Hello,
Washington, D.C. is a city built on monuments, towering tributes to history, power, ambition, and the occasional poorly managed construction project.
On Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m., Bad Medicine returns to the DC Improv Comedy Club with A Monument to Comedy, a brand-new hour of sketch comedy taking aim at the people, institutions, landmarks, and ideas that have become larger than life. From crumbling infrastructure and political history to institutions and everyday absurdities, nothing is too sacred or too structurally unsound.
Come celebrate the grandeur, the legacy, and the potholes beneath it all. Bad Medicine is building A Monument to Comedy and unlike most projects in the District, this one might actually be finished on time.
Bad Medicine Presents: A Monument to Comedy
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
7:30 p.m. | Doors at 6:15 p.m.
DC Improv Comedy Club
1140 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
Tickets available at dcimprov.com
About Bad Medicine
Bad Medicine is one of Washington, D.C.’s premier sketch comedy troupes, producing original shows and teaching sketch comedy classes at the DC Improv. The group is also a co-founder of DC Sketchfest, Washington’s annual sketch comedy festival, and has performed at comedy festivals across North America, including San Francisco Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, Austin Sketch Fest, and Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival.
The Ensemble
A Monument to Comedy features an ensemble of longtime Bad Medicine performers alongside some of the region’s strongest comedy talent. Cast members have been featured onstage with Washington Improv Theater. Starred in The Washington Roast, a hit political comedy show built around savage, no-holds-barred roast battles. And have performed with Princeton University’s legendary Triangle Club.
About Director Sean Robinson
Originally from Ridgefield, Connecticut, Sean Robinson joined Bad Medicine in 2016. Raised on All That, MADtv, Saturday Night Live, and In Living Color, Sean brings a playful and gleefully inappropriate sensibility to the show, helping shape its satirical look at the people, places, and institutions we build larger than life.
We’d love to have you join us, share the show with your community, or help spread the word.
Thank you,
Isaiah Headen
Producer, A Monument to Comedy
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Cast
Creative Team
Sean Robinson
Isaiah Headen
Shoa Appelman
Andy Weld
Emily Price
Eddison Wilkinson
Sarah Cassell
Jaeda Woodruff
Meet the Company
Bethany Stokes
Sarah Cassell
Sean Robinson
Arie Rich
Scott Ward
Bria Beddoe
Jaeda Woodruff
Vito Prime
Sean Robinson
Originally from Ridgefield, Connecticut, Sean joined Bad Medicine in 2016, hoping to balance out his legal practice (specializing in postal contracts and the shipping of live animals & dead people), baking, homebrew video game blogging, mud running, and cat daddying.
Raised on All That, MadTV, SNL, and In Living Color, Sean would describe his sense of humor as gleefully inappropriate, especially if he didn’t tell you he was mixed race beforehand.
Sean’s Sketch Comedy Inspiration: Inside Looking Out (MadTV)
Instagram: @arbitrary_and_delicious
Twitter: @arb_and_delish
TikTok: @scrobins
Isaiah Headen
Isaiah grew up in Northern Virginia and went to film school in Washington, DC. He’s a founding member of Bad Medicine and despite having a small background in dance theater he fancies himself more of a writer/producer than an actor.
Isaiah’s surrealist humor is rooted in cartoons from classics like Dexter’s Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls to modern breakouts such as Adventure Time and Gravity Falls. Even today his favorite sitcoms are adult animation with the top spots going to Futurama and BoJack Horseman.
Isaiah’s Sketch Comedy Inspiration: Chappelle’s Show
Shoa Appelman
Andy Weld
Emily Price
Eddison Wilkinson
Sarah Cassell
Jaeda Woodruff
Photos
Behind the scenes at rehearsal. Actors Sarah and Jaeda reading lines.
Behind the scenes at rehearsal. Our director Sean leading a scene.
Behind the scenes at rehearsal. Actors Bethany and Bria reading lines.
Behind the scenes at rehearsal. Director Sean working one on one with Bria.
