Atlas Arts Lab presents Eva Lewis

Atlas Arts Lab presents Eva Lewis

Atlas Arts Lab is a program of the Atlas Performing Arts Center that provides a platform for individual artists to develop new work and to serve the community through engagement initiatives that encourage civic dialogue and community cohesion. The program facilitates artistic growth and development for artists whose work explores the ideas and issues of our time. The Atlas Arts Lab prioritizes artists who act as change agents for the betterment of our society, culture, and world.

Run Time: 1 hour

Eva Lewis is a Washington, DC–based improviser, writer, and cultural strategist whose artistic practice sits at the intersection of comedy, community engagement, and social change. Trained at Second City Chicago, Washington Improv Theatre, and Studio Acting Conservatory, with additional coursework at iO Chicago and Upright Citizens Brigade, Lewis has performed widely with DC-area improv and sketch teams, at international comedy festivals, and across major platforms including DC Capital Fringe, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Second City New York’s Salt Pepper Ketchup: Improv All The Way. She is also the co-creator and performer of White Privilege/Black Power, an award-winning diversity and inclusion improv show, and a longtime collaborator with the sketch troupe Bonnet Talk. Alongside her artistic work, Lewis is an attorney, grassroots organizer, and national political operative, experiences that deeply inform her commitment to coalition-building, deep listening, and creating spaces rooted in humanity and joy.

During her Atlas Arts Lab Residency, Lewis plans to develop a new Second City–style sketch revue, in collaboration with Bonnet Talk, that centers Black women’s experiences through character-driven, culturally resonant comedy, while refining her writing and producing process through a collaborative writers room. She also aims to reconnect comedy to the broader DMV community by creating accessible, live theatrical work and hosting a community improv workshop for Black women, reinforcing her belief that comedy can be a tool for rest, liberation, and collective imagination. @evarlewis