Darnell Eaton
Washington Improv TheaterDarnell Eaton isn't afraid to admit that the only A he ever received on his college report card was in his improv class.
Darnell is a legendary Improv Actor in Washington, DC with 15+ years of experience in improvisation. He can be seen performing regularly at the Washington Improv Theater Ensembles The Broken Bones and Lena Dunham Improv: Your Black Friends. A former member of the highly acclaimed Washington Improv Theater’s iMusical The Improvised Musical, he has performed in a number of improv venues in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and all throughout the Washington, DC area.
He also performs with several other improv troupes around Washington, DC. Darnell has previously performed in the DC Capital Fringe Festival for and was featured in Cristina Garcia’s Lesbians and the Men Who Love Them, Nu Sass Production’s 22 Boom and Benjamin Lockshin’s Caveat. He has also performed in Pinky Swear Production’s Use All Available Doors, TBD Immersive’s InCabaret We Trust, Brave Soul Collection’s WTF Happened to Baby Sister Jane, Momentum Inc.’s Not My Baby, DC 1 Minute Play Festival,and Atlas Intersection Festival and has participated in other local theater projects in the DC area.
Darnell spends his time offstage teaching improv to adults and children through Washington Improv Theater and is a former Alumni of the Studio Acting Conservatory.
Darnell Eaton isn't afraid to admit that the only A he ever received on his college report card was in his improv class.
This is what provoked Darnell to seek out his improv training at WIT in 2009—it has been a roller coaster ride since then.
Darnell is a one of a kind trained actor who brings very dramatic characters in his Improv and is a pitbull when it comes to own his on deal. He can be seen performing regularly at the Washington Improv Theater Ensembles The Broken Bones and Lena Dunham Improv: Your Black Friends. Former member of the highly acclaimed Washington Improv Theater’s iMusical The Improvised Musical, he has performed in a number of improv venues in New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and all throughout the Washington, DC area.
He also performs with several other improv troupes around Washington, DC. Darnell has previously performed in the DC Capital Fringe Festival for and was featured in Cristina Garcia’s Lesbians and the Men Who Love Them, Nu Sass Production’s 22 Boom and Benjamin Lockshin’s Caveat. He has also performed in Pinky Swear Production’s Use All Available Doors, TBD Immersive’s InCabaret We Trust, Brave Soul Collection’sWTF Happened to Baby Sister Jane, Momentum Inc.’s Not My Baby, DC 1 Minute Play Festival,and Atlas Intersection Festival and has participated in other local theater projects in the DC area.
He also produced SubCo De Mayo in Washington, DC and Corn Abroad at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia, and stars in his nerdy web series The Web Developers. Darnell is also on the faculty at WIT and has instructed classes and workshops in Ward 8, teaching and training both adults and children in efforts to bring awareness of the Improv art to the under served and underprivileged community.
Darnell has a niche for bringing physical, emotionally ranged, and high energy characters in his scene work and has been trained in number of acting, clowning and movement technique classes offered at Synetic Theater and Studio Theater Conservatory. His passion lies in theater of which improv has been a significant tool he’s used to enhance the charm and life he brings to the characters he plays on stage.
Student Feedback
“I look forward to my Wednesday class as much as I look forward to my weekends! Each week, I grow as a person and a performer with the guidance of Darnell (an amazing teacher)”