THEATRE + COMEDY

The Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant presents  BOB BIGGERSTAFF & BILLY D. WASHINGTON.

Houston has long been a breeding ground for the best in stand up; comic legends like Bill Hicks, Sam Kinneson, and Brett Butler all got their start in Houston!

THE WEDNESDAY SHOW is a showcase of some of the greatest talent Texas now has to offer... featuring Houston's most requested comedians. You've seen these comics feature on our stage for headliners like Dave Attell, Louis CK, Bruce Bruce, Pablo Francisco, Bill Burr, Gabriel Iglesias, Sheryl Underwood, Doug Stanhope and Norm MacDonald!

This show will feature club favorites and the headliners are Comedy Central's Bob Biggerstaff and Def Comedy Jam All-Star Billy D. Washington!

So come on out and get your face melted off by all this awesome comedy here at the greatest comedy club on the Gulf Coast, The Houston Improv!

Bob Biggerstaff - Houston, Texas has been the home of many greats. Nolan Ryan, Earl Campbell, Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Swayze, Beyonce and the guy that played Data on Star Trek The Next Generation among them. Add Bob Biggerstaff to that list. Bob came to Houston from Liverpool, NY while still in high school and attended the University of Houston.

While still in college he became a doorman at the legendary Laff Stop. After a few months “manning the door” he started to perform at the Laff Stop open mic night and developed his self-deprecating, sports related style. Bob quickly became one of Houston’s top comics winning the Funniest Person in Houston Contest in 2003.

He has been successful in many comedy competitions becoming a national finalist in Sierra Mist’s "Search For the Next Great Comic", HBO’s "The Lucky 21", and Comedy Centrals "Open Mic Fight". In 2007 Bob made his national television debut on NBC’s hit show Last Comic Standing and was seen on Dave Attell’s HBO special “Captain Miserable”. 2008 looks to be even better as appearances on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" (July 18) and the nationally syndicated Bob and Tom Radio Show are in the offing. From comedy clubs, colleges, and theaters in the U.S. to our military bases overseas, Bob has entertained people all over the world.

Be sure and catch him at a club near you before he takes all his money and buys an island off the coast of Fiji and lives out his days as a 300-pound weirdo ala Marlon Brando.

An Improv club favorite, Billy D. Washington 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.