Asheville Improv Festival Featuring Baby Wants Candy Performing Shamilton! An Improvised Hip-Hop Musical
Fast-paced longform improv turns audience suggestions into a Hamilton-style hip hop musical, complete with freestyle rap, singing, and on-the-spot choreography. A high-energy late-night festival headliner with big laughs and theatrical spectacle.
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Fast-paced, interactive improv where Asheville performers turn audience prompts into short scenes, songs, and comedy games; the second half becomes a fully improvised musical driven by high-energy ensemble singing and callbacks.

Fast-paced, interactive improv where Asheville performers turn audience prompts into short scenes, songs, and comedy games; the second half becomes a fully improvised musical driven by high-energy ensemble singing and callbacks.
Fast-paced, interactive improv where Asheville performers turn audience prompts into short scenes, songs, and comedy games; the second half becomes a fully improvised musical driven by high-energy ensemble singing and callbacks.

High-energy improvisational comedy featuring long-form jams, short-form games, and ensemble sketch pieces in a day-long festival format that highlights local and touring troupes with playful audience participation.

High-energy improvisational comedy featuring long-form jams, short-form games, and ensemble sketch pieces in a day-long festival format that highlights local and touring troupes with playful audience participation.
High-energy improvisational comedy featuring long-form jams, short-form games, and ensemble sketch pieces in a day-long festival format that highlights local and touring troupes with playful audience participation.

High-energy improv sets take over a black box stage with fast games, big audience laughs, and bursts of musical improv. Asheville premiere of Jugtown Mountain, led by NYC and Chicago improv veterans, for a late-night frenzy.

High-energy improv sets take over a black box stage with fast games, big audience laughs, and bursts of musical improv. Asheville premiere of Jugtown Mountain, led by NYC and Chicago improv veterans, for a late-night frenzy.
High-energy improv sets take over a black box stage with fast games, big audience laughs, and bursts of musical improv. Asheville premiere of Jugtown Mountain, led by NYC and Chicago improv veterans, for a late-night frenzy.

Fast paced, audience driven improv featuring spontaneous sketches and scene work, blending irreverent humor and quick wit for interactive, laugh out loud late evening entertainment in an intimate professional theater setting.

Fast paced, audience driven improv featuring spontaneous sketches and scene work, blending irreverent humor and quick wit for interactive, laugh out loud late evening entertainment in an intimate professional theater setting.
Fast paced, audience driven improv featuring spontaneous sketches and scene work, blending irreverent humor and quick wit for interactive, laugh out loud late evening entertainment in an intimate professional theater setting.

Fast-paced improvised scenes and tightly scripted short sketches performed by a youth ensemble, with audience interaction and family-friendly humor across a multi night run (June 29 - July 3).

Fast-paced improvised scenes and tightly scripted short sketches performed by a youth ensemble, with audience interaction and family-friendly humor across a multi night run (June 29 - July 3).
Fast-paced improvised scenes and tightly scripted short sketches performed by a youth ensemble, with audience interaction and family-friendly humor across a multi night run (June 29 - July 3).

Two nights of fast-paced standup from 18 rising comics, packed with sharp writing, fearless crowd work, and big punchlines. A festival-style showcase in a full-scale performing arts theater with late-night energy.

Two nights of fast-paced standup from 18 rising comics, packed with sharp writing, fearless crowd work, and big punchlines. A festival-style showcase in a full-scale performing arts theater with late-night energy.
Two nights of fast-paced standup from 18 rising comics, packed with sharp writing, fearless crowd work, and big punchlines. A festival-style showcase in a full-scale performing arts theater with late-night energy.
A sharp, adult stand up set delivered by Randy Feltface’s deadpan purple puppet persona, blending witty storytelling with crowd-reactive punchlines. Late-night theater-style show geared for comedy fans looking for edgy laughs.
A sharp, adult stand up set delivered by Randy Feltface’s deadpan purple puppet persona, blending witty storytelling with crowd-reactive punchlines. Late-night theater-style show geared for comedy fans looking for edgy laughs.
A sharp, adult stand up set delivered by Randy Feltface’s deadpan purple puppet persona, blending witty storytelling with crowd-reactive punchlines. Late-night theater-style show geared for comedy fans looking for edgy laughs.
Improv musical comedy that mixes spontaneous beatboxing, dense live looping arrangements and surreal stream of consciousness banter; expect unpredictable songs, audience play and high energy experimental humor in an outdoor brewery amphitheater.
Improv musical comedy that mixes spontaneous beatboxing, dense live looping arrangements and surreal stream of consciousness banter; expect unpredictable songs, audience play and high energy experimental humor in an outdoor brewery amphitheater.
Improv musical comedy that mixes spontaneous beatboxing, dense live looping arrangements and surreal stream of consciousness banter; expect unpredictable songs, audience play and high energy experimental humor in an outdoor brewery amphitheater.

A fully seated roast-style comedy night from Blind Date Live, built around sharp jabs, crowd laughs, and fast punchlines in a club-style setting. Expect a lively late-night vibe at a downtown music hall.

A fully seated roast-style comedy night from Blind Date Live, built around sharp jabs, crowd laughs, and fast punchlines in a club-style setting. Expect a lively late-night vibe at a downtown music hall.
A fully seated roast-style comedy night from Blind Date Live, built around sharp jabs, crowd laughs, and fast punchlines in a club-style setting. Expect a lively late-night vibe at a downtown music hall.
Late-night stand-up set with Duncan Trussell’s surreal storytelling, philosophical tangents, and unfiltered crowd work. Expect boundary-pushing jokes, absurd improvisation, and a high-energy theater crowd downtown.
Late-night stand-up set with Duncan Trussell’s surreal storytelling, philosophical tangents, and unfiltered crowd work. Expect boundary-pushing jokes, absurd improvisation, and a high-energy theater crowd downtown.
Late-night stand-up set with Duncan Trussell’s surreal storytelling, philosophical tangents, and unfiltered crowd work. Expect boundary-pushing jokes, absurd improvisation, and a high-energy theater crowd downtown.

Long-form improv teams spin full story arcs and recurring characters from a single audience suggestion, building sharp, surprising worlds in real time. Rotating troupe styles keep the late-night theater show fast, playful, and unpredictable.

Long-form improv teams spin full story arcs and recurring characters from a single audience suggestion, building sharp, surprising worlds in real time. Rotating troupe styles keep the late-night theater show fast, playful, and unpredictable.
Long-form improv teams spin full story arcs and recurring characters from a single audience suggestion, building sharp, surprising worlds in real time. Rotating troupe styles keep the late-night theater show fast, playful, and unpredictable.
High-energy vaudeville revue of sharp comedy, juggling, magic, burlesque, acrobatics, aerial arts, puppetry, sideshow oddities, and live music in a seated, 18+ evening in an intimate theater.
High-energy vaudeville revue of sharp comedy, juggling, magic, burlesque, acrobatics, aerial arts, puppetry, sideshow oddities, and live music in a seated, 18+ evening in an intimate theater.
High-energy vaudeville revue of sharp comedy, juggling, magic, burlesque, acrobatics, aerial arts, puppetry, sideshow oddities, and live music in a seated, 18+ evening in an intimate theater.
Irreverent business focused standup paired with projected images and film clips, skewering tax day anxieties with sharp satire and rapid fire bits in an intimate barroom comedy setting.
Irreverent business focused standup paired with projected images and film clips, skewering tax day anxieties with sharp satire and rapid fire bits in an intimate barroom comedy setting.
Irreverent business focused standup paired with projected images and film clips, skewering tax day anxieties with sharp satire and rapid fire bits in an intimate barroom comedy setting.

High energy interactive stand up blending Southern charm and unfiltered storytelling about parenting mishaps, relationship chaos, and small town life. Intimate late night set for adult audiences who enjoy conversational, punchline driven, brutally honest humor.

High energy interactive stand up blending Southern charm and unfiltered storytelling about parenting mishaps, relationship chaos, and small town life. Intimate late night set for adult audiences who enjoy conversational, punchline driven, brutally honest humor.
High energy interactive stand up blending Southern charm and unfiltered storytelling about parenting mishaps, relationship chaos, and small town life. Intimate late night set for adult audiences who enjoy conversational, punchline driven, brutally honest humor.

Hilarious 90-minute shortform improv and musical games led by Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, and Joel Murray, riffing on audience suggestions with rapid-fire scenes and playful participation.

Hilarious 90-minute shortform improv and musical games led by Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, and Joel Murray, riffing on audience suggestions with rapid-fire scenes and playful participation.
Hilarious 90-minute shortform improv and musical games led by Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis, and Joel Murray, riffing on audience suggestions with rapid-fire scenes and playful participation.
A festival-style night at a downtown concert hall with a rotating multi-artist lineup and high-energy crowd. Expect loud, late sets, pro sound and lights, and a packed-floor concert vibe.
A festival-style night at a downtown concert hall with a rotating multi-artist lineup and high-energy crowd. Expect loud, late sets, pro sound and lights, and a packed-floor concert vibe.
A festival-style night at a downtown concert hall with a rotating multi-artist lineup and high-energy crowd. Expect loud, late sets, pro sound and lights, and a packed-floor concert vibe.

High-energy kids' stand-up and improv with silly characters, boisterous punchlines, and playful audience participation; short sets tailored to young attention spans in a family-friendly matinee at a downtown Asheville comedy venue.

High-energy kids' stand-up and improv with silly characters, boisterous punchlines, and playful audience participation; short sets tailored to young attention spans in a family-friendly matinee at a downtown Asheville comedy venue.
High-energy kids' stand-up and improv with silly characters, boisterous punchlines, and playful audience participation; short sets tailored to young attention spans in a family-friendly matinee at a downtown Asheville comedy venue.

Laid back improv workshop of playful group games to build spontaneity, creativity, and stage confidence; beginner friendly drop in, RSVP recommended, and note there are stairs at the entrance.

Laid back improv workshop of playful group games to build spontaneity, creativity, and stage confidence; beginner friendly drop in, RSVP recommended, and note there are stairs at the entrance.
Laid back improv workshop of playful group games to build spontaneity, creativity, and stage confidence; beginner friendly drop in, RSVP recommended, and note there are stairs at the entrance.

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High energy K-pop inspired musical theater blending synchronized dance, pop-style vocals, and campy demon hunting fantasy. Local youth company delivers choreography-driven, family-friendly performances at Asheville Junior Theater Aug 17–21.
High energy K-pop inspired musical theater blending synchronized dance, pop-style vocals, and campy demon hunting fantasy. Local youth company delivers choreography-driven, family-friendly performances at Asheville Junior Theater Aug 17–21.

Names drawn from a bucket fuel a playful improv jam where beginners and veterans riff on short form scenes; free drop in format with coaching and audience watching options, held monthly on the fourth Thursday.

Names drawn from a bucket fuel a playful improv jam where beginners and veterans riff on short form scenes; free drop in format with coaching and audience watching options, held monthly on the fourth Thursday.
Names drawn from a bucket fuel a playful improv jam where beginners and veterans riff on short form scenes; free drop in format with coaching and audience watching options, held monthly on the fourth Thursday.