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 – 9:30 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.

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.

Four Hearts: An Improvised Play, 5/12- 6/17 Fri. & Sat. 7:30 pm

Unexpected Passions: An Improvised Soap Opera, 5/21-6/11 Sundays 7:00 pm

Join us for Unexpected Passions, a thrilling improvised soap opera modeled after the iconic daytime dramas of the 80s and 90s. Expect passion, drama, and secrets, including death (though we’ll spare you the gory details). Our characters are a mix of loveable heroes and loathsome villains, each embodying classic soap opera archetypes like the evil twin, the bad boy with a heart of gold, and the manipulative business tycoon. You’ll be swept up in intrigue and suspense as you follow the ingenue suffering from amnesia and the wolf in sheep’s clothing.

This four-week show features the same cast throughout, with larger story arcs connecting each episode. Each show can be enjoyed on its own, but if you attend multiple performances, you’ll get to witness the development of the overarching plot. Don’t miss out on Unexpected Passions – it’s sure to be a wild ride!

Student Showcase  5/22 7:00pm

Join us at Unexpected Productions‘ Market Theater for the Spring Student Showcase. See different levels of students try to make comedy improv magic in front of a real audience! Students from our 300, 400, and 500 level classes share their new skills on stage. Come see the improv stars of the future debut the skills they’ve learned in Unexpected Productions’ Improv School. Laugh as our students explore the various formats seen in the UP mainstage shows. Party with the cast after so you can say you knew them when…

Juneteenth: Past, Present, Future 6/18 Sunday 7:00pm 

Anniversary Week 6/18 – 6/25

6/18 – SUN 7 pm Past, Present, Future: A Juneteenth Celebration

We are kicking off our Anniversary events with a celebration of Juneteenth featuring the show “Past, Present, Future” hosted by Selena Whitaker-Paquiet. The show will showcase performances by 206 Zulu, Northwest Tap Connection, The Rhapsody Project, and Unexpected Productions Improv.

6/21 – WED  8 pm Duo Allstars

Pairs of alumni and current ensemble members will take the stage to perform improvisation based on your suggestions, creating a magical experience.

6/22 – THUR 8 pm Loose Cannons Invitational

During the night, four invited guest groups will showcase their distinct styles, which will be brought to life with recommendations from the audience.

6/23 – FRI  6 pm 40th Anniversary Happy Hour

The Improv Happy Hour show offers a variety of improv styles, ranging from movie, literature, or play genres to experimental and risky comical forms. It’s like a sampler platter of improv entertainment!!

6/23 – FRI 7:30 pm Stories and Scenes with Rich Hawkins

Join monologist Rich Hawkins and UP performers for a collaborative and spontaneous night of fun, truth, and fiction. The audience is an integral part of this unique experience.

6/23 – FRI 9:30 pm Alumni Theatresports

Alumni and ensemble members divide into two groups and perform funny stories, scenes, songs, and fast-paced improv games spontaneously and in real-time.

6/24 – SAT  6 pm 40th Anniversary Happy Hour

The Improv Happy Hour show offers a variety of improv styles, ranging from movie, literature, or play genres to experimental and risky comical forms. It’s like a sampler platter of improv entertainment!!

6/24 – SAT 7:30pm 40th Alumni TheatreSports

Alumni and ensemble members break into two teams creating hilarious stories, scenes, songs, and fast-paced improv games, all on the spot and in the moment.

6/24 – SAT 9:30 pm Alumni Theatresports

Alumni and ensemble members divide into two groups and perform funny stories, scenes, songs, and fast-paced improv games spontaneously and in real-time.

6/25 – SUN 7 pm Improv Jam

Join us for a fun-filled evening of humor, enjoyment, and joy as the Unexpected Productions ensemble members and alumni collaborate with the audience.

Festival Week 6/25 – 7/2

6/27 – TUE  8 pm Jules Maes Saloon Festival Show – Georgetown

Festival participants use your suggestions, each show features teams creating spontaneous scenes on the fly that are so hilarious it’s hard to believe they are made up on the spot.

6/28 – WED 8 pm – Festival Duo Showcase

Enjoy a night filled with improv as pairs of improvisers from the Festival use your suggestions to create a fun and exciting experience.

6/29 – THU 8 pm – Puppet Improv Show

You may have seen an improv show, and you may have seen a puppet show, but have you ever seen an improv show starring a cast of puppets? If not, now’s your chance!

6/30 – FRI 6:00 – Dan O’Connor Improvised Play

Tonight, Dan O’Connor, the founder and former producing artistic director of the highly praised Impro Theatre in Los Angeles, along with the cast, will be performing a full-length play spontaneously. Dan is also a co-founder of BATS Improv in San Francisco and LA Theatresports.

6/30 – FRI 7:30 pm –Felipe Ortiz

Join Felipe Ortiz (founding memeber of La Gata Circo and Picnic Impro), hailing from Bogota, Colombia, as he combines acrobatics, clowning, physical theater, and object manipulation to push the boundaries of improvisation and create unique forms of artistic expression. Tonight, he invites you to be a part of his show!

6/30 – FRI 9:30 pm – Festival Theatresports

Ensemble members and invited Festival participants break into two teams creating hilarious stories, scenes, songs, and fast-paced improv games, all on the spot and in the moment.

7/1 – SAT 6 pm – Mixtape: An Improvised Playlist

A night of musical improv where the cast collaborates with a live musician to create a unique mixtape based on your input. A friendly host will guide you in determining the musical style, lyrical content, and arrangement to ensure an unforgettable experience.

7/1 – SAT 7:30 pm – Masters of Improv with Messing & Lehr

Come witness an incredible improvised comedy show presented by Susan Messing and John Lehr. All of the scenes are created on the spot based on audience suggestions, ensuring a unique experience that you won’t find anywhere else. Prepare to laugh until your sides ache!

7/1 – SAT 9:30 pm – Festival Theatresports

Ensemble members and invited Festival participants break into two teams creating hilarious stories, scenes, songs, and fast-paced improv games, all on the spot and in the moment.

7/2 – SUN 7 pm – “The Leftovers” Combo Jam

Festival participants, teachers and UP ensemble collaborate with the audience for a night of enjoyment, humor, and joy.

A Thousand Words, 7/9 – 8/13 Sundays 7:00 pm

A picture paints a thousand words and with your help, we plan on telling a thousand fun stories. Viewing a piece of art evokes emotions, from laughter to deep thoughts. It’s personal and visceral.   During this show, you’ll choose from 100 different works of art, and you will help chose them.  Our talented improvisers will take inspiration from these selections and “paint” improvised scenes exploring their reactions to the pieces in front of your very eyes. Museums can be so stuffy — why not get your art fix with a side of comedy?

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.