Remember that time in high school when your parents went away? You know, plot line of every teenage movie ever made - except this time, you blew up the house. Standing in the ashes as your parents roll up, what do you do? Say it with us now - iiiiiimprovise. Take notes Thursday, Jan. 24 at the Washington Center while watching the best and blithest live comedians and next time you're in a lose-lose situation, you'll wondrously make screams turn to laughter. On the main stage, Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Joel Murray and Jeff Davis star in Whose Live Anyway - 90 minutes of improvised comedy and song made up before your eyes from your suggestions. In the black box, the Center's Comedy in the Box series features the best form the Seattle Comedy Competition. Both begin at 7:30 p.m., which is not funny.

Read Sean Contris' interview with Ryan Stiles in the Weekly Volcano's Arts section.

WASHINGTON CENTER, 7:30 P.M., $33-$40 WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY, $14-$16 COMEDY IN THE BOX, 512 WASHINGTON ST. SE, OLYMPIA, 360.753.8586