35 teams · March 26–29, 2025 · The DC Arts Center
DC Sketchfest returns in 2027 — dates are announced this fall, and the new lineup follows. Get on the list to hear first.
Uncomfortable, uncompromising, unexpected; we’re 15 Minutes Away! We’ve got a diverse cast of women, queer and POC comedians, 15 Minutes Away comedy style breaks boundaries, crosses the line and confronts social norms. We’re a New York City based team doing UCB style sketch comedy with actors and writers featured on Netflix, HBO, Comedy Central, Oxygen, NBC, DropoutTV, TBS, Peacock, MTV, Fox, CBS.
A.J. Schraeder has been performing sketch comedy for nearly 2 decades now. During that time, he's brought shows to colleges across the country, been invited to comedy festivals across North America, and sold commercial ideas and content to brands around the world. He is the most recent winner of the Judges Choice award DC Sketchfest's 24-hour sketch contest and has been awarded the title of Best in Fest at the Columbus Brew HaHa and Atlanta Sketchfest. In the commercial world, he has worked with major brands such as Doritos, Legos, and Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Andy Assaf, originally from Montreal, is a Toronto based sketch and improv comedian and is a Second City Toronto Mainstage alum. You might know him from as the Cravensworth’s MONSTER on season 6 of What We Do In The Shadows on Fx, the Recruit on Netflix, or you might have seen him as that Canadian guy in the Domino's commercial.
Bad Medicine is a Washington DC based sketch comedy group specializing in the dark, the cerebral, and the absurd. Though it has humble beginnings--conceived over a plate of tater tots--Bad Medicine has quickly grown into one of the most eclectic sketch groups in DC and features a cast trained by Second City, the Upright Citizen's Brigade, Washington Improv Theater, the District Improv, and Dojo Comedy. They are a group of singers, designers, lawyers, and students with the shared goal of writing the best comedy about the worst of humanity. No side effects. No horse pills. No cures.
Big Apartment brings a sketch comedy showcase where deranged characters, musical parodies, and surreal scenarios collide in the most unexpected ways. They've performed all over New York City and at sketch festivals in Toronto, Montreal, San Francisco, and Denver (Winner- Best Ensemble). Big Apartment is comprised of writers and actors who have worked with Netflix, Above Average, Reductress, McSweeney's, and Splitsider
Big Ol' Mess is a sketch comedy group from Denver. They have performed at Portland Sketch Fest and Denver Sketch Festival as well as cities across the world (well... one show in Canada). Big Ol' Mess shows have a loose, improvised feel that will leave you saying “that was so dumb, I loved it”.
Featuring:
Dan Burger (@the_dan_burger)
Katie Congrove (@katiesinstys)
Jared McBain (@jaredmcbain)
Connor Schuck (@c_money9)
Refreshingly original and delightfully vaudevillian. Chicago sketch duo Brandy Alexander has spent years performing together, delighting and entertaining audiences everywhere. Join them as they bring their best material to the stage for one unforgettable show.
Brick Penguin is a high-octane sketch comedy group from Washington, DC. The group has been entertaining audiences across the country since 2010. They have written, performed, and produced over fifty unique shows and performed in festivals in New York, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, North Carolina, and Baltimore.
Cam Wyllie truly is Canada's Sketch Comedy Maniac; a nearly 20 year veteran of the live comedy performance scene with multiple awards for this ensemble work, directing, and his universally beloved solo comedy shows. As one of the most prolific performers in North America, Cam Wyllie has perfected his craft on stages from Montreal to Los Angeles. He's performed at every major Sketch Comedy Festival from coast to coast. Do you like city names? In the last. year, he's performed for sold out audiences in San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, Portland, Newfoundland, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, and South CarolinaIn 2024, Cameron was the recipient of The Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival's ""Best of the Fest"" award, and was the $10,000 grand prize winner of the Cam Wyllie Sketch Comedy Invitational.
Chaps is DC’s first all-women comedy super group made up of experienced jokesters from some of DC’s top sketch comedy teams. Adorned with their signature, jaunty suspenders and mustaches, Chaps’ vaudeville-inspired performances transcend feminine tropes with their unique blend of dark, witty, and absurdist humor
"Danielle She/Her" is a one-woman sketch show about and by Danielle Steger. As a writer, director, and performer, Danielle is a four-time award winner at the Capital Fringe Festival. Her other credits include shows at Solocom (NYC), the San Francisco Sketchfest, the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (UK). Her director for "Danielle She/Her" is Katie O'Donnell, an ensemble performer at Washington Improv Theater.
With all the savory goodness of melted cheese, DC Raclette Club fills audiences with uproarious laughter and an occasional deep thought. Inspired by acts like Mitchell & Webb, Aunty Donna, and Kids in the Hall, the trio of Andy, Isabelle and Sara bring big characters, queer themes, and lots of shouting. Are they all friends? Lovers? Maybe two of them are married and the third is a best friend??? You'll be too busy laughing to know!
Disco Horses is a sketch comedy duo comprised of Joe Harrington and Eric Greenbaum. Joe and Eric take their 15+ years of combined sketch comedy experience to bring you through a revue that touches on a wide variety of everything and anything. There's improv, music, dancing, and a whole lot of ""what the fuck just happened"". Their shows are absurd, high-concept, honest, and silly. Over the past two years, Joe and Eric have written sketches through a mixture of improv-to-sketch and script-to-stage throughout festivals and shows in NYC, Chicago, and the UK. Reviewers from their most recent run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival said, ""I have never laughed so fucking hard in my life as I did watching Disco Horses"" (EdFringe Review), ""...fresh and unique...most definitely a hit"" (SMU Reviews), and ""Joe Harrington and Eric Greenbaum's chaotic yet hilarious sketch compilation is nothing short of a farcical joy"" (Forge Press). Eric is a member of The Second City Touring Company in Chicago and Joe is a sketch/character comedian in New York. Together, they have performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, New York Comedy Festival, Austin Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, UCB, The iO Theater, The Second City NYC, and much more.
Erick is a Peruvian comedian/writer based in Washington DC. He is a two time winner of ‘Best Comedy Show’ at Capital Fringe, and has had sold out runs in festivals all over North American, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK).
Lose yourself in wild flights of fancy about your favorite fictional characters! Fanfiction fan Joanna Harris and her friends bring to the stage stirring tales of love, death, adventure, and friendship involving characters from popular franchises. Be prepared for: crossovers, self-inserts, wild pairings, Mary Sue and Gary Stus, love triangles, love squares, plus tropes, tropes, and more tropes.
Field Trip is a Boston-based sketch comedy trio whose sets have been described as “undeiniably charming,” “surprisingly touching,” and “cured my IBS.” Since 2022, they’ve been delighting audiences with their brand of fast-paced, so-dumb-it’s-smart humor at sketch fests including New York, DC, Montréal, Philadelphia, Portland OR, and Seattle. Buckle up for a journey of goofs, gaffes, gabs, jabs, and most of all, well-timed comedic jokes delivered in a scripted format. We're going on a Field Trip.
Georgetown Sketch Comedy is the premier (and only) sketch comedy club on campus. We blend absurdist, off-beat, and whimsical humor with a sharp, fresh perspective. It's kinda like the worst soup you've ever had.
Ghost Girl is a sketch team rooted in the vibrant comedy scene of NYC. Since 2022, they have been a house team at the Magnet Theater, where their diverse group of actors and writers brings a unique approach to comedy, embracing the heightened, the surreal, and the twisted. Their sketches operate on the logic of your favorite Saturday morning cartoon, tackling such subjects as therapy, technology, and yes - even magic cats.Ghost Girl has had the pleasure of performing at SF Sketchfest, Austin Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Philly Sketchfest, and beyond. Outside of their work with Ghost Girl, the team’s writers and performers are regularly found on shows throughout the city, and their seasoned members have been featured on CBS, Showtime, GOLD Comedy, and even Sports Illustrated.
Girl Mountain is a Brooklyn-based sketch group that makes you stop and think - what is a mountain of girls? And how many girls make a mountain?
Grace and the Gang is the brain-child of Grace Fennell, an award-winning actor, improvisor, and writer currently based in DC. Grace and the Gang's comedy is a mix of absurdism, clowning, physical comedy, and dark humor. Join Grace and her pals on this comedy adventure!
"High Dramma is a sketch comedy group from Philadelphia that specializes in a signature - some might even say jarring - brand of loud, chaotic absurdism.There will be comedians yelling at each other, themselves, and you, the audience. There will be a ukulele player, bookending each sketch with original songs and amusing covers. There will be sketches where, honestly, you might not be totally sure what exactly you're looking at, but trust that it will be extremely funny and you'll want to go along for the ride.High Dramma is Curt Riedy, D.C. Fisher, Jason Singer, Marissa Edelman and Josie Skocik."
Jackie Skinner is a silly idiot. She's performed at comedy shows and festivals all over the world, including Edinburgh Fringe 2024, Boston Comedy Arts Festival, iO Chicago’s Comedy Festival, Seattle’s Highlarious Comedy Festival, Indianapolis Comedy Festival, Funniest Person in Austin, Improv Boston, Austin’s Coldtowne, PIT NYC, UCB NY, The Magnet Theater NY, Chicago Sketchfest, Austin Sketch Fest, Sketchfest Seattle, and NYC SketchFest. www.jackieskinner.comAllison Villaseñor is a 5’ 1” sketch comedian and actor in NYC who loves bean and cheese burritos. She’s performed comedy and theater shows at Atlantic Theater Company, UCB NY, PIT NYC, BCC, Magnet Theater NY, Elysian Theatre LA, Austin Sketch Fest, Sketchfest Seattle, and NYC SketchFest. She debuted her solo character show, Holy Guacamole! at SOLOCOM NYC '24. www.allisonvillasenor.com
Jonathan Cohall is more than a Comedian, he is a Coneedian. He HAS to make people laugh because it is his life force. Without humor, he is but a mere mortal.While studying Improv and Sketch at UCB, The PIT, and Second City, he has also performed Stand-Up with the likes of Jo Firestone, Aparna Nancherla, Ilana Glazer, and Nate Bargatze.Jonathan was named a 2017 Improv Your Life Scholar and Newbie of the Year at The PIT as well as a winner of the 2018 NBC/UCB Diversity Scholarship.In 2022 he appeared with his sketch team Scrunchie at Austin Sketchfest and was awarded an artistic residency in Ars Nova’s CAMP program.He is currently a writer/actor with the popular New York City sketch collective BoogieManja and was featured in the 2024 NYC SketchFest.Jonathan once saw his idol Tracy Morgan on the streets of the Bronx and told him that he wanted to be a comedian one day. Tracy said “It’s already done!”
Jordan Moeller (he/him) is a comedian and large bird based out of Los Angeles. His irreverent, satirical, and rollicking solo comedic work has been seen on Characters Welcome, San Francisco Sketchfest, SketchFest Seattle, and countless other screens and stages across the continent. Previously, he’s been a member of sketch house teams at BoogieManja Sketch Collective and The PIT in NYC, and currently he's the lead producer of Nebula Comedy in Los Angeles and a writing and performing member of Speakeasy Sketch, a Pack Theater house team. He is the proud recipient of “Best of Fest - Solo Performer” at Denver Sketch Fest in 2024.Follow him at @meat_prank on instagram, and keep an ear out for his forthcoming historical comedy podcast, Whispers on the Adriatic, set to release spring 2025.
Mostly improvisors, NEVER improvised. MIST is a group of improv enthusiasts (mostly) who decided to stop winging it and start writing it down!
Money & Things is a sketch team that appreciates the finer things in life...like killing it on stage and not actually making money. They have been performing at Magnet Theatre in NYC for two seasons as a Livewire house team. They take nonsense very seriously.
Mother's Pouch is a new DC-based sketch group that loves to experiment with a combination of absurdist and situational humor! Our sketch writers have been a part of productions such as "Famous Last Words" and Bad Medicine's Merry Little Sketch Show. You'll see us performing at the DC Improv's Make-up Party Shows and Rails Comedy's Etch-a-Sketch and Every Holiday Sketch Shows! Come jump in the pouch with us!
Party Trick is a Magnet Theater house team founded in 2023. Its members have long haunted the stage performing sketch, improv, musical improv, stand-up, plain old regular theatre, and dance, too. Off stage, Party Tricksters’ writing has appeared on satire and humor websites like McSweeney’s, Hard Drive, and The Onion, as well as actual news websites with journalistic standards and stuff. The team has been honored by selection to SF Sketchfest, Austin Sketch Fest, DC Sketchfest, Philly Sketchfest, and PackFest.
The nation’s premier LGBTQIA+ sketch team makes their DC debut! Come join some of New York’s hottest up-and-coming queer comedians for an hour of sketches, songs, and viral videos. Cast credits include New York Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest, The Onion, Reductress, Insider, UCB Maude Night, McSweeneys, and more!
Founded in 2021, Rails Comedy is a rising force in the Washington, D.C. comedy scene with a focus on the power of ensemble comedy. Alongside their dedicated roster of improv and sketch comedy performances, they regularly host workshops throughout the year. Rails Comedy is dedicated to fostering local talent and building comedy around community in the nation’s capital. They are a proud co-founder of DC Sketchfest, the first festival dedicated to sketch comedy in the capital region, which performed to sold out audiences in March 2024.
Seann Cantatore is an NYC musical comedian who combines theater, sketch comedy and silly goose-ness into her solo shows. She believes in humor that welcomes everyone to the party and seeks to bring people together through laughter and song. With her whimsical wit and inviting presence, audiences feel right at home belly-laughing and confronting their deepest emotional vulnerabilities, alike. She has performed at notable venues and festivals throughout the US, including DC Improv, Detroit Improv Festival, New South Comedy Festival, Rise Comedy Festival (Denver) and recently returned from a cross-country solo tour.
A Seattle-based sketch comedy troupe made up of questionably responsible adults, The "Responsible" "Adults" have been performing since 2017. With performances at renowned festivals like Seattle Sketchfest and New York Sketchfest, they've proven their comedic expertise. Their unique blend of silly, immature humor and clever wit has helped to make their name a Seattle staple, and award winning for their video sketches. They've also performed at local theaters in Seattle, captivating audiences with their energetic performances and short form sketches. Dubbed "your favorite comedy group's favorite comedy group," they promise to deliver laughs for the whole family!
The Better Binness Bros. are business-bettering brothers from different mothers. Their madcap antics, outrageous characters, and absurd video sketches are known for sweeping audiences into a phantasmagoric swirl of vaudevillian quips, uninhibited satire, and devastating ennui. They have bettered business across the country, including at Sketchfest Seattle, Denver Sketchfest, DC SketchFest, and venues like the DC Improv and the PIT in NYC.
Writers and producers at The Daily Show, The Tonight Show, and more of the best comedians in New York City come together for Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show — with each performance packed with sketches, musical numbers, celebrity impressions, and more! If I Think You Should Leave’s Tim Robinson had octuplets, it would be the cast of “Time to Kill.” One thing they all have in common? They KILL it onstage.Caveat is proud to announce that Time to Kill: A Sketch Comedy Show! is now a monthly Saturday prime-time sketch comedy residency at the theater!Time to Kill was recently rec'd by Time Out NY as ""one of the best things to do in NYC"" and the NY Times just rec'd the show as ""What to Do in NYC."" The team's live sketch comedy credits include: 2024 SF Sketchfest, 2023 NY SketchFest (headliners), 2024 Hudson Valley Comedy Festival (headliners), and 2023 NY Comedy Festival. Members of Time to Kill performed their original sketches on NBC’s comedy series Bring the Funny across several episodes with Kenan Thompson, Chrissy Teigen, Amanda Seales, and Jeff Foxworthy.
Vivek Srikanthan is an idiot (his words). Come see why. Best known for his self-deprecating and self-reflexive solo sketch comedy, Vivek has been featured at Toronto Sketchfest, Montreal Sketchfest, Denver Sketchfest, and San Francisco Sketchfest. He is also known for his one man show One Man No City, which premiered in November 2024, and will be featured at Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2025.