Craig Gagel, Ryan McClure
Anything can happen, but not just anything will.
Are We There Yet?
Cast: Emily Dalton, Shawn Logue, Adam Myers, Daymund Williams
Four friends on the open road. What can possibly go wrong?
Artificial Intelligence
Cast: Madeline Carlson, Camilo Garcia, Oluwasegun Okusaga
A group of folks arming themselves with improv while waiting for ChatGTP to take our jobs.
Bermuda Triangle
Cast: Cam Luther, Ola Komolafe, Anthony Rizkala
Bermuda Triangle is a whirl of comic destruction, promising to sweep away audiences with torrential humor.
Bonus Crew
Cast: Josh Izaak, Katie Kooser, Camille Pozderac, Gifford Wong
Quirky foursome seeking to share laughs while engaging in socially acceptable hijinx. We’re a bonus crew with shared hot and sweaty time.
The Booth Boys
Cast: Jake Lester, Kaz Nobumoto, Garren Snow, Henry Trochlil
Can we get a suggestion for an activity? I heard: college improv troupe reunion
Breakfast Schnitzel
Cast: AJ Minite, Tarun Sinha, Paul Soto
We’re the best way to start or end your day. Can’t go wrong with Schnitzel
Burnt Sienna
Cast: Al-Hassan Koroma, Ryan McCloskey, Michael Williamson
Wacky buds, even wackier characters.
Cake for Breakfast
Cast: Chelsea Herrick, Holly Jones, Malissa Magiera, Lisa Schreihart
Eat. Cake. Now. It’s gonna be a great day!
CALAMITY: The Show
Cast: Katie Bull, Jackie Cheng, Erin Coyne, Raju Sharma
The hot-mess express of movers, shakers, the strong-choice makers from the Wild West of Northern Virginia.
The Chameleons
Cast: Rebecca Kellner, Steven Raetzman, Kashyap Sridhar, Irina Vayndiner
Vibrant, eclectic and fun
Chaos
Cast: Geoff Corey, Diego Dew, Clare Mulligan, Aubrey Peterson
We are chaos.
Cheaterz
Cast: Sarah Herhold, Diego Hernandez, Danielle Steger, Ian Stout
Cheaterz is inspired by breaking the rulez
Chicken of the Woods
Cast: Sarah Baldwin, Nora Dell, Cale Harper, Leslie Turner
“Moist”, “rubbery”, “immune-boosting” – and that’s just our namesake mushroom. Get ready for a little chaos and a harvest of hilarity✨🍄✨
Classy & Clueless
Cast: Sarthak Agrawal, Delal Pektas
Hide your loved ones, we’re cerebral, sassy, and blunt.
the collective
Cast: Caitlin Brady, Genevieve Dabrowski, Mazyar Emami, James Nugent
we are the collective. our whispers weave webs :: our stories sculpt statues. soon, you too shall be consumed by the collective.
DMV Social Improv Jam
Cast: Grace Fennell, Julia D’Ambrosi Major, Stephen Major, Rachel Solomon
Find us on Facebook and join us for a free improv jam.
Double Trouble²
Cast: Gaby Corcoran, Abby Haverty, Hannah Piper, Jacksón Smith
Bonnie and Clyde. Achilles and Patroclus. Jim and Dwight. Get ready to update the list of famous duos. Twice. Cause there’s four of us.
Easy Option
Cast: Matt Alexander, Stephen Gabauer, Adrian Gaston Garcia, Carly Kraybill
Life is usually better when it’s easy…
Exit Row
Cast: Dave Barak, Mary Ellen Dingley, Justin Fedich, Sophia Peerzada
Exit Row reminds you that items may have shifted during flight
The Fortunate Four
Cast: Doug Choi, Kat Kunkle, Court McGrew, Anna Nelson
Four improvisers who look at the bright side of life.
HABIT BUSTERS
Cast: Aaron Harris, Joanne Harris, Simonica Mendes, Amira Moore
We ask about habits ur trying to break and why.
“I’m not ashamed of my clown husband!”
Cast: Lisa McCullough, Daniel Myers, Adam Singer
Two birdwatchers plan your wedding to a man with a fish.
I’m Proud Of You, Son
Cast: Joey Cathey, Ben Perone, Michael Sanchez
Fathers and sons crack open brews of poorly framed metaphors, repressed emotion, and unsound parenting.
In Your Dreams
Cast: Daniel Barrera, Sam Jackson, Kacie Peterson, M.J. Welch
What would your life look like if your childhood dreams came true? Let us, In Your Dreams, ask and answer.
Innit?
Cast: Peg Jobst, Hilary Joel, Stacey Pelika, Steve Pilloff
Bringing 200+ years’ of life experience, we love to find the amusingly unusual surprises that inhabit ordinary friendships and situations.
Intrusive Thotties
Cast: Javi Calderon, Lucas Feldman, Abigail Kameny, Kelly Smith
we are intrusive. we are thots.
Just Two Dudes
Cast: Michael Lawrence, Colin McIntyre
Just a couple of dudes doing hot guy stuff.
Kiki & My Dada
Cast: Jeff Bollen, Kiki Bollen
Do you remember what it was like to be 6 years old? We do!
Kinfolk
Cast: Krystal Ali, Samiyyah Ali, Kendall Hollimon, Jamal Newman
Imagine watching your people on stage living their lives. Anything can happen when you get together with your Kinfolk.
The Last Straw
Cast: Yotam Gingold, Arhan Gunel, Dan Holm, Julie Huggins
Often, there’s straw. Sometimes, the straw goes away. Rarely, there’s one straw left. That’s us.
Leftover Donut Holes
Cast: Phil Jones, Quinn Kelly, Ben Lockshin, Aagosh Mathur
The truth, the hole truth, and nothing but the truth (so help us God)
Lemon
Cast: Mikail Faalasli, Peter Kimball, Ryan Pierannunzi, John Windmueller
Lemon. Refreshing, Effervescent, Bright. Lemon.
A Lover, Not a Fighter
Cast: Perot Bissell, Lore Leupold, Patrick Maxwell, Gab Nahmias
We’re just some cool cats and kittens who love improv. Also three of us live together so that’s a vibe I guess?
Magazine Dairy Announcement
Cast: Katie Garbart, Fred Gilbert, Joel Larin, Julia Marcus
First time coming together. Influences include The Smashing Pumpkins, Bon Jovi, and Cher.
Magic Number
Cast: Julie Gerzina, David Koeller, Joanne Zurcher,
We’re doing our best!
Matron Saints
Cast: Morgan Burris, Emmy Harvey
A show by women inspired by shows by women.
Meth & Taxes
Cast: Grant Faber, Natasha Herrick, Garima Singal, Luke Swinford
Irreverent, excitable, unhinged, and miserly, Meth and Taxes delivers a veritable oasis of long-form improvisational joy.
Milk Milk Milk!
Cast: Madeline Dozier, Devin Hiett, Kelsey Peters, Allison Yolo
Oat, almond, 2%, breast… choose your milk!
Monsters Under the Bed
Cast: Amber Bellsdale, Gwendolyn Bogard, Nick Tschernia, Peter Tzeng
Climb under the bed with us and explore your silliest fears!
Mousetrap Elephant
Cast: Maria Batdorff, Jillian Cardillo, Cole Fritzenkotter, David Walters
Mousetrap Elephant promises a fun-filled improv show with no live elephants or actual mousetraps.
Mouthfeel
Cast: Mark Benjamin, Grace Campion, Betsy Milarcik, Ben Willman
Chewy, slippery, dare I say a little crunchy.
Muppets 3
Cast: Ernest Afflu, Lexcia Carr, Sanjana Raghavan
Three haunted puppets navigating the beauty and the horrors of the human experience
Name It & Claim It
Cast: Kenneth Bender, David Dickerson, Georgia Lyon, Beth Ruedi
Unknown. Even to us.
Nine Kinds of Pie
Cast: Adi Kamdar, Chris Lash, Stanley Seiden
We’re the warm leather of your grandmam’s armchair. The zesty crunch of a fresh sprig of arugula. The mysterious gleam of a runcible spoon.
Not Serious People
Cast: Erick Acuña, Vasant Joseph, Eva Lewis, Avalon Warner-Gonzales
Are you tired of DC being the most serious city in the country? So are we! Take a break—come be unserious with us
Not Your Girlfriend
Cast: Sarah Anderson, Deborah Birnbaum, Marcy Coburn, Simone Gannage
Women can be anything – this is improv baby! So why did men always make us their love interests in scenes? Fed up, we banded together.
Not Your Mother’s Daughters
Cast: Claire Brisse, Gunjan Maheshwari, Chizobam Nwagwu, Sam Ruback
Bored of the patriarchy? Look no further than this funky gaggle of gals who sometimes use inside voices and share what’s on their minds.
Particle Accelerators
Cast: Mike Good, Logan Hartley, Hayley Lawrence, Katya Leidig
We’re the kind of improv group you want to bring home to meet your parents
PartiFact
Cast: Elizabeth Cutler, Precious Jenkins, Bill Nelson, Isabelle Solomon
Your weirdest friend just got weirder (in the best way). Meet PartiFact – inspired by facts you never want to hear at a party.
Possibly Psychic
Cast: Theresa Buechler, Lisa Saladino, Francesca Washington
Why call the psychic hotline and spend $1 per minute when you can see us for free!?
Questionable Advice
Cast: Cassie Hoffman, Caroline Kelly, Kelly Shannon, Gabby Villegas
4 creative people attempt to solve your problems with creative, but questionable advice
Rats can’t vomit.
Cast: Bridget Bartley, Julia Habiger, Annie Lentz, Ashleigh Meade
Our smut club was so fun we had to try out improv. This issss our first performance.
Razzle Dazzle
Cast: Meghan Faulkner, Joshua Kravitz, Eli Okun, Bethany Stokes
We’re razzle dazzling right to the top.
Regression Analysis
Cast: Chris Olinger, Erika Wind
Two nerds, known for occasionally standing on chairs and singing songs, demonstrate how regression is a progression. It’s not random!
Reno, Nevada
Cast: Niv Elis, Paul Hitlin, Béatrice Leydier
Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border.
Ride That Pony
Cast: Meredith Garagiola, Jonah Gordon, Turner Meeks, Sabrina Shahmir
Prepare for a wild ride to funnytown. Giddy up!
Save the Knees!
Cast: Patrick Chapman, Ewan Compton, Jeff Mehall, Sera Morgan
Save the Knees: It Might Be All You Have Left.
Scream Queens!
Cast: Kevin Eggleston, Mason Heilman, Patrick Hsieh, Joey Scully
What’s your favorite scary movie? Dive into the world of campy horror improv with your four favorite queer improvisers.
Sensory Overload
Cast: Kristina Baldwin, Jasper Harvey, Alex Huss, Carlic Huynh
Sensory Overload will take you on an emotional rollercoaster ride from to new highs to new lows.
Silently Loud
Cast: Olivia D’Aoust, Annie Drinkard, Diana Lewkowicz, Amber Pierdinock-Weed
We are witty and playful, but still getting to know each other.
The Sleepovers
Cast: Daniel Calingaert, Jason Fleigel, Aimee Lee Savage, Samantha Watson
We play at the top of our intelligence, such as it is!
Sourloaf
Cast: Betsy Crumb, Josh Malina, Lisa Pan, Laura Sanicola
Embracing the absurdity of the human condition since 2023.
Suck It Up
Cast: Tristan Driesbach, Shelby French, Sandor Silagi
Suck It Up – put on your big kid pants and play the game
Sutarti
Cast: Abby Fu, Jason Re, Mikki Smith, Eddison Wilkinson
Sound of Music meets Die Hard
Sweet Yeti
Cast: Chris Carusiello, John Charles, Ben Edelman, Amy Rankin
Sweet Yeti is a team of experienced DC-area improv performers with high-intensity characters that will blow your mind!
Swipe Right
Cast: Theresa Hofmann, Marisa Borreggine, Genevieve Warner, James Zipadelli
What makes you swipe right? And what happens if it all goes terribly wrong? Come and find out during FIST 2024!
Third Person Fish
Cast: Phil Bolin, Melissa Gibson, Len Kedrow, Meredith Viola
Like a good old fashioned pen written letter with black not blue ink in 1987.
Traveling Tchotchkes
Cast: India Banks, Mandy Murphy, Rachel Sloan, Stephanie Wester
That won’t make it through customs!
Trees Giving Shade Presents: Bird Gossip
Cast: Darnell Eaton, Melissa Gedney, Jordana Mishory, Henry Ring
Don’t leaf us in the dark. We need your seed-crets.
The Undergrads
Cast: Rehan Ahmed, Adam Davis, Danica Gonzalves, Akankseha Singh
Umm, it’s actually first year. I don’t know what I’m doing. Third times lost its charm. You’ll never get a job.
We’re Just Here for the Ice Cream
Cast: Virginia Gorsevski, Natasha Khan, Caroline Wolverton, Memphis Worley
But what an improv sundae they make: Big bowl of “Yes and”, covered in “A to C”, with sprinkles of “Object Work” and a big “Callback” on top
Who? Where?
Cast: Victor Egbe, Ali Stahr, Clyde Thompson, Leo Weinreb
4 improvisors, here to have a good time.
Work Husband
Cast: Sol Aziz, Armin Haracic, Vito Prime, Arie Rich
Punch in for laughs with “Work Husband” – job-inspired improv that’s sure to make your 9 to 5 brighter!