Asheville Improv Festival - Thursday 9PM Show
A fast-shifting night of improvisational theater with narrative genre storytelling from Team Spider Monkey, an 8-person Living Room form set by Mango! Mango!, and mesmerizing narrative duo headliners Greg Tavares and Andy Adkins.
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