1-800-FIREDEPARTMENT + Gallows Improv

Buckle up! Joyride is a non-stop, high-energy improv performance series where the destination changes every weekend.

WIT is DC’s top spot for hilarious improv comedy. Our company ensembles—featuring the fastest and funniest minds in the region—are ready to take your silliest suggestions and transform them into jaw-droppingly hilarious scenes, entirely made up on the spot.

The Performers

1-800-FIREDEPARTMENT

Join 1-800-FIREDEPARTMENT for a hilarious and thought-provoking journey through the Deconstruction format! Watch as two characters kickstart a whirlwind of comedic exploration, leading to unexpected twists and turns before tying it all together in a finale that will leave you laughing and cheering for more.

Cast: Bethan Stokes, Chris D’Silva, Eli Okun, Madeline Dozer, Mikail Faalasli, Ryan McCloskey, Svend Larsen

Gallows Improv

Come join an elite squad of DC’s most wicked improvisers as we throw humor in the face of the most terrible news of the day. Bring us your worst news ripped from the headlines, podcasts, and alternative media sources and we’ll do our best to attack it with laughter. Can we find catharsis? When yesterday’s horrors are eclipsed by today’s, is there such thing as “too soon”?

Cast: Mark Chalfant, Sam Sanders, Allison Yolo, Matt Strote, Kevin Eggleston, Mikail Faalasli, Catherine Mullins, Alex Wilkinson, Danielle Steger, Sabrina Shahmir, and More!

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