Improv Tonight: The Campfireball!
Friday, June 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM
Location: 35below
About The Show
Improv Tonight! is a fast, funny, and completely unscripted monthly comedy show featuring different improv teams every Friday and Saturday night. Each team performs two shows—one at 8:00 PM and one at 10:00 PM—and no two shows are ever the same.
The Campfireball is a live improvised show about you — the audience. This one-of-a-kind storytelling event is part game-show, part talk-show, part immersive theatre experience. Through a series of segments designed to evoke and celebrate the real-life stories, anecdotes, and memories of the participants, host Cory Howard (Moth Grand Slam Winner, National Storytelling Festival performer) rearranges the storyteller-to-listener relationship, making the audience active participants in shaping the narrative. There’s nothing to prepare and nothing to fear —participation is always voluntary and introverts you’re perfectly safe here — listening to the stories is just as much fun and just as important as playing along. No two Campfireball shows are alike, and you never know what’s going to happen next, so come out and be a part of a story that will only be told once: the story of this group of people in this moment in time.
8:00 PM – Cosmic Quilt – Cory discovered a mysterious quilt, made by his grandmother, in her house, after she died. What does that quilt have to do with you, your lives, the universe, and everyone in it? Everything. Featuring special guest storyteller, Ray Christian improvising stories based on your suggestions.
10:00 PM – Is Full Of Problems – A deeply personal show about you — The Campfireball tackles the very real challenges and issues some of the members of the audience are dealing with — and makes a brand new live show out of them! Featuring special guest, former Asheville-Citizen Times ‘Ask John’ columnist John Shore giving live advice to the audience (anonymous advice options will be available).
Content Awareness: This show features unfiltered comedy and spontaneous improv, making it best suited for audiences 18 and up.
Show Times: 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM
Lobby Opens: 60 minutes before show time
House Opens: 30 minutes before show time
Run Time: 60 minutes
Location: 35below at Asheville Community Theatre
Tickets: $18 (includes all taxes and fees)
About ACT Late Night
ACT Late Night is not a time of day, it’s a state of mind. It’s a space to explore something a little different. Upcoming ACT Late Night events include monthly performances of Improv Tonight! and Asheville Fringe in 35below, The Rocky Horror Show on the ACT Mainstage for Halloween, Cabaret in an immersive environment offsite in the spring of 2026, two weekends of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind in 35below, and other yet-to-be-announced experiences.
