LIT FEST @ Woolly Mammoth
641 D St NW * Penn Quarter * June 10th-16th
Sunday, June 10th @ 8 pm
Remote Possibilities
Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Improv Group
Long-Form Improv
Based on the tropes of televised dramas, Remote Possibilities will perform a narrative based show and entertain you as much as your favorite Netflix series. Their specialties include Teen Dramas, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Adventures, Police Procedurals, Medical Dramas and more. You'll wish you could binge this show!
CAST: Sharon Baldwin, Erin Fox, Jason Herbert, Kim Le, Sarah Maher, Marty McGuire, Andy McIntyre, John Windmueller
Community Sauna
Washington DC, Laugh Index Theatre
Short-Form Improv
Community Sauna is a party that believes in sharing towels & laughs all while playing some oh "SO HOT!" games.
CAST: Laurent Amzallag, Jim Baxley, Diane Cummings, Manny McCoy, Anthony Noguiera, Jeff Patyk, Naeemah A. Raqib, Adrian Vigil, Gifford Wong
Monday, June 11th @ 8 pm
Hot & Sweaty
Washington DC, Laugh Index Theatre
Long-Form Improv
Hot & Sweaty is LIT's comedy ensemble, and it consists of LIT's instructors & directors and represents LIT as its offical touring company at comedy festivals around the country. Formed during a hot summer in 2010 with six members, Hot & Sweaty was the inspiration that eventually led to the formation of Laugh Index Theatre. Hot & Sweaty has cultivated more comedic talent & instructors, produced more shows and attended more festivals than any other team in DC, and it is one of DC's longest-running teams. Our alum have been seen on Last Comic Standing, Funny or Die and noteworthy stages across the country.
Every Hot & Sweaty show is a unique and can be any type of comedy: improv, sketch, musical.
CAST: David Byrd, Wesley Fox, Riley McGrath, Laura O'Brien, Langdon Page, Nancy Safavi, David Stauffer
Wonderball
Washington DC, Laugh Index Theatre
Musical Improv
So much fun, it's a ball! Wonderball sings about stories and worlds you’ve never imagined. Wonderball is LIT's house musical improv team, performing songs live on the spot from audience suggestions!
Wonderball received a Laugher's Choice Award for Favorite Musical Improv Team at LIT Fest 2017.
CAST: Nicole Berckes, Jillian Cardillo, Ben Green, Carlic Huynh, Shawn Logue, Rashmi Mohan, Jermaine Trice
Tuesday, June 12th @ 8 pm
One Final Scare
Washington DC
Podcast
Once coworkers, always friendly competitors for the spotlight, Minki Kim and Tracy Mathews share their love of horror movies — and talking over each other — by retelling every gory detail of one horror film each week. Join these creatives by day, novice film critics by night, as they walk through one movie from start to finish with the hopes that listeners will come back...for one final scare.
CAST: Minki Kim, Tracy Mathews
Separate Beds
Washington DC, Laugh Index Theatre
Sketch
Intimate but not intrusive. A shoulder to cry on, but not an arm wrapped tight around your waist. We're the best relationship you'll ever have. Separate Beds is LIT's sketch house team, and it won Best Writing Team at LIT for 2017.
CAST: Diana Arnold, Gavin Fox, Shana Holmes, Stephanie House, Minki Kim, Bryan Pena, Shana Holmes, Erin Ward
Wednesday, June 13th @ 8 pm
Thermal Runaway
Washington DC, Laugh Index Theatre
Long-Form Improv
Laugh Index Theatre's improv house team, Thermal Runaway, generates high-energy positive feedback loops so hot, you won't be able to contain your laughter.
CAST: Chris Anderson, Daniel Calingaert, Bethany Coan, Conor Halloran, Jeff Hewitt, Jennifer McLaughlin, Kimberly Righter, Andrea Quach
Thursday, June 14th @ 8 pm
Friday, June 15th @ 8 pm
Happy Karaoke Fun Time
NYC
Musical Improv
The magical Philip Markle invites improvisers from NYC to create a one-act musical based on audience suggestions and with the help of karaoke tracks. Witness your favorite songs get made into insane on-the-spot remixes with Happy Karaoke Fun Time's improvised lyrics. Happy Karaoke Fun Time has performed at festivals around the country, off-Broadway and featured on WCIU-TV “You and Me This Morning” w/ Jeanne Sparrow.
Happy Karaoke Fun Time (HKFT) is the Laugher's Choice Award Winner for Favorite Overall Act of LIT Fest 2017!
Hitch*Cocktails
Chicago, Annoyance Theater
Improv
Tell us what you are afraid of, and the improvisers of Hitch*Cocktails will create an exciting suspense thriller in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, right before your eyes... while drinking real alcohol onstage. It's difficult to keep track of the twist and turns in a Hitchcockian plot, especially when you can't walk a straight line.
From the “Best Improv Troupe in Chicago: 2016”
– Chicago Reader
Friday, June 15th @ 10 pm
Hitch*Cocktails
Chicago, Annoyance Theater
Improv
Tell us what you are afraid of, and the improvisers of Hitch*Cocktails will create an exciting suspense thriller in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, right before your eyes... while drinking real alcohol onstage. It's difficult to keep track of the twist and turns in a Hitchcockian plot, especially when you can't walk a straight line.
From the “Best Improv Troupe in Chicago: 2016”
– Chicago Reader
Happy Karaoke Fun Time
NYC
Musical Improv
The magical Philip Markle invites improvisers from NYC to create a one-act musical based on audience suggestions and with the help of karaoke tracks. Witness your favorite songs get made into insane on-the-spot remixes with Happy Karaoke Fun Time's improvised lyrics. Happy Karaoke Fun Time has performed at festivals around the country, off-Broadway and featured on WCIU-TV “You and Me This Morning” w/ Jeanne Sparrow.
Happy Karaoke Fun Time (HKFT) is the Laugher's Choice Award Winner for Favorite Overall Act of LIT Fest 2017!
Saturday, June 16th @ 8 pm
Hitch*Cocktails
Chicago, Annoyance Theater
Improv
Tell us what you are afraid of, and the improvisers of Hitch*Cocktails will create an exciting suspense thriller in the style of Alfred Hitchcock, right before your eyes... while drinking real alcohol onstage. It's difficult to keep track of the twist and turns in a Hitchcockian plot, especially when you can't walk a straight line.
From the “Best Improv Troupe in Chicago: 2016”
– Chicago Reader
Saturday, June 16th @ 10 pm
Doug Francken
Washington DC, Laugh Index Theatre
Stand-Up
Doug Francken is a lawyer by day, a comic by night, and full-time Adonis originally from Pittsburgh, PA. Hear him crack jokes about growing up Catholic, the perils of youth hockey, and his negative portrayal in today's media landscape.
Doug Francken is a LIT House Comic for the 2017-18 season.
Hot & Sweaty
Washington DC, Laugh Index Theatre
Long-Form Improv
Hot & Sweaty is LIT's comedy ensemble, and it consists of LIT's instructors & directors and represents LIT as its offical touring company at comedy festivals around the country. Formed during a hot summer in 2010 with six members, Hot & Sweaty was the inspiration that eventually led to the formation of Laugh Index Theatre. Hot & Sweaty has cultivated more comedic talent & instructors, produced more shows and attended more festivals than any other team in DC, and it is one of DC's longest-running teams. Our alum have been seen on Last Comic Standing, Funny or Die and noteworthy stages across the country.
Every Hot & Sweaty show is a unique and can be any type of comedy: improv, sketch, musical.
CAST: David Byrd, Wesley Fox, Riley McGrath, Laura O'Brien, Langdon Page, Nancy Safavi, David Stauffer