Funhouse Lounge

Working Stiffs

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Do you love shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and WKRP Cincinnati? Do you have a Nick at Nite tramp stamp? Or do you just love to laugh?
Then we’ve got your must-see TV right here! (But live on stage, not TV at all.)

Each night our talented Funhouse Improvisers create a brand new 70s-style sitcom episode based on your suggestions.

No reruns, all new episodes, now in living color.

Thursdays-Saturday August 24th through September 9th

Tickets are $10 in advance, $14 at the door.

This Means War

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This Means War is an exciting new comedy show!

Four teams of comedians compete in tag-team roast battles for the glory of being the funniest, toughest joke writers in Portland. Surprises in between will make it impossible to look away from the hilarious carnage in front of you.

You’ll get fireside chats inbetween from your hosts Nathan Hart & Kat Buckley, along with special guests and more surprises

Tickets $10 at the door

Rusty Trombone Senior Center Bingo

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One shows, Sunday Oct 16th, starting at 4pm.

Our own Funhouse Improvisers portray the balding, blue-haired, and bawdy residents of the Rusty Trombone Senior Center, calling 5 rounds of real Bingo, where you can win prizes and gift certificates!

TICKETS: $10 in advance
(extra Bingo cards available for $1 each)

Recommended ages of 18+

Midnight Mic – On Hiatus

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Midnight Mic is on hiatus at Funhouse Lounge this month, April. Catch the show back in its normal slot at its normal spot in May!

Join us Fridays at midnight for Midnight Mic–PDX’s best late-night stand-up comedy open mic show!

Hosted by Matt Franco

*Sign up in person at 11:30pm*

Order of performance is randomized. If you are a new or out-of-town comic, introduce yourself to the host!

https://www.facebook.com/fridaymidnightmic/

Showtime: 12 Midnight

21+ Only

Free Admission

Becky with the Good Jokes

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**NO SHOW IN MARCH**

Becky with the Good Jokes returns to the Funhouse Lounge stage! Spectacular comedians. Good news. Prizes. Late night show – style video bits. A confetti finale. Runner-Up for Best Comedy Event in the Willamette Week‘s ‘Best of Portland’, Becky with the Good Jokes is a one-in-a-million comedy show / lovefest which cannot be described in words, you just have to experience it.

Hosted by Portland favorite/Alaskan expat powerhouse comedian Becky Braunstein (EPIX, Teen Vogue, Audible), this Portland comedy essential features top comedians, a mix of nationally known and up & coming musical guests (past musical guests include Jenny Conlee from The Decemberists, The Unipiper, American Idol semifinalist Haley Johnsen, Hutch Harris from the Thermals & the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus), good news, video bits, prizes and surprises – including drop-in sets from visiting headliners (past guests include Matt Braunger, Ian Karmel, Marcella Arguello & Becky Robinson, as well as video appearances by Pete Holmes, Jamie Lee, Gina Yashere & the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska). The regular live show happens monthly at the Funhouse Lounge in Portland, OR.

 
Doors open at 9:30pm, show starts at 10pm.

21+ ONLY
Tickets are $8 advance, $12 at the door. Hugs from Becky are free.

 
Next show: NO SHOW IN MARCH

(The show may be filmed and broadcast – notice will be given at the venue.)

Dom-Prov: Funhouse Grand Reopening!

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Find out what happens when our own Eastern European dominatrix forces our improvisors do her bidding…

Come see our Funhouse improvisors perform short-form improv sketches and vie for the affection of our very own Mistress, who punishes and/or rewards them. Pay careful attention, as the Mistress’s punishments and rewards are often very similar.

Using suggestions from our audience, Dom-Prov is a fast-paced, painfully funny, improv showcase.

It’s improv. . . with a safe word.

21+ only

Friday, May 17th
Tickets start at $18 online OR $23 at the door
Doors open at 9:30ish / show is at 10:00pm

USS Improvise: The Next Generation: The Musical

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The Funhouse Lounge boldly brings you The Next Generation in comedy!
 
This fan-favorite show returns this winter for live, unscripted “episodes” of Star Trek, the Next Generation!
Get ready to see all your favorite Next Gen characters like you’ve never seen them before, along with fully improvised songs! 
 
Join us as we boldly and melodically improvise our way through the final frontier… Engage!
 
Show dates: Thursday-Saturday, January 11th-February 10th. 
 
*All ages welcome, this show is rated PG-13ish or so
*All shows at 7:00pm with doors opening at 6:30pm
 
 

An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein

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Funhouse Lounge presents An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein.

Welcome to the darkly comic world of Shel Silverstein, a world where nothing is as it seems and where the most innocent conversation can turn menacing in an instant. The ten imaginative plays in this collection range widely in content, but the style is unmistakable. So treat yourself to this delightfully deviant and depraved walk through the oddball mind of Shel Silverstein.

Clue, an Unscripted Mystery

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All 6 of our victim’s house-guests has reason had a reason to commit the crime–but which one actually did it?

Inspired by the classic board game and movie, the talented Funhouse Lounge Improvisers create this comedic mystery on the spot, based on audience suggestions and only the player randomly assigned as the killer knows the truth.

Come match wits with our hapless inspector and help catch the killer!

Dates and showtime: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, June 8th-July 1st

Doors 6:30 / show 7:00

*Please allow ample time to find street parking and be seated before the show begins.

All ages welcome. Rated PG-13ish

 

Reservoir Dolls

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Ms. Pink. Ms. Blonde. Ms. Orange. Ms. Blue. Ms. Brown. Ms. White. Jo Cabot. Nice Gal Edie.

After their big jewel heist goes terribly wrong, this colorful collection of thieves tries to figure out what happened. Is one of them a rat? Yelling, name-calling, gun-pointing, dancing, crying, torture and shooting will surely follow.

Tarantino’s cult classic, reimagined for the stage by Erika Soerensen. Featuring an all-female crew of murderous, desperate thieves. This girl power reboot is bloody good fun. All this, and you’ll learn the true meaning behind Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”.

Extra contributions welcomed and encouraged

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