A year to remember...

The last DC Improvisational Open Mic night of 2011 was held on November 9 and had an incredible turnout. The room was packed (not a single seat left in the house) and about 35 people were interested in performing. Unfortunately, I was under the weather that night with almost no voice so thanks to Jinah and Bryant for pitching in to help host the first part of the show. Even though I sounded like a 13 year old going thru puberty, I had to jump up and host the second half of the show. The event lasted a little over two hours and was filled with tons of laughs. At the end of the night we played the signature ending game, "Lines from A Hat" and we actually ran out of lines! The grand finale was the entire room being videotaped singing Happy Birthday to a friends sister in Istanbul. Unfortunately that video did not go viral. I want to thank everyone who has helped make DC Improvisational Open Mic Night so much fun over the years and I'm looking forward to continuing in 2012. December is so hectic for everyone so we won't be hosting a show that month, but I'll be back (with a voice hopefully) on Sunday, January 8, 2012 for the first show of the year. Save the date for me and have a wonderful holiday season!

November Improv Open Mic Night!

September's show was so much fun, I didn't even write about it. Next open mic night is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Sign-up from 6:30pm-7:30pm and the show will begin at 8:05pm. Hope to see you there!

New Date Added!

To all my improvisers -- I just added a new date for DC Improvisational Open Mic Night. Next one is scheduled for Thursday, September 8, 2011 in The DC Improv Comedy Lounge. Sign-Up from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Show time is 8:05pm. Save the date! Oh and it's FREE!

I hope you can make it.

May Day

So after a six month break I was able to finally host DC Improvisational Open Mic night on Wednesday, May 11 (sorry for the delay in writing this blog). We had a great crowd featuring some new players as well as some of the regular peeps. I started the night off with the warm up "Yes Lets" where everyone was able to participate and get focused on performing some improv. Right afterwards, I decided to bring back good ol' "Dance Prov" where everyone was able to participate. I called two people on stage, played a song from the sound booth, had people dance and then when the music stopped they froze and started a scene. Some other games played that evening were Superhero's, Sounds like a Musical, Ally-prov and Remote Control. We also had a couple of groups perform: Two Bits, Saturn Force and Jive Turkey. My apologies to Bart and Bryant for not realizing they also wanted to perform a group spot that night. Of course we ended with the lightning round of lines from a hat. Overall I think the event was a great success and I'm looking forward to hosting this again once my schedule frees up. Stay tuned and I'll be announcing a new date. Thanks for all the support and laughs over the years.

I'm back!

After a few months off and being way too busy to host this event, I decided it was time to bring back DC Improvisational Open Mic Night. The next event is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. This event is totally FREE. Sign-Up from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Show time is 8:05pm. Hope to see you there.

Celebrate good times, c'mon!

November 17, 2010 I hosted another night of DC Improvisational Open Mic Night. It was a great night. Super relaxed (including the host - me) and I really didn't do too much planning for the show. I guess after a few years I took the true spirit of improv to heart for once. For the preshow music there happened to be a CD of New Years Eve Music from 2007 playing in the background. It was the perfect way to amp up the crowd. I got on the mic from the sound booth during Kool and The Gang's "Celebration" and welcomed everyone to Barry's Bar Mitzvah Party (thanks Barry for playing along with me). We did a warm up of Yes Let's with everyone in the crowd (approximately 35 people) which was a great start. We then went on to play some short form games and had a couple of short long form sets from Gio, Matt and "The Unemployed". Special thanks to Phillipe who guest hosted two new games and to everyone who came out for a fun night of Improv. I did try one new game featuring lines that I found from the worst lyrics of all time. Best line was, "If you kill my dog, I'm a gonna kill your cat." Thanks Jay-Z for that gem. We ended with a lightning round of lines from a hat. The night was a lot of fun and I'm so glad we are ending 2010 on a high note. I don't know when I'll be back yet to host this forum again (I'm taking December off) but as soon as I figure that out, I will let you know. Thank you for all the support over the past few years of The DC Improv ans especially this forum. Have a great holiday season! - Allyson

New Date: November 17, 2010

Hey all, so the next installment of DC Improvisational Open Mic night is scheduled for Wednesday, November 17, 2010 in The Comedy Lounge of The DC Improv. Sign-up is 6:30pm - 7:30pm and the show will begin at 8:05pm. This event is FREE to attend and participate in.

Hope you can make it!