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Join us for the Preliminary Round of the 2018 Portland's Funniest Person Competition! Preliminary Round winners are determined by audience vote, so come on out and help us crown this year's champ!

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Bryan Callen is an actor, comic and podcaster. He's currently in the middle of his fourth season as "Coach Mellor" on ABC's THE GOLDBERG’S. He's also the co host of the popular podcast THE FIGHTER & THE KID. In addition to performing in comedy clubs and theaters all over the U.S and Canada, he's preparing for the release of his latest one hour special called NEVER GROW UP. In 1995 Bryan became an original cast member of MAD TV and went on to do many TV shows like Entourage, Sex & and CIty and Californication. He also played "Eddie" in The Hangover and "Samir" in The Hangover part 2.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

The multi-talented Jay Mohr had his breakthrough film role as rival agent iin the blockbuster hit "Jerry Maguire." Mohr started in comedy as a member of "Saturday Night Live," then he made his move on Hollywood. Aside from his many appearances in films, Jay hosted Fox's "NFL This Morning" and narrated of "Beyond the Glory." He now hosts the "Mohr Stories" podcast on the SModcast Network and "Jay Mohr Sports," a daily midday sports talk radio show on Fox Sports Radio.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Christopher Titus is best known for his autobiographical TV show "Titus." A veteran of the comedy industry, Titus has the unique ability of turning dysfunctional family dynamics into a badge of honor. He is raw, real and most of all, funny. His specials are set more like a play than a comedy show. He has guest-starred on "Rizzoli & Isles," "The Exes," and "CSI: Miami." Everyone walks out of a Christopher Titus show knowing him and loving him.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

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Jamie Lee is an actress, author and stand-up comedian, currently starring as the female lead in Season 2 of HBO's "Crashing." She formerly wrote on Season 1 of the show as well as "Teachers," "Talk Show: The Game Show" and more. She was a core cast member on the hit MTV series "Girl Code" and was the host of TruTV's "10 Things." As a stand up, she has appeared on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and "Conan" and, in 2016, Lee released her debut book "Weddiculous" with Harper Collins. Her new stand up album "I Mean..." was released on January 19th to glowing reviews.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

One round down, two more to go! Join us for the Semi-Finals of the 2018 Portland's Funniest Person Competition, July 10 & 11! Cheer on your favorite comics and see who advances to the big dance!

Click the "Funniest" tab at the top of the page to see the full line-up.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Broken Lizard maestros Kevin Heffernan (Farva from Super Troopers) and Steve Lemme (Mac from Super Troopers) are hitting the road and spinning tales about their lives as members of one of America's favorite comedy troupes. From Super Troopers to Beerfest, get a behind the scenes take on their classic movies.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

This is it, one last show for all of the marbles! Join us for the Championship round of the 2018 Portland's Funniest Person Competition, July 18! Cheer on your favorite comics and see who walks away with the grand prize of $1,200 and the title of Portland's Funniest!

Click the "Funniest" tab at the top of the page to see the full line-up.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Mark Normand is a New York based stand-up who recently released his first hour special Don’t Be Yourself for Comedy Central, EP’ed by Amy Schumer. Mark has been featured on Roast Battle, Louis CK’s Horace and Pete, Inside Amy Schumer, Big Jay Oakerson's WYFD on Seeso, and Ari Shaffir’s This Is Not Happening. Mark has appeared on Conan four times, John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, @Midnight, and has filmed a Comedy Central's Half Hour. His 2015 album “Still Got It” premiered at the top of the iTunes comedy charts.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Arj Barker is an American stand-up comedian who is developing a huge following in Europe, Australia, New Zealand and all over the world. He is best known as playing Dave in the hit HBO sitcom "Flight of the Concords." He is also co-creator of the hit off-broadway show the Marijuana-logues. A parody of the Vagina Monologues.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

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Bobby Lee was a regular on "MADtv" and has garnered millions of fans through his comedy, film and television appearances. He has become one of the biggest stars in the comedy world to date. Bobby Lee has performed stand-up on "Late Friday," "Premium Blend" and "The Tonight Show." He also appeared in the big screen comedy "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle," as well as "Kickin It Old Skool."

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Trevor Moore is best known as one of the founding members of the off-the-wall sketch troupe “The Whitest Kids U' Know.” Their eponymous TV show became an instant hit for IFC thanks to their particular brand of absurdist humor and went on to run for 5 seasons. Moore was a regular correspondent for “The Tonight Show,” has appeared on Ari Shaffir’s “This Is Not Happening,” and has a one-hour special on Comedy Central titled “High In Church.”

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Comedian Shane Mauss caught his big break in 2007 when he was awarded "Best Stand-Up" at the HBO US Comedy Festival. Since then he has appeared 5 times on Conan, landed specials both Comedy Central and Netflix, and most recently released an album "My Big Break" which climbed to the #1 spot on the iTunes comedy charts. Mauss is also a regular on the podcast circuit with appearances on "You Made It Weird," "Bertcast," "WTF," in addition to his own podcast, "Here We Are."

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Chris Porter has been a touring comic since he was 23. Since the beginning, Chris’ raw energy and unique perspective has distinguished him as one of the elite comics in the industry. Best known for his third-place finish on the season 4 of "Last Comic Standing," Chris can also be seen on his own “Comedy Central Presents” special and “Live at Gotham.” Born and raised in Kansas City, Chris brings a true stand-up experience to his live shows. There are no sound cues, no puppets, and no catch phrases. Just gut wrenching laughter drawn from his own experience and observations.

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Gareth Reynolds is an internationally touring Stand-up Comedian whose brilliantly clever quips perfectly offset Dave Anthony’s hilarious snark on their smash-hit podcast THE DOLLOP which garners over 5 Million downloads every month. Gareth is currently writing on ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, previous to that he wrote on COMEDY CENTRAL sitcom IDIOTSITTER and NETFLIX original series FLAKED, took the lead on ABC show HAIL MARY and has been seen on IFC’s MARON.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Alice Wetterlund has performed her non-yelling brand of comedy nationally at colleges, clubs, and festivals such as Just for Laughs, Bridgetown, Moon Tower, Women in Comedy, SF Sketchfest, RIOT LA, and more. She was a New Face for the 2013 Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and was on the official line up for FOX’s 2013 Night of Comedy. Her credits include appearances on NEW GIRL (FOX), BETAS (Amazon original series), GIRL CODE (MTV), @MIDNIGHT (Comedy Central), a role in the film THE INTERVIEW (Sony), and as the recurring character “Carla” on SILICON VALLEY (HBO). She has performed stand-up on CONAN (TBS), ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY (Comedy Central) as well as THE UCB SHOW (Seeso). She was most recently seen last summer starring opposite Zac Efron, Adam Devine and Anna Kendrick in Twentieth Century Fox’s film MIKE AND DAVE NEED WEDDING DATES. Alice is currently a series regular on the new TBS series PEOPLE OF EARTH which just got renewed for a second season.

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This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

A seasoned veteran of comedy clubs and late night television, Jimmy Pardo has appeared on such shows as “The Tonight Show”, "Conan", "The Late Late Show" and his own half hour special on Comedy Central.

Utilizing his trademark crowd work skills, Jimmy spent the last 6 years as Conan O'Brien's opening act at "Conan" tapings. Jimmy has also appeared on "Conan" as a panel guest, a field correspondent and recently filled in as co-host. He also conducts the unconventional celebrity backstage interviews for Teamcoco.com's "The Pardo Patrol."

In 2006, Jimmy Pardo became a podcasting pioneer when he began hosting the raucous-but-smart weekly podcast "Never Not Funny", which Entertainment Weekly called "one of the sharpest and gut-bustingest shows on the Internet." The show has been named a top comedy podcast by The AV Club, Esquire, GQ and USA Today, and its guest list (Conan O’Brien, Jon Hamm, Amy Poehler, Tom Bergeron, Zach Galifianakis and Sarah Silverman, just to name a few) reads like a Who’s Who of Hollywood. Never Not Funny also hosts the annual Pardcast-a-Thon fundraiser, a 12-hour marathon webcast to benefit Smile Train. To date, the Pardcast-a-Thons have raised close to a million dollars for the charity.

Over the years Jimmy has also been seen on such shows as "Comedy Bang Bang", "@Midnight", "Maron" and "Monk". He hosted “National Lampoon's Funny Money" for Game Show Network, four seasons of AMC's "Movies at Our House," and episodes of NBC's "Late Friday", VH1's "The Surreal Life" and "The Playboy Morning Show". Most recently he was the host of the critically acclaimed Science Channel show “Race To Escape”.

Jimmy has recorded three comedy albums: "Uno," "Pompous Clown" and 2013's "Sprezzatura," which Entertainment Weekly named one of the 5 Best Stand-Up Albums of the year.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Zak Toscani is a writer and stand-up comedian living in Los Angeles. Originally from Ohio, Zak’s comedy career was born in Portland, Oregon and has taken him across the U.S. and even into Canada once. As a stand-up comedian, he has performed multiple times on the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival as well as the Bridgetown Comedy Festival.

With a focus on originality and vulnerability, Zak’s comedy has been highlighted by Splitsider, Paste, and The Portland Mercury. Zak can be seen at comedy clubs, alternative rooms, and really any kind of space with a stage. He is a regular at Helium Comedy Club, Go Bananas, and the various UCBs.

As a writer, Zak’s work has been featured by the Washington Post, BBC, Buzzfeed, and Vice. Newsweek on Zak’s writing specifically cites “his concise writing style and ability to ramp up the action in his narration.”

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

T.J. Miller's background ranges from classically trained acting to sketch comedy and improv, and it all comes through in his stand-up. You might recognize him from "Chelsea Lately," "Transformers 4," "Cloverfield," "Deadpool," and HBO's "Silicon Valley." TJ is hilarious and smart, which is why he was named one of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" as well as one of Entertainment Weekly's "Next Big Things in Comedy." Check out T.J Miller's podcast, "Cashing in with T.J. Miller" with Cash Levy on Nerdist.com

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Hailed by the New York Times as “Brilliant,” Margaret Cho is a force to be reckoned with! Her Notorious C.H.O. Tour in 2001 culminated in a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. Margaret embarked on her third sold-out national tour "Revolution" in 2003. Margaret's work includes her own sitcom "All-American Girl," her own reality TV series "The Cho Show," and the starring role in the long running Lifetime show, "Drop Dead Diva." Also a talented musician, in 2016 Cho released her latest studio album, "American Myth."

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Rapper, actor, comedian and social media phenom – Chingo Bling is all these things. Millions of fans already know him from his music parody albums and YouTube videos, which celebrate and have fun with Mexican-American culture and identity. Now he’s hitting the road as a stand-up, bringing live comedy to sold out showrooms around the country.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Mike Epps has generated an extraordinary amount of buzz among his peers within the entertainment industry for being one of the funniest comic actors to emerge in the Hollywood scene. He is best known for his role as Day-Day in "Next Friday," and "Friday After Next." Mike’s one hour comedy special, “Inappropriate Behavior” aired on HBO in 2006 and was one of the network’s top-rated one-hour specials of the year.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Steve Hofstetter, might be best known for his blistering takedown of a heckler that got 3 million views in just 3 days. He is also the host of "Finding Babe Ruth" on FS1 and "Major League Podcast," one of the top 100 sports podcasts in the world. Hofstetter was the host and executive producer of season one of "Laughs" (FOX) and he has been on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "E! True Hollywood Story," "Comics Unleashed," "Comedy All-Stars," "Quite Frankly," "White Boyz in the Hood," "Countdown," and more.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)

Yes,Bob Saget has starred in many successful television shows, including two of the most family-friendly shows network TV has ever produced ("Full House" and "Americas Funniest Home Videos") but he’s also an out of his mind standup comedian for over thirty years. From his 2014 Grammy-nominated stand-up special, “That’s What I’m Talkin’ About” to his scene-stealing cameos in "Entourage," and "The Aristocrats," it’s always effective as Saget embraces his dark side. In January 2016, Bob completed a 9-week run on Broadway as Pastor Greg in the Tony-nominated play, Hand To God, and his first book, Dirty Daddy, is a New York Times Best Seller with Vanity Fair calling it, “Hilarious and at times heartbreaking.” Bob can be seen in the hit Netflix series, Fuller House, and he directed and will star in the upcoming independent film, Benjamin. His new hour stand-up special, Zero To Sixty, is streaming on Amazon Prime and is available to rent or buy on Amazon, iTunes and many other platforms. Bob continues touring his standup across North America.

This show is 21+. Please note, there is a 2 item minimum in the showroom. Tickets will be available for pick up at the box office prior to the show (they are generally available 1.5-2 hrs prior to showtime.)