Coventry built comedy in Providence's blind spot. Anthony backrooms host the working-class crowds—lake community energy, families who'd rather laugh locally. Washington runs the house shows that skip the listings. Coventry Center hosts the established rooms. Greene draws the rural curious. Quidnick keeps it neighborhood. The scene exists because someone decided Providence shouldn't have all the comedy, and the audiences who discovered it stayed loyal. Newcomers who find these rooms find something Providence can't offer: intimacy, consistency, crowds who remember your last set.