Unexpected Productions - Pike Place Market
Blockbuster Unexpected: An Improvised Disaster Movie
In Blockbuster, our improvisers create a full-length summer movie right before your eyes. All it takes are your suggestions, including a type of disaster and a location, and the cast launches into a cinematic adventure filled with outrageous characters, high stakes, wildly unpredictable twists, and lots of laughs.
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THIS IS FOR YOU: An Improvised Theatre Poetry Experience
Step into a world where your memories spark the unexpected, your objects tell untold stories, and your life becomes art in motion
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Spellbound: An Improvised Romantasy
Spellbound is a bold, fun, fully improvised romantasy where epic fantasy and big feelings take center stage. Inspired by books like A Court of Thorns and Roses and Fourth Wing, our improvisers build a brand-new magical world on the spot using your ideas.
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Mother’s Day Improv Comedy Show
This Mother’s Day, ditch the brunch reservations and give Mom the one thing she really wants—a night of unstoppable laughter and memories!
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Blockbuster Unexpected: An Improvised Disaster Movie
In Blockbuster, our improvisers create a full-length summer movie right before your eyes. All it takes are your suggestions, including a type of disaster and a location, and the cast launches into a cinematic adventure filled with outrageous characters, high stakes, wildly unpredictable twists, and lots of laughs.
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Welcome to Seattle: A Hometown Improv Show
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.
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Show Your Game: An Improvised Game Show
A Comedy Game Show About Ridiculously Specific Expertise. Everyone is secretly an expert at something.
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No Strings Attached: An Improvised Puppet Show for Grownups
At Unexpected Productions’ Market Theater, puppets let their hair down (or strings loose) in No Strings Attached—a hilarious, adults improv puppet show.
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Loose Cannons Improv
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.
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Duo Comedy Improv Showcase
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.
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Comedy of Love: A Valentine’s Day Improv
Looking for a Valentine’s Day plan that’s as unpredictable as love itself? Don’t miss The Comedy of Love – a side-splitting, heart-throbbing improv show.
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3 Steps to Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Pike Place Market
Discover the ultimate guide to celebrating Valentine’s Day at Pike Place Market with fresh flowers, handcrafted gifts, sweet treats, and unforgettable romantic experiences.
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Pike Place Market Restaurants Open on Christmas Eve, New Year’s and More
Check out all Market restaurants and entertainment open around Christmas, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day!
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12 Holiday Experiences at Pike Place Market
Whether you’re a foodie, enjoy comedy, or want a day or night on the town, head to Pike Place Market for the best things to do in Seattle for the holidays!
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Shops & Experiences to Enjoy Fall at Pike Place Market
Get to know our picks for the best autumn has to offer. Warm colors, cozy home décor, and spirited events await you!
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Xtreme Theatresports New Year’s Eve Party!
Ring in NYE 2026 with an electrifying night of fast-paced improv, audience-judged comedy, and non-stop laughs at Unexpected Productions!
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Christmas Day Improv Holiday Happy Hour
Looking for something fun to do after the holiday festivities? Join Unexpected Productions for a special Improv Happy Holidays Hour!
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Improv Happy Hour
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.
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Unexpected Cinema: An Improvised Movie Live
Unexpected Cinema is a one-of-a-kind movie experience where local improv talent and filmmakers come together to create a film live in real-time.
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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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45th Seattle International Comedy Competion
Get ready for a laugh-packed adventure at the 45th Seattle International Comedy Competition!
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An Improvised Christmas Carol
An Improvised Christmas Carol takes Dickens’ classic holiday tale and turns it into a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud adventure where anything can happen.
Read MoreMurder at Market: An Improvised Agatha Christie
When a body turns up at Unexpected Productions, the game is afoot! A vintage cast of colorful, cliché characters must unravel the crime—but in this whodunit, nothing is scripted, and anything can happen.
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Rocky Horror Improv Show
Hot patootie bless my soul…get ready to be thrilled by the Rocky Horror Improv Show!
Read MoreThe Haunting: An Improvised Gothic Horror Story
The Haunting is an entirely improvised gothic horror story set in a shadowy, candlelit manor where the past refuses to stay buried.
Read MoreHow I Met Your Murderer
Ready for a killer night out? Dive into a fully improvised whodunit where the laughs are as sharp as the plot twists.
Read MorePoe Unexpected: Edgar Allan Poe Improvised
Step into the shadows and uncover the lost tales of Edgar Allan Poe in a hauntingly hilarious night of improv.
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Kevin McDonald Superstar: A Rock Opera of Comedy, Chaos, & True Confessions
Kevin McDonald of The Kids in the Hall brings his hilarious, offbeat rock opera back to Unexpected Productions!Â
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Mixtape: An Improvised Playlist
Join us for Musical Improv Madness, where our hilarious cast teams up with a live musician to create a completely unique playlist—inspired by you.
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Welcome to Seattle: A Hometown Improv Show
Watch the talented performers of Unexpected Productions create spontaneous scenes inspired by Seattle’s iconic landmarks, historical events, and unique communities.
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Experience the Market After 5PM!
Experience Pike Place Market’s hottest spots outside of the bustling tourist hours in the evening; this is the Market after dark!
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A Night of Musical Improv with Laura Hall from Whose Line is it Anyway
Join Laura Hall, the iconic musical director of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as she takes the stage with members of the Unexpected Productions Ensemble for a high-energy night of musical improv magic. From spontaneous solos to full-blown group numbers, no script and no plan—just rhythm, laughter, and pure creative chaos.
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Inside Story: Storytelling & Improv Comedy Show
Talented storytellers and improvisers at Unexpected Productions will take your true-life secrets, hilarious anecdotes, and personal tales and turn them into side-splitting performances!
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