Unexpected Productions

Funny You Should Say That
2026-06-07 19:30 - 20:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
A live improv comedy variety show with sketch scenes, music, and audience fun. Classic Carol Burnett vibes. Family-friendly laughs!

Funny You Should Say That is a fast-paced improv comedy show packed with sketch-style scenes, playful audience interaction, musical moments, and even the occasional spontaneous dance number. Everything is created completely on the spot by some of Unexpected Productions’ funniest performers, making every show a one-of-a-kind experience.
Inspired by the spirit of classic variety comedy like The Carol Burnett Show, this lively performance blends clever characters, silly situations, and big laughs in a format that feels both nostalgic and fresh. Our improvisers take your suggestions and turn them into a series of hilarious sketches that unfold right before your eyes.
With its PG-rated humor and welcoming vibe, Funny You Should Say That is perfect for the whole family. Whether you’re introducing someone to improv for the first time or just looking for a joyful night of laughter, this show delivers classic comedy fun with a fully improvised twist.

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Improv Greenhouse
2026-06-10 19:00 - 19:45, 2026-06-17 19:00 - 19:45 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Get ready to be surprised, delighted, and maybe even see your wildest idea take on a life of its own!

Graduate Greenhouse is a Wednesday night showcase featuring alumni from Unexpected Productions Improv School. Each performance highlights a different alumni group, putting their training to the test with unpredictable scenes, various formats, and improvised stories. From long-form storytelling to character work, these performers explore the boundaries of improv.
But the fun doesn’t stop there! Stick around for a double feature as we roll into Seattle’s longest-running Improv Open Mic: the Duos Open Mic! Starting at 8:00 pm, this weekly showcase promises even more laughs, surprises, and improv magic.

Duo Comedy Showcase 2026
2026-06-10 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-06-17 20:00 - 21:30 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Seattle’s one and only open mic dedicated to two-person improv teams! Every week at Unexpected Productions, two-person teams take the stage to create hilarious, fast-paced, totally unscripted comedy right before your eyes. No scripts, no safety nets—just pure improv magic.
At Duos, everyone shines. Newer performers sharpen their game. Seasoned improvisers experiment, take risks, and get wonderfully weird. The results? Quick-witted scenes, surprising twists, and bold choices that feel impossible until you watch them happen live.
Whether you dream of being the next Key & Peele, Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, or a chaotic tag-team like Deadpool & Wolverine, this is your chance to take the mic and run with it. All experience levels are welcome. Bring a friend, form a team, and give Seattle a show they won’t forget. To sign up your duo, email duoshowcase@gmail.com.
Looking for a midweek serotonin boost? Watching the show is just as fun as performing in it. Grab a seat, grab a friend, and discover why Unexpected Productions is the home of Seattle improv.

Loose Cannons 2026
2026-06-11 20:00 - 21:30, 2026-06-18 20:00 - 21:30 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Loose Cannons is Seattle improv at its most unpredictable. Every performance at Unexpected Productions in Pike Place Market is a one-of-a-kind experience: exciting, unexpected, a little dangerous, and always ridiculously fun. This is the show where anything can happen and usually does.
Part One: Part One: The night kicks off with a unique performance, setting the performers in a new format with special guest improvisers showcasing their signature style or a never-before-seen format. Your suggestions fuel the fire, and the improvisers will ignite the stage, bringing your ideas to life.
Part Two: The second half launches from a single audience suggestion, setting the performers in motion. It might start with a song, a monologue, or a rapid-fire group connection game. Whatever emerges will inspire spontaneous stories, surprising twists, and big comedic swings.
Loose Cannons is fueled by audience ideas, fearless performers, and the thrill of not knowing what happens next. You light the fuse. They run with it. What they create is entirely up to you.

Improv Happy Hour
2026-06-12 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-06-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-06-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Join us for Improv Happy Hour, where comedy is unscripted, unpredictable, and unbelievably fun! From movie mashups to literary spoofs and bold, experimental comedy, our quick-thinking performers turn your suggestions into hilarious scenes on the spot.

This family-friendly show at the iconic Gum Wall in Pike Place Market guarantees a night of laughter, surprises, and improv magic you won’t forget. Bring your wildest ideas, your loudest laughs, and get ready for a one-of-a-kind comedy experience—because at Improv Happy Hour, anything can happen (and usually does)!

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Welcome to Seattle: A Hometown Improv Show
2026-06-12 19:30 - 20:45, 2026-06-13 19:30 - 20:45, 2026-06-19 19:30 - 20:45, 2026-06-20 19:30 - 20:45 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Celebrate Seattle’s Quirks with the People Who Know How to Hilariously Improve Them

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind experience where Seattle’s past, present, and personality are brought to life by some of the quickest-thinking, most wildly talented improvisers in the city. Every Friday and Saturday in Pike Place Market.
Armed with nothing but your suggestions, our cast creates fast-paced, laugh-out-loud scenes inspired by Seattle’s iconic landmarks, hidden gems, local legends, and unforgettable quirks. From ferry rides to fish throws, tech titans to coffee culture, no topic is off limits.
These performers don’t just play characters. They become them in the blink of an eye. Their comedic chemistry and fearless creativity will have you on the edge of your seat one minute and laughing out loud the next.
Whether you’re a longtime local, recent transplant, or just visiting, you’ll see Seattle like never before and maybe even see your own story take the stage. Come laugh, reminisce, and maybe even see your own Seattle story come to life. No two shows are ever the same, so join us and discover Seattle in a whole new way!

Theatresports The Seattle Cup
2026-06-12 21:30 - 23:00, 2026-06-13 21:30 - 23:00, 2026-06-19 21:30 - 23:00, 2026-06-20 21:30 - 23:00 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
This June, Theatresports gets a hometown twist as eight Seattle-area neighborhood teams battle it out in a bracket-style comedy tournament

Seattle’s neighborhoods. One stage. Ultimate improv glory.
This June, Theatresports gets a hometown twist as eight Seattle-area neighborhood teams battle it out in a bracket-style comedy tournament inspired by the energy, rivalry, and excitement of the World Cup.
Each night, teams representing different parts of our region go head-to-head in fast-paced improv challenges filled with big laughs, bold choices, unexpected twists, and audience-inspired scenes. Every match is made up on the spot, so no two nights are ever the same.
From opening-round showdowns to the final weekend in June, the stakes keep rising as teams compete for bragging rights, neighborhood pride, and two championship titles
Representing neighborhoods and communities from across the region, including:
The Canals, Eastside, Downtown, Seattle Central, Seattle North, Seattle South, Seattle West, and The South End.
Schedule Breakdown
Opening Round:
June 5: Central vs. Downtown
June 6: Seattle West vs. The Eastside
June 12: Canals vs. Seattle South
June 13: The North End vs. The South End
Semifinals:
June 19: Winners of the June 5 & 6 matches face off.
June 20: Winners of the June 12 & 13 matches face off.
Grand Finals:
June 26: The Judges Cup (The two second-place teams from Jun 19, 20)
June 27: The Seattle Cup (The two winning teams from Jun 19, 20)
Come root for your people and see who takes the cup.

Seattle Theatresports 2026
2026-06-12 21:30 - 23:00, 2026-06-13 21:30 - 23:00, 2026-06-19 21:30 - 23:00, 2026-06-20 21:30 - 23:00 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Seattle’s high-energy improv battle where your suggestions shape every scene. Fast, funny, unpredictable comedy Fri. & Sat. 9:30

Welcome to Seattle’s funnest improv comedy show, a high-energy, no-rules showdown where your ideas shape every scene. Seattle Theatresports at Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater in Pike Place Market is part comedy battle, part game night, and completely powered by the crowd. Boo the judges. Cheer the Gum Wall race and laugh til it hurts!
Every show, two teams of top Seattle improvisers go head to head, performing games, stories, characters, and scenes inspired entirely by your suggestions. Judges score the rounds, decide the winners, and shape the fun (as we boo them). No scripts. No safety nets. Just fast thinking, bold choices, and pure creative mayhem.
This isn’t your parents’ improv show, unless your parents were super cool.

No Strings Attached: An Improvised Puppet Show for Grownups
2026-06-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Seattle’s ORIGINAL improvised puppet show for grownups. An improvised fever dream with googly eyes and lots of laughter

At Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater, puppets let their hair down (or strings loose) in No Strings Attached—a hilarious, adults improv puppet show. After a long day entertaining the kids, these puppets are ready to play—singing bawdy songs, cracking jokes, and getting up to all kinds of outrageous fun. And the best part? You call the shots with your suggestions!
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind comedy show at Pike Place Market. It’s puppets, it’s improv, and it’s guaranteed to make you laugh.
THIS SHOW CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT, LANGUAGE, AND SITUATIONS

Taste of Improv - Improv Open Mic Georgetown Art Attack
2026-06-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Seattle Improv School, 5700 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Whether you’re a student, a pro, or just checking out the Art Attack, this is your chance to take the stage, make bold choices, and have a blast doing it.
Join Unexpected Productions Improv School as we join Georgetown’s ART ATTACK with a spontaneous showcase of improv talent. Bring your squad, support each other, and celebrate the joy of live, unfiltered performance.
Hit the Georgetown Art Attack, then head over to the Improv School.
Come for the art. Stay for the improv. See you there!

Festival of Improvised Plays
2026-06-14 19:30 - 20:45, 2026-06-21 19:00 - 20:45, 2026-06-21 19:30 - 20:45 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
A festival of improvised plays featuring Shakespeare, Playborhood, Four Hearts, and more. Theater created live in the moment.

Unexpected Productions presents a festival of improvised plays celebrating the thrill of theater created in the moment. This special event features a range of inventive ensembles, including groups performing Improvised Shakespeare, alongside remounts of beloved UP classics like Playborhood, Four Hearts, and more. Blending spontaneity, storytelling, and theatrical daring, the festival showcases the many ways a play can come to life without a script
Unexpected Productions presents a festival of improvised plays celebrating the thrill of theater created in the moment. This special event features a range of inventive ensembles, including groups performing The Complete Improvised Works of Shakespeare, Abridged, as well as remounts of beloved UP classics like Playborhood, Four Hearts, and more. Blending spontaneity, storytelling, and theatrical daring, the festival showcases the many ways a play can come to life without a script.
Jun 28 • 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, Playborhood Your favorite playwrights collide in one wildly improvised neighborhood, where each neighbor brings a different theatrical style, genre, and surprise to life. Jane Austen / David Mamet / Stephen Sondheim.
Jul 5 • 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, Playborhood Your favorite playwrights collide in one wildly improvised neighborhood, where each neighbor brings a different theatrical style, genre, and surprise to life. Anton Chekhov / Rogers & Hammerstein / Neil Simon.
Jul 12 • 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM, Issiah Harris vs Tennessee Williams: What happens when Unexpected Production’s own Issiah Harris finds himself married into a Tennessee Williams family? Nobody knows, including the performers!

IMPROV 100 ISSAQUAH - Intro to Improv: Say Yes!, SUMMER '26
2026-06-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Unexpected Productions Improv School ISSAQUAH, 1315 NW Mall Street, Suite 4, Issaquah, WA, 98108, United States
Discover improv in Issaquah. Build confidence, meet new people, and learn to create stories through fun, supportive games and scene work.

Looking for a fun, fresh way to connect with others, spark creativity, and step out of the everyday routine? Welcome to Intro to Improv at Unexpected Productions Improv School Eastside in Issaquah. Whether you are a working professional hoping to improve communication, a creative soul searching for a new outlet, or someone simply wanting more laughter and community in your week, this class is the perfect place to begin.
In this beginner-friendly course, you will learn the foundational skills of improvisation: active listening, collaboration, spontaneity, and using your own life experiences to create honest, engaging scenes and stories. Improv is not about being funny, it is about being present, supportive, and open. And yes, along the way, you will laugh more than you have in ages.
Our community values connection and growth, and this class is built on those principles. You will work in a supportive group where the guiding philosophy is simple: When your scene partner looks good, you look good. Together, we build trust, confidence, and creativity, one scene at a time.

Under the guidance of our experienced faculty, you will learn to:
Be a better listener
Conquer fears and build confidence
Spark creativity
Meet new people and make real connections
Become a better problem solver
Say yes more in your life
Step out of your comfort zone
Improve public speaking
Fail easier (and laugh about it)
Discover more about yourself
Have an absolute blast

This class includes lots of laughter, lots of stage time, and zero pressure. Every student begins here. No experience needed. Just bring curiosity and a willingness to try something new.
Unexpected Productions Improv School is thrilled to bring our newest Eastside improv classes to Issaquah, serving the communities of the Sammamish Plateau, East Renton, Bellevue, Snoqualmie Valley, and beyond.
Class Details
Dates: Six (8) Monday classes
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Improv School Eastside Issaquah
1315 NW Mall Street, Suite 4 Issaquah, WA 98027 (next to the Gaslamp Bar & Grill)
Maximum students: 16
Ages: 18 plus
Cost: $320
Prerequisite: None
Note: Attendance at the first session is mandatory, as it sets the tone and foundation for the entire quarter. If you know you will miss the first class, please register for a future session.

Games, Games and more Games with Chazz Kaskes
2026-06-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Alley at the Gum Wall in Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Learn new improv games, sharpen your instincts, and improve your form for classes, jams, and the stage

Ready to add more tools to your improv toolbox? This workshop is all about learning and playing new short-form improv games like the ones you see in Theatresports. Whether you have finished Improv 200, feel like you keep reaching for the same familiar moves in your Harolds, or simply want more stage time in a fun, supportive room, this class will give you a chance to expand your game repertoire, sharpen your instincts, and play hard. We will pack the evening with fast, lively games that build confidence, stretch your skills, and remind you why playing is the best way to learn.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll learn how to expand your improv game repertoire with fast, playable structures inspired by Theatresports, so you always have something fresh to bring to class, jams, rehearsals, and the stage. You’ll practice making quick, confident choices, adapting to different game styles, heightening the fun, supporting your scene partners, and finding the rhythm of each game without overthinking it. You’ll also get more time on your feet, building the flexibility, playfulness, and stage confidence that make short-form improv feel sharp, generous, and fun.
Class Details
Dates: Four (4) Wednesdays
Time: 7:00pm–9:00pm
Location: Unexpected Productions – Issaquah
1315 NW Mall Street, Suite 4, Issaquah, WA 98027 (next to the Gaslamp Bar and Grill)
Maximum Students: 16
Cost: $270
Instructor: Chazz Kaskes
Chazz Kaskes is a Seattle-based improv actor, teacher, and storyteller with over fifteen years of experience on stage and behind the scenes. They are a long-time ensemble member and instructor with Unexpected Productions, where they have performed and taught since 2009, helping new and seasoned performers alike find confidence, presence, and joy through improv.

The Joy of Improv: Creativity and Connection for Ages 50+ with Leona Partridge
2026-06-24 12:00 - 14:00 | Seattle Improv School, 5700 6th Ave S, Seattle, WA, 98101, United States
Join us for an uplifting 4-week improv class designed for adults 50 ! Learn. Make new friends and have FUN!

The Joy of Improv: Creativity & Connection for Ages 50+
Ready to swap the routine for a laugh? Join us for an uplifting improv experience specifically designed for adults 50+. No experience is necessary! This isn’t about memorizing lines or being a “performer”—it’s about the joy of the present moment.
Led by Leona Patridge, a veteran Seattle improviser with 30 years of stage experience, you’ll dive into gentle, high-energy games that sharpen the mind and warm the heart.
Why Join Us?

Boost Your Brain: Improve memory and mental flexibility through playful engagement.
Find Your People: Connect with like-minded peers in a supportive, zero-judgment zone.
Laugh Out Loud: Experience the genuine wellness benefits of shared creativity, storytelling, and collective laughter.

They say we don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. Bring yourcuriosity and get ready to say “Yes, and!” to a more vibrant social life.
Dates: 4 Wednesdays, June 24 to July
Time: Noon to 2:00pm
Location: Unexpected Productions Improv School, Georgetown Studios, 650 South Orcas, Suite 101 Seattle, WA 98108 https://goo.gl/CMCRQp
Maximum Students: 14
Cost: $195
Prerequisite: Nothing except 50 years or more of life experience!
Ages: 50+
About the Teacher:
Leona Partridge celebrates more than 30 years as an improviser and 25 years as an educator of Improvisational Theater. She has performed in festivals and international shows alongside world leaders and innovators of improv. As a member of the Applied Improvisation Network, she has trained professional workers in health care, business, and education to use improv skills in their work.
Leona has worked 32 years as an Registered Nurse, is a Seattle real estate agent, and has been an ensemble member at Unexpected Productions since 1998. She enjoys teaching improv to all ages—from middle school to senior adults and everyone in between. It brings her joy to share the skills of improv and watch her students grow in the power of play!
