Garden Photos!

special thanks to Travis Nodurft for shooting the pictures for us!

Curious Garden from Curious Comedy on Vimeo.

Month Old News!

We got our Rail installed! 2011 will be the year we finish the build out and complete the mezzanine. We will have a staircase built, get the floor finished and finally have balcony seating upstairs!
We've needed this rail installed for two years now, and finally there it is. It's pretty awesome!

the Curious Garden

Our Kids show is back, and where there's a Curious Garden:
There's also a Garden of Curious:

We always have so much fun rehearsing the kids show, that we come up with lines and bits that may not be appropriate for kids, so we do an adult version of the same show the night before.

the Curious Garden (KIDS SHOW) Second Sundays of every month at 10:30am
the Garden of Curious (ADULT SHOW) Second Saturdays of every month at 10pm

nice lookin' place

We have one heck of a nice looking comedy theater.

Curious Comedy Covers Show

The Comedy Covers show is continuing through July. Every Friday and Saturday night come watch our mainstage players cover an act of a famous stand up comedian. We cover every decade from the 50's through the 90's. It's one heck of a fun show and a unique experience. Come check it out!

Curious Comedy Craziness

FIT TO PRINT
tonight at the Curious Comedy Theater. 8pm.
Possibly featuring our friend Hilary from Chicago.
She's a wildcard. So much so that she hasn't yet confirmed whether or not she'll be here tonight.
Stay Tuned.

Jean Louis

Running this month (MARCH 2010) at the Curious Comedy Theater you will see FIT TO PRINT the longform improv show where we do our scenes based on news items selected by audience members, followed by JEAN LOUIS the two-person longform show by Curious founders Stacey Hallal and Bob Ladewig. Watch them improvise scenes - generating material for their next full sketch show. It's like a one-act play made up on the spot!

Catch us at the Curious Comedy Theater and laugh your face off.

I think this says it all.

This ad is running in our two papers in Portland. Come see our theater.

Cagematch! - Defending the title

Stuart, Alex and Anthony... better known as Ductape Worms won the Cagematch two weeks in a row. Last week they performed the puppet harold... This week? Who knows!

Curious Comedy at the Bagdad Theater

Last Saturday (April 25th) the Curious Comedy Mainstage players performed at the Bagdad Theater as part of the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. We did our 'greatest hits' in a way. Enough sketches to fill 25 minutes. The venue is huge and it felt really good to get our show scene by such a large audience. Thanks to Andy and everyone at Bridgetown for asking us to be a part of such a great festival!

Return of the CAGEMATCH

the Cagematch is back! Tonight at its new time. 7pm!!!

the Curious Comedy Theater

Hey,
Guess what?
We have a hilarious show for you to see.
You should come see it this weekend. Friday and Saturday night at 8pm.
It will cost you $6.00 (cheap!) and bring a smile to your face.
There is a full bar and food offered.
Also -
We have bathrooms!

Curious Mainstage Show

This weekend we've got the Curious Mainstage Players mixing sketch and improv in the mainstage shows. Friday and Saturday at 8pm. It's the funniest night in Portland. You'd be crazy to miss it. come on out, grab a drink and laugh the night away.

Gustafer day!

Seriously, you should come see the Gustafer Yellowgold show at the Curious Comedy Theater today at 2pm! You will not be disappointed! This is the last time to see it!

Fools Fest is here!

The Curious Comedy Theater opened the Fools Fest on Wednesday April 1st to a great crowd.
Shakesprov and Dopamine gave the audience (in particular the guy with the crazy laugh) a lot to laugh about. Thursday nights Open Court was also a great night, filled with plenty of "that's what she said" jokes and some wicked Wii-ing.
Tonight (and all through the weekend) the roller coaster will continue with some of the Northwest's funniest sketch and improv groups. Not only that, but we have two extra-special guests in town to help make Portland laugh. Check out the schedule below and support your local comedy scene! Complete festival passes still available for $30.00 (they do not include the guest shows).

Open Court continues!

In late 2003 at the Playground Theater in Chicago, Sammy Tamimi (The Geek Productions) and International Stinger came up with an idea of a longform jam. We rented out the Playground Theater on an off night (Thursday nights at 10pm) and began to run one of the most successful improv jams ever. The idea was simple - Not everyone has longform improv experience. Most people who get into improv comedy go through shortform games first. In Chicago there are something like 300 new improv students annually. All these students want to learn everything, want stage time and want to be seen, so we gave them a small opportunity for all those things at Open Court. It quickly took off and has continued to be the best improv jam around.
Now I've brought it here to Portland in our beautiful Curious Comedy Theater. Thursday nights at 8pm will be our Open Court night. The night where all our friends and students can come together and experiment with longform exercises in a comfortable and supportive environment.
At every Open Court we will do our best to support each and every player. All we ask is that two simple rules are followed: 1 - Agreement. improv is nothing without agreement. You must do your best to be on the same page as your team (and scene partner) all the time. It makes for better scenework and better energy.
2 - Positivity. While we are using Open Court as a learning format, it's also a jam. A lot of times a Jam can feel unfair to people who aren't open to new ideas. All we're asking for is that our participants feel the welcoming and positive feeling of the OC and feed it right back.

I hope to see you at the Open Court some thursday night.

Don't be a fool!

Coming soon to a Curious Comedy Theater near you...the Curious Fools Festival! Starting on Wednesday April 1st and going until Sunday April 5th, we'll be hosting a slew of comedic acts on our stage. You'll get to see some of the best acts from the northwest like the Brody Theater, Super Project Lab, The Liberators, and of course the Curious Main Stage Players.

But that's not all! You'll also get to see amazing acts like Gustafer Yellowgold from New York, Unexpected Productions from Seattle, and the Great Miasma from Eugene.

Still not convinced? Wait, there's more! Sunday night at 8pm we'll be treating you to Joe Raiola, editor of Mad Magazine, and his one man show Almost Obscene, a show all about censorship.

So don't be a fool! This is a festival you don't want to miss. Want tickets? Click here!

Open Court Thursday!

If you want to get on stage and do some longform improv in a fun and supportive environment than the Open Court is for you! Stop by on Thursday, put your name in as a performer and you'll be put on a team. The team has a coach and a form. You'll get 20(ish) minutes to perform your form with your new team. At the end of the night, prizes are drawn. Everyone Wins! (prizes are limited, but 'everyone wins' in the sense that you walk away feeling good and supported having done something different and fun).

Friday the 13th!

Come check out our new mainstage show where we mix improv and sketch comedy!

Curious Comedy Main Stage Show

Starting this Friday (the 13th!) the Curious Theater will be starting a new weekly show called the Curious Comedy Main Stage Show. This new show will feature original sketches from the Main Stage Players, as well as short form and long form improv. You also might get to see some stand up, musical comedy, and heck we might even slaughter a goat.

Um...scratch that. We will not slaughter a goat.

This week's show will feature the "Fit to Print" format in the first half and the "Commando" format in the second (don't worry, that doesn't mean we'll be performing without underwear). Each half will be about 45 minutes long and each one will leave you wanting more. But that's why we are doing the show twice a week. So come on Friday and then bring your friends back on Saturday.

Curious Comedy Main Stage Show

Fridays & Saturdays 8pm

from Now until Eternity

$12