Improvisation in Portland
Companies
Historical Moments
ComedySportz Portland Founded
Ruth Jenkins and Patrick Short founded ComedySportz Portland and opened publicly on April 16, 1993, establishing what became one of America's most consistent improv institutions. The company has performed over 5,400 ComedySportz shows without missing a single weekend since May 1993.
Curious Comedy Theater Founded in Portland
Stacey Hallal founded Curious Comedy Theater in 2008 in Portland, Oregon, as the city's first and only nonprofit dedicated to comedy, combining performance and literacy outreach programming.
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The Improv Archive. (2026). Portland. Retrieved March 17, 2026, from https://improvarchive.org/locales/north-america/united-states/oregon/portland-or
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