What's in the Box? Comedy & Improv at Story Parlor

What's in the Box? is Story Parlor's monthly comedy and improv night — a Saturday evening show that runs 7:30–10pm on Haywood Road in West Asheville. The format keeps you guessing: the box dictates the constraints, and the performers work within them. It's the kind of show where something genuinely unexpected happens at least once.

Story Parlor has quietly built one of the better comedy and spoken word lineups in Western NC, and What's in the Box? fits the venue's DNA — experimental, a little unpredictable, and worth showing up for without knowing exactly what you'll get.

Monthly Saturdays, 7:30–10pm at Story Parlor, 227 Haywood Rd, West Asheville NC. Live comedy and improv in Asheville — one of the more original monthly shows in town.

Intimate West Asheville listening room (~50 capacity) known for narrative arts, storytelling across music, poetry, improv, comedy, and more, community-programmed for authentic artist-audience connections

"It’s like a little home living room meets a cathedral... doesn’t have a lot of flash, but it does have authenticity."

Story Parlor

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What's in the Box? Comedy & Improv at Story Parlor

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