Curious Comedy Theater

No FMA Show Tonight

Stage Manager — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:04:23 +0000

Sorry folks, there is no Famous Mysterious Actor Show tonight despite what was printed in the Willamette Week’s stage calendar. The Famous Mysterious Actor Show will be returning for another run of shows soon.

Wanna Get Your Shel Silverstein On?

Stage Manager — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:47:25 +0000

Shel Silverstein’s The Devil and Billy Markham, which first appeared as a six-part epic poem in the January 1979 edition of Playboy magazine and subsequently as a one-act play at Lincoln Center in 1989, tells the story of Billy Markham, an unforgettable character who never met a bet he didn’t take, including that of his very own soul. Billy journeys from Nashville’s Music Row down into the fiery pits of hell and back again as he matches wits with God, the Devil and everyone in between. For Mature Audiences.

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Wanna help Jonah produce this show with a kind contribution? Go ahead, he and we would love you for it.

Portland Monthly Magazine Tandem Preview

Stage Manager — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:46:12 +0000

Alexis Rehrmann at Portland Monthly Magazine gives a preview and shows some love for Tandem. Tickets are still available, so come see the show.

Fertile Ground Passes, Jean Louis and SexyNurd

Stage Manager — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:32:54 +0000

Howdy folks. If you’re thinking of coming to Curious to see Jean Louis in Tandem or AuGi in SexyNurd or if you just want to jump in and swim with all the other Fertile Ground fish (that is, events), pick up a Fertile Ground pass. Festival prices are now $50, reduced from $100.

Fill that New Year’s resolution to see more shows, and buy a pass. You did make that resolution, didn’t you?

Check Out Jean Louis during the Fertile Ground Festival

Stage Manager — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:12:48 +0000

In Jean Louis’ hilarious and beautiful comedy, Tandem, Stacey Hallal and Bob Ladewig explore the meaning of “international language” through brilliantly crafted sketch comedy – ultimately finding that two wrongs can make a right… though they often take three lefts to get there.

Stacey Hallal is Artistic Director of Curious Comedy Theater which she founded in 2007. Stacey has performed, taught, and directed improv and sketch comedy for over 10 years – in Portland with acclaimed comedy duo All Jane No Dick and in Chicago at the world famous Second City.

Her one-woman show, The Humperdink Family Reunion received rave reviews. Bob Hicks of the Oregonian wrote, “Comic actress Stacey Hallal has a face that can rise like a puff pastry or fall like a mob informer with an anvil tied round his feet. Her eyes can pop like a Looney Toons critters, and she can stretch a grin as crazy-wide as Jack Nicholson’s in The Shining. Her voice has the same cockeyed flexibility, and she uses both to highly amusing effect. In other words, she’s a genuine talent.”

Bob Ladewig has been writing, teaching and performing improvisational and sketch comedy since 1997. Bob studied at all the famous comedy theaters in Chicago and worked with a lot of wonderful people, some of whom have gone and gotten famous. In 2007, he helped to open the Curious Comedy Theater. Off-stage Bob has written stories for video games and been in many commercials – even one with an ancient Egyptian pharaoh.

SPECIAL OFFER: Check out AuGi’s show SexyNurd, and see Jean Louis free.

A message from Dozing Santa (and his high-riding belt)

Stage Manager — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:47:53 +0000

Merry Christmas to all our friends, family, performers, volunteers, audience members, neighbors and everyone that’s made our second holiday season awesome.

Merrily Yours,

Santa

Tonight’s Show will be Strange

Stage Manager — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:25:13 +0000

Sing Anyway – Emily Beleele with Reece Marshburn

Stage Manager — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:34:03 +0000

In November, Emily Beleele with Reece Marshburn present Sing Anyway, an exuberant cabaret about overcoming blocks and barriers: A humorous and clear-eyed exploration of how we struggle with what silences us and keeps us from what our desires, whether for artistic freedom, a relationship, or personal fulfillment.

Sing Anyway is a celebration of being seen and being heard. It is about the risks of refusing to be mute. Song selection includes jazz, blues and contemporary Broadway.

Emily Beleele is a Portland-area cabaret artist, actor, and comedienne. Her penchant is for musical stories, whether they’re Broadway, jazz or torch songs. Her musical partner, Reece Marshburn , is a gifted pianist, composer, arranger and musical director. Other collaborators include director Chrisse Roccaro, writers William S. Gregory and Eric Steinhauser, designer Michael Brumage and technical director Lara Klingeman.

Sing Anyway is funded in large part through a generous Artistic Focus Project Grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

Strong language may be uttered. The show starts at 8:00 and runs approximately 75 minutes.

$15 – Buy Tickets Now

More Free Tickets

Stage Manager — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:57:19 +0000

We’ve just added more free tickets to the Hurly Burly Spectacular for Oct 16 and 17. Get them at the Free Night of Theater site.

Summer is over. Relive it through our 15 Second Video Festival.

Stage Manager — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:58:50 +0000

In case you missed it or your eyes glazed over because of its glory, here’s the page that collects all of the 15 second films that were part of our Summer 15 Second Video Festival. If you’re name is Tom, you have a high statistical likelihood of knowing how many of the videos were actually 15 seconds in length.

Thanks to Bob and Scott for doing the heavy lifting of coordinating the shooting, editing, uploading and releasing of the videos. Thanks to all the Main Stage players and volunteers that made appearances throughout. Thanks to Stacey for busting ass on alot of summer projects while we were busy farting around with cameras.

Now: Watch the videos, and enjoy.

Then: Get your ass to our theater to see the Hurly Burly Spectacular and all the other great shows we have lined up for the fall.