Tonight at the Improv ft. Katherine Blanford, Owen Smith, Byron Bowers, Kirk Fox, Jessica Michelle Singleton, Audrey Stewart and more TBA
Sun, 20 Sep, 7:00 PM PDT
Doors open
6:30 PM PDT
Hollywood Improv (The Main Room)
8162 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90046
Description
This show will be a phone-free experience. Use of cellphones, smart watches, smart accessories, cameras and recording devices will not be permitted in the performance space.
Upon arrival at the venue, all phones and smart watches will be secured in Yondr cases that will be opened at the end of the event. Guests maintain possession of their phones at all times, and can access their phones throughout the show at designated Phone Use Areas in the venue. All phones will be re-secured in Yondr cases before returning to the performance space.
Anyone seen using a cellphone during the performance will be escorted out of the venue. We appreciate your cooperation in creating a phone-free viewing experience.
DO NOT PURCHASE TICKETS FROM ANYONE OR ANY OTHER SITE OTHER THAN IMPROV.COM
TICKET RESALE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
TICKETS SUSPECTED OF BEING PURCHASED FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RESELLING MAY BE CANCELLED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE HOLLYWOOD IMPROV.
EVENT INFO:
There is a two-item minimum purchase requirement in the showroom for all guests.
Seating is general admission, first-come, first-served, with the exception of groups and premium booths.
No cell phone use, photography or video recording is permitted during performances.
All sales are final.
MISCELLANOUS:
For group sales info, e-mail our Events Manager to learn about special menu options and reserved seating.
Additional questions may be addressed in our Frequently Asked Questions.
For further assistance, contact Hollywood Improv.
Event Information
Age Limit
21+
Comedy
Katherine Blanford
Katherine Blanford
Comedy
Originally hailing from Kentucky, Katherine Blanford is known for her human Golden Retriever presence on stage. After racking up millions of views on her Don’t Tell Comedy set, Katherine hit the road sharing confessions of her southern family secrets and awkward adolescent years across the country and internationally. Katherine has appeared twice on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, and After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson. Most recently, Katherine was featured on Deadline’s “Comedians Ready to Break Out in 2025” and selected to be a New Face at the prestigious 2025 Just For Laughs Festival. Katherine released her debut special, Catholic Cowgirl, with 800LB Gorilla Records in December 2024. Not bad for a girl whose parents are cousins.
Comedy
Owen Smith
Owen Smith
Comedy
OWEN SMITH has performed Stand-up on Conan and Colbert. He’s a regular at the Comedy Store Hollywood and Comedy Cellar in New York. According to Joe Rogan he is amongst the top comics in the world and “should be more famous than he is.” Owen returns to Just For Laughs for the first time since he debuted as a New Face in 2002.
OWEN created an underground buzz in the comedy world when he shot his hour special “Good Luck Everybody” entirely on ten iPhones then retuned them the next day and got all his money back.
A storyteller at heart his personal brand of comedy is comprised of unique angles on fatherhood, marriage, race and his obsession with NPR programming.
Owen is also a sought after writer. His writing credits include: ABC’s Black•ish, Survivor’s Remorse (Starz), The Arsenio Hall Show, The ESPY’s (on ESPN with Drake and ABC with Joel McHale), The Guy’s Choice Awards, Whitney(NBC), Deon Cole’s Black Box (TBS), Are We There Yet (TBS), and Everybody Hates Chris.
Stand-up
Byron Bowers
Byron Bowers
Stand-up
Byron Bowers is an actor, stand-up comedian, writer and producer who can currently be seen in the Apple TV+ limited series LADY IN THE LAKE alongside Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram. He also served as a consulting producer on the project.
In 2022, he released his debut comedy special SPIRITUAL N***A on FX/Hulu, directed by Har’el. In this deeply intimate hour, Bowers talks about the stigma of mental health, how tripping on psychedelic mushrooms made him understand his schizophrenic father, and how it altered the way he feels about his blackness.
Film credits include Steven Soderbergh’s crime thriller KIMI for HBO Max, opposite Zoe Kravitz; Steven Soderbergh’s NO SUDDEN MOVE for HBO Max starring Benicio Del Toro and Don Cheadle; Ricky Staub’s CONCRETE COWBOYS for Netflix starring Idris Elba; and Alma Har’el’s award-winning HONEY BOY for Amazon, starring Shia LaBeouf, Lucas Hedges, and Noah Jupe.
Television credits include Olivier Assayas’ limited series IRMA VEP for A24/HBO, starring opposite Alicia Vikander and executive produced by Sam Levinson; Lena Waithe’s award-winning original Showtime series THE CHI; and in Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’ series SWARM on Amazon opposite Dominique Fishback.
Originally from Atlanta, Bowers currently resides in Los Angeles.
Comedy
Kirk Fox
Kirk Fox
Comedy
Kirk Fox is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer known for his deadpan delivery and unforgettable on-screen characters. He played “Sewage Joe" on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, starred in the Emmy-nominated TV series Jury Duty and Reservation Dogs, was in Season 1 & 2 of Bad Thoughts on Netflix, and most recently, Fox authored his first book, a crime/noir novel called Palmdale. His Showtime special, That Guy, was one of their highest-rated hours, and this fall, you can see him on Season 2 of The Lowdown with Ethan Hawke.
Comedy
Jessica Michelle Singleton
Jessica Michelle Singleton
Comedy
JESSICA MICHELLE SINGLETON is a powerhouse of comedy in a teeny tiny package - known for her high energy, overly honest, always silly, and often dark & dirty performances.
A Comedy Store Paid Regular, she is the breakout star of ILIZA’S LOCALS (Hulu), a comedy special series produced by Iliza Shlesinger.
Her Don’t Tell Comedy performance(s) have amassed millions of views online across multiple platforms. Singleton’s second comedy album HORNY FOR DEATH debuted at #1 on iTunes and Amazon, ahead of Bo Burnham.
Singleton has toured across 4 continents alongside names like: Melissa Villasenor, Theo Von, Mark Normand, Ari Shaffir, and Steph Tolev.
Stand-up
Audrey Stewart
Audrey Stewart
Stand-up
Audrey Stewart is a Los Angeles-based actress and stand-up comedian who performs at clubs around the world. In 2023, she was named a New Face at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada, and performed at the 2024 Netflix Is a Joke Festival in Los Angeles.
Stewart has appeared on NBC, The Drew Barrymore Show, Netflix Is a Joke Radio, National Lampoon, America's Funniest Home Videos, and Facebook Watch, and has a set with Don’t Tell Comedy.