The District Improv Festival is Washington, D.C.’s only longform improv festival. The 2021 festival headliner is ASIAN AF (Asian As F***), the hit Asian American comedy variety show in Los Angeles and New York. Asian AF spotlights the best Asian American actors, stand-up comedians, improvisers, sketch performers, musicians, storytellers, and more. The show has been featured on several news sites such as The New York Times, LA Times, NBC News, ABC News, Vulture, SCPR, and more. The popularity of Asian AF has led to spin-off live shows including Filipino AF, South Asian AF, and Gaysian AF.
Block A @ 2:30pm
Nox! (DC - Sean Paul Ellis, Jenna Hall, John Heiser, Nina Hsu, Chris Ulrich, Matt Winterhalter)
Hellcat (DC - Jenna Hall, Justine Hipsky, Clare Mulligan, Krystal Ramseur, Simone Webster)
iMusical (DC - Cassie Barnum, Matt Berman, Ryan Brookshire, Mark Chalfant, Elaine Colwell, Darnell Eaton, Patrick Fleury, Molly Graham, Beth Lyons, Mike O’Connor, Travis Ploeger)
Block B @ 5pm
Beautiful Dreamers (NY - Maggie Lalley, Jillian Vitko)
Goodison (DC - Neil Baron, Kristina Martinez)
Promises (NY - Jake Cornell, Elijah Crocker, Amir Khan, Allison Kilkenny, Daniel Lempert, Casey McCormick, Jessica Morgan, Corin Wells, Brandon Zelman)
Block C @ 7:30pm
Wicked City (NY - Erin Bartley, Casey McCormick, Jessica Morgan, Liz Noth, Ann Marie Yoo
Headliner ASIAN AF (LA - Sarah Claspell, Kim Cooper, Dhruv Uday Singh, Kathy Yamamoto)
To learn more about the troupes featured in each block, please visit districtimprov.org.