THEATRE + COMEDY

The Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant presents Billy D. Washington. (ONE NIGHT ONLY!)

An Improv club favorite, Billy D. is a comedian with a musical background. An award winning pianist as a child, he always has time for a few musical parodies during his stand up performances. You probably saw Billy as a host on VH1, the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, or the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

He's an HBO Def Jam All-Star but you haven't seen anything until you've seen Billy D. LIVE and in person at the biggest and greatest comedy club in Texas: The Houston Improv!

“Low-key intensity and dead on humor” is how the Denver Post described Billy D. Washington. His clever but quirky approach has made Billy D. Washington a formidable force in the world of stand-up comedy. After a 5-year stint as a Houston Police Officer, he followed his heart, took to the stage and has since assembled a pretty impressive body of work for this part-time church musician and full-time national headliner.

Not only has Billy performed in clubs, colleges and theaters in 48 states and 4 countries he has been featured at the prestigious ‘Just for Laughs’ Comedy Festival twice, HBO Aspen Comedy Festival and for 3 years traveled with The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin as her opening act. He has also appeared on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Last Comic Standing, The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Bob and Tom Show on WGN, and spent time on VH-1 as a host and on-air personality. He was recently identified as one of the most diverse comedians in America by the NBC stand-up for diversity initiative, and is the creator of the critically acclaimed S.E.L.L.O.U.T. Comedy Tour - a group of talented black comedians who challenge America to resolve racial differences one joke at a time.