August 9 will be the last comedy show at Everett Improv
Published 1:30 am Tuesday, July 15, 2025
EVERETT — Everett Improv Bar & Stage, a fixture in downtown Everett for the last six years, is closing its doors on Aug. 9.
“After six years of weirdness, Everett Improv is closing,” owner Britney Barber said in a social media post.
“I am moving back to the East Coast to be near my son,” she said in the posting. “Thank you to everyone who has supported our mission of providing high-level, local entertainment.”
Barber did not respond to requests for comment.
The club, located at 2610 Colby Ave., hosts comedy shows or other events 8-9:30 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, followed by karaoke from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Drop-in and registered classes are scheduled on Mondays and Tuesdays, according to its website.
The club became known for its “Splash Zone” shows, a test kitchen, if you will, for innovative, kooky concepts.
One show would have audience members throw eggs onstage to trigger improvisational death scenes. One concept became known as the “Boozie Newzie,” a show that relied on the print edition of The Daily Herald. Audience members, armed with scissors and highlighters, would cut out headlines, paragraphs, comics and classifieds and throw them into a hat. Those would become fodder for more improv scenes.
“I take the concept of improv very seriously,” Barber said in 2022. “I’m not into novelty that can’t be sustained.”
Randy Diamond: 425-339-3097; randy.diamond@heraldnet.com.
