Upcoming shows
“At Kickstand you can see some of the city’s weirdest, most endearing standups and improvisers doing what they do best, in a venue whose strange, scrappy hospitality has never quite been matched.
- Megan Burbank (Willamette Week)
UPCOMING Shows
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is a weekly improv showcase of Portland’s hottest indie teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!!
Featuring our rotating VELODROME anchor teams!!
The Velodrome is the LONGEST RUNNING indie improv show in PDX!! Which means its güd!!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is Portland’s longest running indie improv show featuring a showcase of the hottest new teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Secret Aardvark is a late-night cult comedy institution - a who's who of PDX comedy with guaranteed laughs hosted by a secret guest so hot and spicy we named ourselves after our favorite local hot sauce... SECRET AARDVARK!!
Kickstand Comedy 10th Anniversary w/ Holy Shit Improv!
Kickstand Comedy is celebrating 10 years of comedy in Portland with an evening of special shows at the Clinton Street Theater. We're welcoming back our friends and improv powerhouse, Holy Shit Improv!
HOLY SHIT IMPROV is an improv show featuring the best comedy talent in Los Angeles. Improv legends mixed with featured players from Kickstand will create an hour of comedy that will have you yelling, “Holy Shit!”
Your Holy Shit Cast: Casey Feigh (Comedy Bang Bang, What We Do in the Shadows, The Goldbergs), Rekha Shankar (DropOut, Digman!, Between Two Ferns), Ronnie Adrian (Grand Crew, Comedy Bang Bang, The Big Team), and Will Hines (Comedy Bang Bang, WGIS, Broad City)
And featuring the Kickstand CVLT!
Kickstand Comedy 10th Anniversary w/ The Return of Earthquake Hurricane!
Part of Kickstand Comedy’s 10th Anniversary Programming! Celebrating 10 Years of Comedy in Portland! Click here for more info and full line-up of shows!
Kickstand Comedy is celebrating 10 years of comedy in Portland with an evening of special shows at the Clinton Street Theater. We're excited to have the return of Portland's favorite stand up showcase, EARTHQUAKE HURRICANE!
Hosted by the OG EH crew, Alex Falcone (Portlandia, Colbert, Portland's Funniest Person 2018) and Bri Pruett (Comedy Central, Tedx, SF Sketchfest), Katie Nguyen (WWeek Funniest, SF Sketchfest, PBS), and Anthony Lopez!
Featuring a killer line up of local and not so local comedians:
And more special guests!
Mosaic Improv w/ Rekha Shankar and Ronnie Adrian
Kickstand Mosaic—kaleidoscopic improv comedy from the heart of the Kickstand BIPOC Comedy Program.
Featuring a rotating cast of comedians of color, come see Portland improv veterans blend with up-and-coming stars—turning radiant stories into illuminating laughs. Brilliant.
With special guests Rekha Shankar (DropOut, Digman!, Grand Crew) and Ronnie Adrian (Grand Crew, Comedy Bang Bang, The Big Team)
Hi(nes) I'm(prov) To Meet You!
As heard on the hit podcast CBB Presents, this show features real-life improv teacher/human Will Hines teaching a real(ish) improv class to characters from various comedy universes. Past "students" have included Batman, Shakespeare, a student who was voted 'most accidents', you get the idea! The first live staged performance in Portland!
Come watch various characters try classic improv exercises like “One Word At A Time Story” and “Five Things” and more!
Featuring a cast of Kickstand performers as “the class!”
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is Portland’s longest running indie improv show featuring a showcase of the hottest new teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Mosaic Improv
Introducing Kickstand Mosaic—kaleidoscopic improv comedy from the heart of the Kickstand BIPOC Comedy Program.
Featuring a rotating cast of comedians of color, come see Portland improv veterans blend with up-and-coming stars—turning radiant stories into illuminating laughs. Brilliant.
Christmas Future
An improvised Christmas Carol, sketch comedy from the future, and a cyborg!
Big Dogs Improv
The BIG DOGS run at Kickstand Comedy!!
Every Saturday, Kickstand unleashes two improv teams at the top of their game to run wild on the stage for a night of 🔥comedy that'll have you howling "Awooooooo" or "Woof Woof" if u nasty! Either way it's a night of guaranteed laughs.
BIG DOGS features an exclusive roster of Kickstand's in-house improv teams (we're talking the pick of the litter every week)
Christmas Future
An improvised Christmas Carol, sketch comedy from the future, and a cyborg!
Kickstand Improv Jam
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is Portland’s longest running indie improv show featuring a showcase of the hottest new teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Ricky Winters: Smoke & Mirrors
Portland's #1 Tabloid Talk Show is back and better than ever. Ricky Winters dives into dramatic and painful topics with guests and absolutely nothing is off limits! Audience participation STRONGLY encouraged.
Big Dogs Improv
The BIG DOGS run at Kickstand Comedy!!
Every Saturday, Kickstand unleashes two improv teams at the top of their game to run wild on the stage for a night of 🔥comedy that'll have you howling "Awooooooo" or "Woof Woof" if u nasty! Either way it's a night of guaranteed laughs.
BIG DOGS features an exclusive roster of Kickstand's in-house improv teams (we're talking the pick of the litter every week)
Kickstand Improv Jam
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is Portland’s longest running indie improv show featuring a showcase of the hottest new teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Big Dogs Improv
The BIG DOGS run at Kickstand Comedy!!
Every Saturday, Kickstand unleashes two improv teams at the top of their game to run wild on the stage for a night of 🔥comedy that'll have you howling "Awooooooo" or "Woof Woof" if u nasty! Either way it's a night of guaranteed laughs.
BIG DOGS features an exclusive roster of Kickstand's in-house improv teams (we're talking the pick of the litter every week)
Kickstand Improv Jam
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is Portland’s longest running indie improv show featuring a showcase of the hottest new teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Big Dogs Improv
The BIG DOGS run at Kickstand Comedy!!
Every Saturday, Kickstand unleashes two improv teams at the top of their game to run wild on the stage for a night of 🔥comedy that'll have you howling "Awooooooo" or "Woof Woof" if u nasty! Either way it's a night of guaranteed laughs.
BIG DOGS features an exclusive roster of Kickstand's in-house improv teams (we're talking the pick of the litter every week)
Kickstand Improv Jam
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is Portland’s longest running indie improv show featuring a showcase of the hottest new teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Butt Kapinski
Think it's a solo show? Think again. Private eye Butt Kapinski invites you to co-star in a choose-your-own-adventure film noir murder mystery. This funny, filthy, fully interactive ride is riddled with sex, sin, shadows and subterfuge - no seat is safe!
A comedy that has won awards and thrilled audiences all over the world is coming to Portland for one night only.
Kick reality to the curb with this full-on interactive comedic experience! Play in a world of dark dreams and bad similes. ADULTS ONLY. 18+
Big Dogs Improv
The BIG DOGS run at Kickstand Comedy!!
Every Saturday, Kickstand unleashes two improv teams at the top of their game to run wild on the stage for a night of 🔥comedy that'll have you howling "Awooooooo" or "Woof Woof" if u nasty! Either way it's a night of guaranteed laughs.
BIG DOGS features an exclusive roster of Kickstand's in-house improv teams (we're talking the pick of the litter every week)
Ruby Setnik: Live in Portland
Ruby Setnik started her stand up career while she was still in high school. Now 25 years old and "way hotter," the up and coming comedian continues to rise. Described by SN&R as "charismatic" and "unapologetic" in her style of joke telling, Setnik is not one to miss.
Ruby Setnik: Live in Portland
Ruby Setnik started her stand up career while she was still in high school. Now 25 years old and "way hotter," the up and coming comedian continues to rise. Described by SN&R as "charismatic" and "unapologetic" in her style of joke telling, Setnik is not one to miss.
Kickstand Improv Jam
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
Don't Call It Clown: Class Showcase
Students of Deanna Fleysher will demonstrate all that they've learned in their two day intensive. Expect deep connections, wild behavior, raw emotion, and laughing...a lot!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is Portland’s longest running indie improv show featuring a showcase of the hottest new teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Chicago Dogs: Fully Loaded
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Join us for a special edition of Chicago Dogs featuring all 4 Harold teams plus a special set by the Kickstand FaCVLTy!
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
The Kickstucky Derby Improv Cage Match (FINAL ROUND!)
10 teams compete over 3 weeks in a race to the finish for the premiere of Portland's most exciting improv cage match, The Kickstucky Derby!
Watch Kickstand's best teams hit the tracks to see who is the fastest, funniest, and best improv team in town! Your votes as an audience will determine who will move on to the final round...and who's going to the improv glue factory!
Featuring your champions from rounds 1-3!
From The Vault: 10 Years of Kickstand Improv (TUNNEL, Teachers Pet, WAFE, THE SQUIRTS)
We're opening up the vault to bring you some of your favorite improv teams from the past 10 years of Kickstand Comedy! Take a walk down memory lane and ride the waves of nostalgia as we party like it's 2014!
Featuring:
Tunnel
Teacher's Pet
WAFE
The Squirts
From The Vault: 10 Years of Kickstand Improv (Broke Gravy, Bridge City Improv, King Ricky)
We're opening up the vault to bring you some of your favorite improv teams from the past 10 years of Kickstand Comedy! Take a walk down memory lane and ride the waves of nostalgia as we party like it's 2014!
Featuring:
Broke Gravy
Bridge City Improv
King Ricky
G!VE, Laugh, Love: An Xcelerate Women + Kickstand Comedy Fundraiser
GIVE, LAUGH, LOVE – Presented by Kickstand Comedy & Xcelerate Women
Get ready for a night of BIG laughs! It's G!VE, LAUGH LOVE featuring a packed lineup of all women comedians. A special stand-up comedy showcase celebrating Xcelerate Women and Kickstand Comedy's Willamette Week Give!Guide campaigns.
Join us for a fun-filled evening supporting two local nonprofits. We can’t wait to bring the community together for a great cause—because giving back has never been this funny!
Plus, don't miss your chance to enter a raffle for some fantastic prizes!
Small Fruits: A Night of BIG GAY Improv
GET TICKETS HERE
Looking for a night of queer joy and laughter? Join us for a tantalizing treat featuring some of Portland's hottest, most talented, and delightfully humble queer improvisers, hosted by the dynamic improv duo No Sex and the City.
Whether you’re navigating perpetual singlehood or basking in newfound love, this show promises an entertaining night of queer improv that will leave you smitten, regardless of your relationship status. Eat your heart out at this gay little show!
From The Vault: 10 Years of Kickstand Sketch
We're opening up the vault to bring you some of your favorite sketch shows from the past 10 years of Kickstand Comedy! Resurrecting old and not so old favorites for a night of fresh laughs!
Featuring:
Show Ridiculous (2018-2020)
Spam Risk (2022)
Death Cult (2022)
Dirty Shirley (2024-???)
The Mega-Aardvark: The Biggest Improv Show in PDX History!!
HOLY WOW it’s the MEGA AARDVARK - the BIGGEST night of improv in Portland history… literally!!
🌶️ hot comedy from over 100 of Portland’s best improvisers from Secret Aardvarks past and present as part of Kickstand Comedy's 10yr Anniversary week!!
Secret Aardvark has been a longtime PDX improv institution hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host every Thursday @9pm!
The Kickstucky Derby Improv Cage Match (Round 3)
10 teams compete over 3 weeks in a race to the finish for the premiere of Portland's most exciting improv cage match, The Kickstucky Derby!
Watch Kickstand's best teams hit the tracks to see who is the fastest, funniest, and best improv team in town! Your votes as an audience will determine who will move on to the final round...and who's going to the improv glue factory!
Round 3: Shaving Season vs Party Store vs The Humans: 50 Shades of Brown vs Reverse Garfield
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
The Do-Over: Comedy Inspired by Your Bad Decisions
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Rough first date? Hit reply-all? One too many kids?
You can’t change the past. But you can make fun of it. Pack your baggage. In The Do-Over, Portland’s funniest duos use your biggest regrets, mess-ups, missed connections and could-have-beens as inspiration for a night of improv comedy.
The Kickstucky Derby Improv Cage Match (Round 2)
10 teams compete over 3 weeks in a race to the finish for the premiere of Portland's most exciting improv cage match, The Kickstucky Derby!
Watch Kickstand's best teams hit the tracks to see who is the fastest, funniest, and best improv team in town! Your votes as an audience will determine who will move on to the final round...and who's going to the improv glue factory!
Round 2: HONK vs Breaking News vs Fuckos
The Broke Gravy Show
Portland’s Undisputed Geniuses of Comedy Broke Gravy are here with their monthly blend of laughter and lunacy. Live from the Kickstand Comedy—join Chris, Leon, and Eric for an hour of unfiltered conversation, idiosyncratic characters, and the joy of unknown possibilities. Come on down early, enjoy a drink, meet a new friend, and get ready to see a show you’ve never seen before, and will never see again.
Layoffs: An Improvised Workplace Comedy
Work sucks, we know. Your stories of horrible bosses, weirdo coworkers, and renegade printers become a hilarious workplace comedy in Layoffs!
Our cast of talented improvisers will ask an audience member to share their workplace stories to inspire a comedic version of it on stage. We could see behind the scenes of a sprawling athletic gear campus, a medical university, or maybe a regular old paper company...until a boardroom meeting interrupts the show to announce… LAYOFFS.
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Secret Aardvark is a late-night cult comedy institution - a who's who of PDX comedy with guaranteed laughs hosted by a secret guest so hot and spicy we named ourselves after our favorite local hot sauce... SECRET AARDVARK!!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is a weekly improv showcase of Portland’s hottest indie teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!!
Featuring our rotating VELODROME anchor teams!!
The Velodrome is the LONGEST RUNNING indie improv show in PDX!! Which means its güd!!
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
Kickstand Improv Jam
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!
Mosh Pit: Heavy Metal Comedy
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Get ready to bang your head for the resurrection of the show that celebrates the unholy marriage of COMEDY and HEAVY METAL!
People of Portland... this is MOSH PIT!!!
Featuring performances by:
Heavy metal improv from Death Hammer (SF Sketchfest, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival)
And a live episode of the "What's More Metal?" podcast with Nariko Ott (Portland's Funniest Person 2016) and Dan Weber (Reading the Bible with Dan).
Standup, improv, and comedy that's METAL AF? You won't want to miss this, so... GET IN THE PIT!!!
The Kickstucky Derby Improv Cage Match (Round 1)
10 teams compete over 3 weeks in a race to the finish for the premiere of Portland's most exciting improv cage match, The Kickstucky Derby!
Watch Kickstand's best teams hit the tracks to see who is the fastest, funniest, and best improv team in town! Your votes as an audience will determine who will move on to the final round...and who's going to the improv glue factory!
Round 1: On The Lips vs Good Bones vs For Ginger
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
Kickstand IMPROV JAM
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!
WHEN: Sundays| Jam at 5pm
WHERE: Kickstand Comedy (1006 SE Hawthorne Blvd)
COST: Suggested $5-$10 // PWYW Tickets.
**This Improv Jam is not a show, if you attend please plan to perform
** All skill levels welcome - this event is open to any one with previous longform improv experience
The Big One w/ Special Guest Brooke Totman
The show we've all been waiting for...are you prepared for THE BIG ONE?!
The Big One is a fully improvised show featuring a special guest monologist telling true stories from their own lives, and the performers use them as inspiration to make up scenes on the spot.
This month’s monologist is actor and teacher, Brooke Totman!
BIG DOGS Improv
The BIG DOGS run at Kickstand Comedy!!
Every Saturday, Kickstand unleashes two improv teams at the top of their game to run wild on the stage for a night of 🔥comedy that'll have you howling "Awooooooo" or "Woof Woof" if u nasty! Either way it's a night of guaranteed laughs.
BIG DOGS features an exclusive roster of Kickstand's in-house improv teams (we're talking the pick of the litter every week)
Take A Side: Comedy Debate Show
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The show where comedians debate on the fly and persuade you to Take A Side!
Remember the thrill of a high school debate? The opening statement, the rebuttal, the closing statements. It's the epitome of competition, the highest of stakes, skill against wit!! The human mind battling it out like gladiators of old for the favor of the only person that truly matters...YOU!
Layoffs: An Improvised Workplace Comedy
Work sucks, we know. Your stories of horrible bosses, weirdo coworkers, and renegade printers become a hilarious workplace comedy in Layoffs!
Our cast of talented improvisers will ask an audience member to share their workplace stories to inspire a comedic version of it on stage. We could see behind the scenes of a sprawling athletic gear campus, a medical university, or maybe a regular old paper company...until a boardroom meeting interrupts the show to announce… LAYOFFS.
The Secret Aardvark Show
🌶️ hot comedy from 30+ of Portland’s best improvisers. Hosted weekly by a TOTALLY SECRET guest host!! Every Thursday @9pm!! Past guests have included David Lynch, Notable Ghosts, High School Theater Students, Tinder Dracula, Waluigi, and many more... Who's tonight's guest? Well... that's the secret!! Shhhhhh...
Secret Aardvark is a late-night cult comedy institution - a who's who of PDX comedy with guaranteed laughs hosted by a secret guest so hot and spicy we named ourselves after our favorite local hot sauce... SECRET AARDVARK!!
The Velodrome: Indie Improv
The Velodrome is a weekly improv showcase of Portland’s hottest indie teams, anchored by a rotating headliner!!
Featuring our rotating VELODROME anchor teams!!
The Velodrome is the LONGEST RUNNING indie improv show in PDX!! Which means its güd!!
Chicago Dogs Improv: Portland Harold Night
GET TICKETS HERE
Harold Night is a comedy love-letter to THE HAROLD, the quintessential Chicago improv form developed and honed at theaters like iO, UCB, and Second City. Google it if you must… but all you really need to know is that its gonna be a night of🔥comedy from some of our favorite up and coming teams!!
Kickstand IMPROV JAM
Kickstand Comedy invites all PDX improv students and performers to our in-person improv Jam!! Hosted by a rotating crew of Kickstand teams.
An inclusive, supportive and fun place to stretch those scene work muscles and get in some sweet sweet improv reps!!
Improv Jams are a great way to skill build and meet new folks.
We can't wait to see your faces!!