Unexpected Productions - Pike Place Market

Xtreme Theatresports New Year’s Eve Party! 2024

Celebrate a New Year’s Eve with laughter, companionship, and champagne! Join Unexpected Productions for Seattle’s one-of-a-kind, fast-paced comedy improv battle, featuring 20 hilarious improvisers divided into four teams.

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Improv Happy Hour

This family-friendly improv comedy show offers a variety of improv styles, including movie, literature, and play genres, as well as experimental and daring comedic forms. All content is based on audience suggestions, so be ready for some unexpected fun!

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Improv Holiday Happy Hour 12/25

An improv show on Christmas? What!? The presents have been put away, dinner has been eaten, and the dishes are done. Come down to Unexpected Productions for a special Improv Happy Holidays Hour.

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Fa la la la la, ha ha ha ha: A Holiday Musical Extravaganza!

Sarah Hanchar, Christine Riippi, and Guy Nelson, members of the Unexpected Productions ensemble, are joining forces to celebrate the most beloved aspect of the holiday season: Hallmark’s feel-good holiday movie musicals!

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Unexpected Productions: An Improvised Christmas Carol

The talented improvisers at Unexpected Productions bring the beloved story of Ebenezer Scrooge to life with humor and entertainment tailored to your suggestions.

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Unexpected Cinema: An Improvised Movie

Unexpected Cinema is a movie shot in real time and projected to a live audience. The movie’s title is based on a suggestion from the audience, and the cast and crew shoot the film in real time, with real locations, all unscripted and completely unpredictable.

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Piggyback: Stand Up and Improv Unite!

Stand-up comedy and improv are usually two separate types of comedy, but Unexpected Productions’ Piggyback brings them both together, so you can enjoy two kinds of comedy in one hilarious night.

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Inside Story: Storytelling & Improv Comedy Show

The talented cast of Unexpected Production improvisers are inspired to create stories from your true-life secrets, personal stories, and funny stories.

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I Saw You: A Comedy with Heart

Every Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm, Unexpected Productions takes these weekly listings and imagines what would happen if the individuals actually went out on a date and beyond.

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Impossible Loves: An Improvised Paranormal Romance

Discover the enchanting world of Impossible Loves, a thrilling improvised paranormal romance comedy show, that immerses you in a unique supernatural realm every night.

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44th Seattle International Comedy Competition

Get ready for the 44th edition of the Seattle International Comedy Competition, kicking off on November 7th and running through the 14th.

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Murder at Market: An Improvised Agatha Christie

When a body turns up at Unexpected Productions, it’s up to this vintage cast of colorful cliché characters to discover who did it, how it was done, and who’s next!

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Rocky Horror Improv Show

Hot patootie bless my soul…get ready to be thrilled by the Rocky Horror Improv Show at Unexpected Productions!

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Up in the Woods: A Spooky Improv Comedy

Every night, you get to create a hilarious show where improvisers will be stranded in different locations, such as a haunted house, a high school, or an abandoned hospital.

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Poe Unexpected: Edgar Allan Poe Improvised

Discover the lost tales of Edgar Allan Poe! Be a part of an exceptional evening of entertainment with Unexpected Production’s talented improvisers.

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SketchFest Seattle 2024

Prepare yourself for a weekend of hilarious entertainment at the 25th annual SketchFest Seattle!

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Triplet: One Life, Three Ways, Improvised

Experience the magic of a beautiful improv show that weaves together three audience suggestions to create a single life story portrayed by Seattle’s most skilled improvisers.

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Festival Unexpected Improv Performances

Visit Pike Place Market for an unforgettable event featuring legendary festival improviser teachers, members of the Unexpected Productions ensemble.

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Mucho Improv in Spanglish

Mucho Improv te traerá divertidas escenas cortas donde el inglés y el español chocan de la manera más divertida.

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No Strings Attached: An Improvised Puppet Show for Grownups

“Avenue Q” meets improv comedy in this adult puppet show at Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater. What do puppets do after their day jobs?

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12 Places to Shop and Celebrate Pride Month at Pike Place Market

Happy PRIDE Month! Visit Pike Place Market for a number of ways to show your support for the LGBTQIA+ community this month.

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Mouth Wide Shut: A Physical Improv Comedy

In Mouth Wide Shut, the experienced improvisers at Unexpected Productions use your suggestions to create stories, laughter, playful kinetic energy, and a few surprises using only physical humor…without any words.

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Twilight Zone Unexpected: Improvised

Step into the Twilight Zone Unexpected for a night of mysterious surprises, eerie encounters, and improv comedy on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

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Under Pressure: A Workplace Improv Comedy

Visit Unexpected Productions every Sunday night at 7:00 pm for an unforgettable experience as their talented improvisers bring to life a story based on a high-pressure work situation suggested by you – our audience.

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Mother’s Day Improv Comedy Show

Get ready for a night of laughter, love, and celebration of motherhood at the Mother’s Day Improv Comedy Show at Unexpected Productions! This show features a talented cast of actual mothers from Unexpected Productions’ resident ensemble.

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THIS IS FOR YOU: An Improvised Theatre Poetry Experience

April is the month of poetry. What better way to celebrate than with “This is for You: An Improvised Theatre Poetry Experience.”

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Theater Unexpected: An Improvised Play

Theater Unexpected offers a one-of-a-kind improvisational play experience entirely spontaneous and tailored to your suggestions.

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Unexpected Productions: Black Ice: An American Sitcom Improvised

Sundays from 7pm – 8:15pm The talented improvisers at Unexpected Productions will use your suggestions to create an unforgettable show that will have you laughing out loud. Norman Lear was a legendary producer and writer of popular 1970s sitcoms such as All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. His shows were known […]

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Unexpected Productions: Comedy of Love Improv Show

If you’re looking for a Valentine’s Day activity that is both fun and hilarious, you won’t want to miss the Comedy of Love improv show.

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A Back Line: An Improvised Musical

Join Unexpected Productions for an exciting improvised sensation called “A Back Line”.

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Unexpected Productions: Genre Box Improv

At Genre Box, we take a single story from the audience and then ask you to decide what genre or style they should be performing.

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Unexpected Productions: Seattle Theatresports Improv

Experience Theatresports! A high-energy improv show where teams of improv professionals create spontaneous scenes that are hard to believe they are made up on the spot!

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Unexpected Productions: Duo Comedy Improv Showcase

Duo Comedy Showcase is Seattle’s only public open mic for improv.

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