Portland-Born Comedy Writer Megan Amram Is (Literally) Dying to Win an Emmy Award. Could This Finally Be Her Year?

WW spoke to Amram about separating Megan Amram from “Megan Amram,” accidentally getting one her biggest Emmy rivals disqualified, and her next potential crusade: Twitter verification.

Rising Portland Comic Mohanad Elshieky Made His National TV Debut on “Conan” Last Night

Last night, Elshieky performed a sharp five-minute set on Conan, discussing his hatred of boy bands, the pronunciation of his name and the reason for the lack of police shootings in his native Libya.

Curious Comedy Theater

Over a decade ago, Curious Comedy’s founders managed to kickstart a floundering Portland comedy scene with a true diversity of age, race, gender and, especially, format.

Helium Comedy

This is where you see major comedians like Chelsea Peretti and Mike Epps take the stage following openers made up of the funniest people in Portland.

For Experience Theatre Project’s New Winery-Hopping Production of The Comedy of Errors, All the World’s a Stage

After a Prolonged Disappearing Act, Curious Comedy’s New Showcase Brings Magic Back to the Portland Stage

Kickstand Comedy Announces Plans to Partner with Movie Madness on a VHS-Themed Lounge at the Remodeled Brody Theater

Kickstand Comedy has officially launched a crowdfunding project that would revive the historic Brody Theater—and announced yet another planned addition for the space.

Kickstand Comedy Is Moving into the Shuttered Brody Theater

The remodel would also transform an abandoned walk-in freezer into a podcast recording studio as well as improve sightlines to the stage.