Current and Upcoming Shows

Duo Comedy Showcase
Wednesdays – 8 PM Pacific

The duo comedy showcase is opening up to Live in-the-theater audiences as well as online. We have improvisers performing from home and on stage LIVE at Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater at the Gum Wall! Wednesday 8:00pm.
The Duo Comedy Improv Showcase is Seattle’s ONLY improv open mic. This Wednesday improvisers of all experience levels will gather to pair up to create improv fun.

Seattle Theatresports LIVE at the Market Theater
Friday and Saturday – 9:00 PM Pacific

Welcome back to Theatresports, Seattle’s legendary improv show LIVE. It’s the same Theatresports you love…based on your suggestion, two teams of improvisers rumble, competing with exciting improv games. Seating is limited and socially distanced. After this year, we all deserve to laugh…together. Join us at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market.

Loose Cannons, Thursdays 8:00 pm

You never know what will happen at Loose Cannons. Each show is different, exciting, dangerous, and fun. This will be a two-part improv. The first half of the night will present invited guests to perform a special show or style. You will create the suggestions and the ensemble will bring them to life.

Jan 26 Fat Cats

The second half of the night’s format starts with a suggestion from the audience – this could undoubtedly be anything. Improvisers will start associating around the suggestion, and then an opening game is played. In this format, a lot of associated elements around the audience suggestions are presented. The opening game might be a song, a monologue, or simply a group association based on the audience’s suggestion. The idea is to use the elements and themes that come up or about in the opening game in what follows.

The improvisers will be loose cannons. What will they create? You decide! You are lighting the fuse.

Seattle Secrets, 2/24 – 3/25 Fri. & Sat. 7:00 pm

Seattle Secrets explores secrets anonymously submitted by you and other Seattleites. This improvised show shows us the memories in our hearts and minds are some of the most powerful stories we can tell. You can see it alive in projects like PostSecret, Mortified, Found Magazine, StoryCorps, and This American Life, all of which take our lives and reflect them back to us respectfully, humorously, and sincerely.

In this show, lighthearted secrets will be treated with humor and wit, while serious secrets will be treated with proper respect. You can expect a mix of comedy, drama, and everything in between in this cathartic show that examines our fears, triumphs, failures, and honesty.

Submit your secrets anonymously here

Feel the Burn(s), 2/26 – 3/26 Sundays 7:00 pm

This fun show is packed with improvised scenes inspired by you and the works of the famous PBS documentarian Ken Burns. Ken Burns has been making documentary films for more than 40 years. Some of his most notable documentaries are Baseball, The West, The Civil War, Muhammad Ali, The Vietnam War, and many others. His filmmaking style is unique to him, so much so that most video editing software comes with a “Ken Burns Effect.” We use your suggestions to recreate an exciting show that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. Come feel the Burn(s).

Improv Unexpected at the Jules Maes Saloon in Georgetown,

Last Thursdays 8:00 pm

Legendary improv experts Unexpected Productions will bring their talents to Jules Maes for a night of quirky, off-the-cuff comedy inspired by audience suggestions. Get ready for wacky stories, quick-witted scenes, and spontaneous songs that’ll make you laugh on the spot.

Playborhood, 3/31 – 5/17 Fri. & Sat. 7:30 pm

Astounding Tales: Science Fiction Improvised, 4/2-5/7 Sundays 7:30 pm

Astounding Tales is an improvised sci-fi pulp magazine of curiosity and wonder coming to life every Sunday. Our universe is vast, filled with wonders that curiosity and science allow us to explore. We will take the stories of your yesterday, and turn them into pulp sci-fi stories of possible tomorrows. Be bold! Be curious! Allow us to transform your suggestions into tales of the astounding!

Mother’s Day Improv Show  5/14 7:00pm

Mothers deserve much better from comedy than “yo’ Mamma” jokes. This show is only $10 for moms, so if you haven’t bought her a present yet, you can win back her affection pretty cheaply. Treat your Mom to a night of off-the-cuff comedy as our improvisational wizards delve into the hilarious joys and horrors of parenthood at this special Mother’s Day show. These skilled performers set out to prove just how much our Moms mean to us by mercilessly making fun of them.

All moms get $1 off tickets. Use the promo code IMAMOM

“Haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. The actors were just fantastic, and real moms and dads themselves, as were the audience members who were invited onstage to participate. We plan to make it an annual tradition for Mothers’ Day… what better than to laugh about the stresses and joys of parenting?” R. Wiener, 5 Stars

All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable. There are no refunds, exchanges or transfers. Please confirm your date.

Four Hears, 5/12 – 6/17 Fri. & Sat. 7:30 pm

Anniversary Week 6/18 – 6/25

This June marks the 40th year anniversary of Unexpected Productions and we are celebrating with special alumni shows, classes and a big old festival. More information will be shared on our website over the coming weeks but for now save the dates below.

Unexpected Productions 40th Anniversary Improv Festival

Anniversary Week 6/18 – 6/25
6/18 – SUN
7pm Juneteenth Celebration
6/21 – WED
8pm Duo Allstars
6/22 – THU
8pm Loose Cannons Invitational
6/23 – FRI UP’s 40th Year Anniversary
6pm 40th Anniversary show
7:30pm 40th Anniversary Show
9:30pm Alumni Theatresports
6/24 – SAT
6pm 40th Anniversary show
7:30pm 40th Anniversary Show
9:30pm Alumni Theatresports
6/24 – 40th Anniversary Party
6/25 – SUN
7pm Improv Jam

Festival Week 6/25 – 7/2

This June marks the 40th year anniversary of Unexpected Productions and we are celebrating with special alumni shows, classes and a big old festival. More information will be shared on our website over the coming weeks but for now save the dates below.

6/25 TUE
7:00pm Jules Mases Show and pub crawl
6/26 WED
8:00pm International Trios
6/29 THUR
8:00pm International Show
6/30 FRI
6pm Intl Show
730pm Intl Show
930pm Intl Theatresports
7/1 SAT
6pm Intl Show
730pm Intl Show
930pm Intl Theatresports
Party after the show
7/2 SUN
7pm Improv jam

Confirmed Teachers:
John Lehr
Susan Messing
Mick Napier
Dan O’Connor
and more…

We are excited to share more details with you over the coming weeks, so make sure to follow us!