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Joke Sistas @ SPRUNG! 2026 Comedy Festival
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5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT1 hour · Eastern Time · Schedule
Silver Spring, MD 20910Log in to view
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$36.22 – $59.06General Admission $36.22 · VIP Tickets $59.06 · sold on eventbrite.com
About Joke Sistas @ SPRUNG! 2026 Comedy Festival
Joke Sistas returns to SPRUNG! for the 3rd year running led by the incomparable Joanna Briley! This is the unofficial sorority and these Joke Sistas will have you laughing and loving this diverse group of Black women comedians. The show will leave you empowered, enlighted, and entertained as these Joke Sistas are strong advocates for telling it like it is.
Joanna M. Briley is the founder of Black Women In Comedy Laff Fest and also a premier comedian! As a shining star on the comedy circuit and a true visionary, Joanna created the Black Women In Comedy Laff Fest and produced Joke Sistas to showcase the brightest and funniest Black Women in a safe space. With her one woman show “Swipe This: My Life in Transit!” Joanna also merged her comedy life with the 32 years as a New York City Transit Authority Token Booth Clerk into a hit stage performance.
SPRUNG! is Silver Spring's very own comedy festival. Over four nights in March 2026, Improbable Comedy will present 10 unique shows of hilarious comedy at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, along with comedy classes and events.
Join us for a return of a SPRUNG! favorite, welcoming back our Joke Sistas show in partnership with Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest!
A special thank you to CMIT Solutions, our Saturday sponsor!
Joanna M. Briley is the founder of Black Women In Comedy Laff Fest and also a premier comedian! As a shining star on the comedy circuit and a true visionary, Joanna created the Black Women In Comedy Laff Fest and produced Joke Sistas to showcase the brightest and funniest Black Women in a safe space. With her one woman show “Swipe This: My Life in Transit!” Joanna also merged her comedy life with the 32 years as a New York City Transit Authority Token Booth Clerk into a hit stage performance.
SPRUNG! is Silver Spring's very own comedy festival. Over four nights in March 2026, Improbable Comedy will present 10 unique shows of hilarious comedy at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, along with comedy classes and events.
Join us for a return of a SPRUNG! favorite, welcoming back our Joke Sistas show in partnership with Black Women in Comedy Laff Fest!
A special thank you to CMIT Solutions, our Saturday sponsor!
Schedule
SaturdayMarch 14, 20265:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT1 hour
Times are in Eastern Time (EDT, UTC-04:00), the organizer's time zone.
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Founded by social-worker-turned-comedy-producer Kim Levone, Improbable Comedy has hosted more than 100 shows in local venues around the DMV. The goal has been to transform the industry by giving the mic to hilarious comedians who have been underrepresented on stage. We aim to book more women, LBGTQ+, BIPOC, and immigrant comedians as well as performers with disabilities. Since our first show at Vicino's restaurant in 2012, we have brought big laughs to theatres, bars, swanky clubs, and people's homes. Prior to the pandemic, we had regular shows at Busboys & Poets, Joe's Movement Emporium, and Post 41 as well as bigger events at the Silver Spring Black Box and Union Stage. In March 2020, we moved almost exclusively to Zoom and now present our live shows virtually - several shows per month. While we were happy to find success online, we are tickled to be back in person at our favorite venues, on outdoor stages with the Montgomery County Parks Department and planning for our 10th Anniversary Comedy Festival: SPRUNG!. Our goal is still: a great show, every time, for everyone in the audience. Our small but mighty production team is focused on a high-quality show with an intimate feel. Our mission today is the same as it was when we produced our first show almost 10 years ago: to bring people together for a hilarious live comedy show with a diverse group of awesome comedians. In addition to our monthly Stand Up Silver Spring, we have present themed shows like The MOTHER of All Comedy Shows, Comedy as a Second Language, and our Sweet & Sour Valentine's Day show.
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