FIST 2023

Who will become the next FIST champions? Your votes will decide.

Washington Improv Theater’s elimination tournament lets audiences vote which team advances one step closer to the championship.

Each match features a headlining performance by a WIT ensemble, Harold team, or special guest.

COVID safety

Masks are required for all patrons in performance spaces. WIT encourages the use of medical-grade masks (like surgical masks). To learn more about Studio Theatre’s COVID safety policy, visit their health and safety page.

Accessibility information

To learn more about Studio Theatre’s accessibility, including wheelchair seating and assisted listening devices visit their accessibility page. If you have accessibility questions, please contact wit@witdc.org.

Photo by Jeff Salmore

Details

Price:

Varies by round

Dates:

Jan. 12 - Feb. 12

Get Tix

Location:

Studio Theatre
1501 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005

FIST Schedule and Results

Round 1	Competitors	Featuring	Winners
Match 1 Fri / Jan 13 / 7:30pm Studio Theater $15.00 - $20.00	Dustin Knicknacks LinkedIn Professionals Quixotic Soy Llama	The Broken Bones	Dustin Knicknacks Quixotic	Tix / Info
Match 2 Fri / Jan 13 / 9:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	MOMPlemousse Serious Business Skeleton Key What's Your Algorithm?	LIZARD GIRL	Skeleton Key What's Your Algorithm?	Tix / Info
Match 3 Sat / Jan 14 / 5:00pm Studio Theater $15.00 - $20.00	Diz Astar's It's Pronounced "La Croix" The Jort Jesters OUT OF OUR ASS Wine Sweats	Madeline	It's Pronounced "La Croix" The Jort Jesters	Tix / Info
Match 4 Sat / Jan 14 / 7:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Four Feral Goblins The Freeze Freaks Smoking and Joking You're the Puppet	Nox!	Smoking and Joking You're the Puppet	Tix / Info
Match 5 Sat / Jan 14 / 9:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	The 3rd Graders Alex's Restaurant Boston/Kansas This Is Not a Toy	Hellcat	The 3rd Graders This Is Not a Toy	Tix / Info
Match 6 Sun / Jan 15 / 3:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Brand Ambassadors Fat American Vampires Improvocateurs Real Confessions Slow Loris	Uncle Gorgeous	Brand Ambassadors Real Confessions	Tix / Info
Match 7 Fri / Jan 20 / 7:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	The Flaming Rats Read Between the Signs Small Mediums at Large You Did WHAT?!	iMusical	Small Mediums at Large You Did WHAT?!	Tix / Info
Match 8 Fri / Jan 20 / 9:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	1 Non Blonde Mysterious Gibberish Soup Patrol The Wet Blankets	LIZARD GIRL	1 Non Blonde Soup Patrol	Tix / Info
Match 9 Sat / Jan 21 / 5:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Double Double Fleetwood MacBean The Fourk Improv GPT	Nox!	Fleetwood MacBean Improv GPT	Tix / Info
Match 10 Sat / Jan 21 / 7:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Inside Your Head Phones! Rigamarole Wet Napkins	Lena Dunham	Phones! Rigamarole	Tix / Info
Match 11 Sat / Jan 21 / 9:00pm Studio Theater $15.00 - $20.00	Direct Deposit Miscellaneous Suckers Moonstruck 2 Twisted Fister	Uncle Gorgeous	Moonstruck 2 Twisted Fister	Tix / Info
Match 12 Sun / Jan 22 / 3:00pm Studio Theater $15.00 - $20.00	Desperate for Answers Dog Dog Moose Popcorn Gold Whole Lava Love	Madeline	Popcorn Gold Whole Lava Love	Tix / Info

Round 2	Competitors	Featuring	Winners
Match 13 Fri / Jan 27 / 7:30pm Studio Theater $15.00 - $20.00	This Is Not a Toy Real Confessions Brand Ambassadors The 3rd Graders	iMusical	This Is Not a Toy The 3rd Graders	Tix / Info
Match 14 Fri / Jan 27 / 9:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	You're the Puppet What's Your Algorithm? It's Pronounced "La Croix" The Jort Jesters	Madeline		Tix / Info
Match 15 Sat / Jan 28 / 5:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Smoking and Joking Skeleton Key Quixotic Dustin Knicknacks	Nox!		Tix / Info
Match 16 Sat / Jan 28 / 7:00pm Studio Theater $15.00 - $20.00	Whole Lava Love Twisted Fister Popcorn Gold Moonstruck 2	Hellcat		Tix / Info
Match 17 Sat / Jan 28 / 9:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Rigamarole Phones! ImprovGPT Fleetwood MacBean	Uncle Gorgeous		Tix / Info
Match 18 Sun / Jan 29 / 3:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	You Did WHAT?! Soup Patrol Small Mediums at Large 1 Non Blonde	The Hypothesis		Tix / Info

Round 3	Featuring
Match 19 Thu / Feb 2 / 7:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Nox!	Tix / Info
Match 20 Thu / Feb 2 / 9:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Uncle Gorgeous	Tix / Info
Match 21 Fri / Feb 3 / 7:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Madeline	Tix / Info
Match 22 Fri / Feb 3 / 9:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	iMusical	Tix / Info

Round 4	Featuring
Match 23 Sat / Feb 4 / 7:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	The Hypothesis Heavy Rotation	Tix / Info
Match 24 Sat / Feb 4 / 9:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	LIZARD GIRL	Tix / Info
Match 25 Sun / Feb 5 / 3:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Madeline	Tix / Info
Match 26 Sun / Feb 5 / 5:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00	Hellcat Vendetta	Tix / Info

Round 5	Competitors	Featuring	Winners
Match 27 Fri / Feb 10 / 7:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00		Lena Dunham		Tix / Info
Match 28 Fri / Feb 10 / 9:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00		Hellcat		Tix / Info

The Comeback Bracket

Round 1	Competitors	Featuring	Winners
Match 27 Fri / Feb 10 / 7:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00		Lena Dunham		Tix / Info
Match 28 Fri / Feb 10 / 9:30pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00		Hellcat		Tix / Info

Round 2	Competitors	Featuring	Winners
Comeback Brawl Sat / Feb 11 / 3:00pm Studio Theatre $15.00 - $20.00		Uncle Gorgeous		Tix / Info

FIST Finals

Round 6	Competitors	Featuring	Winners
FINALS Sat / Feb 11 / 8:00pm Studio Theatre $25		iMusical		Tix / Info