Gerding Theater at the Armory
128 NW Eleventh Avenue
503.445.3700
Performance
pcs.org
march 11–17
Earthquake Hurricane
An army of impressive Portland
comedians—Curtis Cook, Alex
Falcone, Bri Pruett and Anthony
Lopez—host a weekly standup
showcase with some of the fun-
niest people you’ll ever see in the
basement of a bike shop. Kickstand
Comedy Space, 1969 NE 42nd
Ave., 937-219-1334. 8:30 pm every
Wednesday. $5 suggested.
Flair: An Office Space Parody
Use all your willpower not to quote
along with local director Trenton
Shine’s staging of that movie
everyone has seen. Wear your
flair. We’re lazy, but we just might
care. Yeaaaaah, so we’ll see you
on Saturday. Funhouse Lounge,
2432 SE 11th Ave., 841-6734. 7 pm
Thursday-Saturday through March
28. $12.
Funny Humans vs. the Wheel
If you go to enough shows
around town, you start to memo-
rize comedians’ sets. Think of this
weekly show, hosted by silly duo
Adam Pasi and David Mascorro,
as an antidote to all that repeti-
tion: Comedians start out with a
planned set, but halfway through,
they have to spin a wheel to deter-
mine what comes next—crowd
work, one-liners, maybe even a
heckle battle. Bar of the Gods,
4801 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 232-
2037. 9 pm every Sunday. Free. 21+.
Game On!
SEASON SUPERSTARS
SEASON SUPPORTING SPONSORS
SHOW SPONSORS
This project is supported
in part by an award from
the National Endowment
for the Arts.
Don and Mary Blair
Andy and Nancy Bryant
Arlene Schnitzer
Helen and Jerry Stern
Phil Schallberger and Christian
Ricketts host a Friday night of
comics playing video games. But
they promise to make it interest-
ing with a “tournament of cham-
pions,” pitting comedians against
one another with colorful live com-
mentary. Kickstand Comedy Space,
1969 NE 42nd Ave., 937-219-1334.
7:30 pm Thursday, March 12.
Garbage People
A Grinch-style story time for
grownups where local comics tell
dark tales of their own villainy.
Brodie Kelly hosts a lineup includ-
ing 2015 Bridgetown Comedy
Festival pick David Mascorro. The
Waypost, 3120 N Williams Ave.,
367-3182. 9 pm Friday, March 13.
$5. 18+.
It’s Gonna Be Okay
Hosted by the ever-chipper
Barbara Holm, this twice-monthly
showcase is a prime spot to catch
Portland’s top comics, as well as
the occasional out-of-towner. The
cozy basement room is almost
always packed (especially impres-
sive for a Monday night), and Holm
often tosses out prizes—plastic
dinosaur figurines, comic books—
to audience members. Also: free
skeeball afterward. EastBurn, 1800
E Burnside St., 236-2876. 8:30 pm
every first and third Monday. Free.
21+.
Late Night Action
Rep. Earl Blumenauer and 105.1
The Buzz host Daria are featured in
March’s installment of this hyperlo-
cal Tonight Show hosted by come-
dians Bri Pruett and Alex Falcone
plus Christian Ricketts, Lucia
Fasano and Anthony Lopez. We
hope Blumenauer busts a move
to the soundtrack of the night’s
musical act, Chervona. Mississippi
Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave.,
288-3895. 7 pm Saturday, March
14. $15.
Naked Comedy Open Mic
The Brody hosts a thrice-weekly
open-mic night. Comics get four-
minute standup slots and can sign
up online. Brody Theater, 16 NW
Broadway, 224-2227. 9:30 pm every
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Free with one-item minimum pur-
chase.
C asey C ampbell
review
PUPPY LOVE: Bag & Baggage’s The Six Gentlepersons of Verona
swaps cock for feminine wit in this musical adaptation of Shake-
speare’s weakest play, The Two Gentlemen of Verona. B&B is
known for unusual interpretations and doesn’t disappoint here.
The all-female cast—not counting aww-inducing pug Crab—is
transplanted to a 1970s Verona, fringe-edged suede and all. Pro-
teus (Cassie Greer) falls for a reciprocating flower child, Julia
(Arianne Jacques), and his adrenaline junkie chum, Valentine
(Clara-Liis Hillier), pines after lovely Silvia (Jessi Walters). But
when Proteus spots Silvia, his love for Julia wanes and Shake-
spearean entanglements ensue. Hillier’s bona fide enthusiasm
as Valentine could win anyone’s heart, but the other lovers lack a
spark. Instead, eloquent “fools,” Speed (Kaia Hillier) and Launce
(Jessi Walters), steal the show with tongue-in-cheek love advice:
“If you love her, you cannot see her. Because love is blind.” It
must be true. B&B won us over, mullets and pugs included.
KATHRYN PEIFER.
SEE IT: The Six Gentlepersons of Verona is at the Venetian
Theater, 253 E Main St., Hillsboro, 693-3953. 7:30 pm Thursdays
through Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays through March 22. $26-$30.
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