The 7th Annual Improlympia Comedy Festival

Improlympia is three exhilarating days of sketch, standup, and improv performances and workshops at the Evergreen State College in Olympia WA. We like to think of it as a weekend-long comedy party in the woods.

FREE for students with valid TESC I.D.
$5 (suggested donation) for non-students.
$2 parking.

FRIDAY

Daniel Isherwood (Seattle) -Standup
Daniel Isherwood has been a comedian in the Pacific Northwest for over six years. During his career he has worked every side of a comedy show, including host, feature, headliner, and producer. Comedy has taken Daniel from Spokane, to Olympia, to Seattle, where he now resides. He has opened for local favorites such as Duane Goad and Nate Jackson, as well as nationally touring comedians Sara Schaefer, James Adomian, and the members of the Altercation Punk Comedy Tour. Warm-hearted, genuine, and offbeat on stage Daniel’s signature sharp wit and original premises are sure to entertain and delight willing audiences, and begrudgingly win over unwilling ones.

Interrobang?! Improv! (Seattle) – Improv
Interrobang?! Improv is an improvisational comedy group that has performed in Seattle since 2010. Comprised of members of Jet City Improv, ComedySportz, TheatreSports, and independent improvisers, they’re known for their physicality, emotional honesty, and embrace of experimentation.

Whiskey Tango (Portland) – Improv
The gentlemen of Whiskey Tango practice long-form improvisational comedy in Portland, OR. With a single suggestion, Whiskey Tango crafts an elaborate story using a self-designed format known as “The Tango”. They find comedy with realism, relationships, story…and handsomeness. Whiskey Tango has performed at the Del Close Marathon, SF Sketchfest, Vancouver International Improv Festival, and the iO West LA Improv Festival.

The HERO SHOW (Vancouver BC) – Sketch/Improv
“Just about every comedic performer in Vancouver has taken part in the Hero Show, including Canadian Comedy Award winners Graham Clark, Dave Shumka, author and comedian Charlie Demers and award-winning producer of CBC’s This is That, Chris Kelly. To get a sense of the show’s hilarious surrealism, past characters and monologues have included a dog whisperer trying to sell his new music album, an 18th century playwright trying to pitch his opera to a modern audience, readings from a fictional book called “Drac Facts”, which included a bunch of unknown facts about Dracula and a woman who is famous for her background work in action film chase scenes.” – Inside Vancouver

SATURDAY

Eric Alexander Moore (Salem) – Standup
Blending real-life stories with his knack for punchy, outside-the-box writing and honest, vulnerable delivery, Salem, Oregon-based comedian ERIC ALEXANDER MOORE has been transforming personal tragedy into comedy for audiences all across the west coast, making appearances at Capitol City Theater (Salem, OR – headliner, feature), The Pocket Theater (Seattle, WA – co-headliner), The Brody Theater (Portland, OR – feature) , Improlympia Comedy Festival (Olympia, WA, 2014) and Level B Theater (Salem, OR – producer, feature) and has worked with national headliners including Neil Hamburger, Andy Andrist, Dave Anderson and many more.

Drop the Root Beer and Run (Seattle) – Sketch
Drop The Root Beer And Run is a sketch comedy troupe based out of Seattle, WA. It was formed by alumni from the The Evergreen State College’s comedy collective known as “Generation Friends” Since it’s formation in 2011, DTRBAR has performed in Seattle Sketchfest, The Seattle Fesitval of Improv Theatre, Improlymia, The LA Improv Festival, Bumpershoot, The Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, Idaho Laugh Fest, and The Vancouver Sketch Comedy Festival

Generation Friends (Olympia) – Improv
Generation Friends is a student group at The Evergreen State College that CONTROLS the comedy market on campus. We are a SUPER-GROUP comprised, much like the US Government, of three branches – Sketch, Improv, and Stand-Up. Together, all three branches combine into a wildly uneven tree that bears only the fruit of love. We are Generation Friends, and we are here to eat your life!

Matterhorn Improv (Vancouver BC) – Improv
Brian Cook, Cameron MacLeod and Andrew Barber make MATTERHORN. For the last 3 years, their dynamic, high-powered and boisterous brand of improv has been captivating Vancouver’s comedy venues and festivals. Good friends both on and off stage, they challenge audiences to have more fun than them. And they have a lot of fun.

SUNDAY

Peter (Bellingham) – Improv
The PETER comedy trio is Tobias Strong Childs, Jacob Alexander Foerg & Levi Hercules Friedman, comedians and writers from Bellingham, WA. Three Western Washington University alumni who met improvising in the award-winning Dead Parrots Society where they performed improv nation wide. PETER focuses on long-form improv influenced by Viewpoints, Commedia Dell’arte, Monoscene, Fluid Edits and Rap. PETER writes plays and has produced sketch, 10-min, one-acts and full-length plays in multiple shows at the iDiom Theater, WWU & more. PETER does stand-up too. At any open mics or stand-up shows that will have them in the greater Northwest.

Something Wicked (Olympia) – Improv
Something Wicked is the improv troupe of Harlequin Productions, Olympia’s twenty-four year old resident professional theater company. What began as an experiment quickly became one of the most popular comedy troupes in the region. Comprised of a collection of enthusiastic improv nerds, Something Wicked mixes styles for unpredictable show formats while favoring experiments in surreal long-form stories. The group performs regularly at the historic State Theater in downtown Olympia, Washington and also hosts the annual South Sound Improv Comedy Festival each spring.

Silky Boys (NYC) – Sketch
The Silky Boys are a radical environmentalist group comprised of Generation Friends alumni who have dedicated their lives to killing all birds on the planet Earth. When they aren’t punching god’s mistakes out of the sky, they perform funny sketch comedy for nice people to watch. Join them as they reveal the secrets of sexuality, technology, magic, darkness, and a world saved by love.

Philip Schallberger (Portland) – Sketch
Phil Schalberger started doing comedy in Portland, Oregon at age 17, sneaking into dive bars and open mics to get as much stage on time as he could. Years later, he’s recognized as one of the most unique and uncompromising comics in the Pacific Northwest and has been featured in the Seattle Sketchfest, San Francisco Sketchfest, and Bridgetown Comedy Festival. Mixing his years of experience with formal stand-up, sketch, and improv, Phil is able to weave in and out of multimedia, character, and sketch performance to create a distinctive solo-sketch show which has been regarded as “modern art.”