RSS FeedRiot Act Comedy Theater Opening August 3
UPDATE (July 24): The new opening date for Riot Act is August 11, 2011. Please see PQ Living’s update post here.
Lots of activity marks the space at the corner of 8th and E St NW (801 E Street, NW) as the Riot Act Comedy Theater undergoes construction. The good news is that it’s nearing completion and the theater announced its opening day to be Wednesday, August 3.
Washington native, restaurateur and bar owner, Geoff Dawson (Buffalo Billiards, Iron Horse Tap Room, Rocket Bar), along with partners Marjorie Heiss and John Xereas are behind the effort and once open, it will be open every day of the week. The two-story, 13,000-square-foot facility with a 330 seat showroom will feature a host of collective offerings that include a School of Comedy, movie screen backdrop, weekly open “mic” nights, cabaret style dining with full table service, digital recording capabilities and high-tech broadcast resources. Riot Act will also feature two bar areas that operate outside of the showroom with the capacity to provide video highlights, major telecasts and onsite television viewing of sold-out performances.
DC’s own king of comedy, Tony Woods is scheduled to headline the theater’s opening week August 3 to 6. Woods is an original member of Russell Simmons’ Def Comedy Jam on HBO and P. Diddy’s Bad Boys of Comedy. The DC born and bred comedy veteran has made universal appearances from Showtime at the Apollo to Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
Fantastic for local area comics, there will be a regular open mic night on Tuesdays. Wednesdays will be “theme” nights that will cover everything from “Gay-Larious” to the “Geek Comedy Tour.” Thursdays through Sundays will feature local and national headliners.
The initial website is up and running at www.riotactcomedy.com and the full website goes live next week.
PQ Living staff are already brushing up on their jokes for open mic night. I just flew in from Cleveland and boy are my arms tired! Ba-dum-pa.
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Outstanding. The DC Improv needed some competition and all the better to have it local to us. From what I read on WBJ yesterday John Xereas sounds like the perfect partner with Dawson to make the venture successful.