Funhouse Lounge

Gateway Show

Billy Anderson Presents The Gateway Show
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before – four comics hit our stage and do their best sets, then they go to an undisclosed location to get WAY too high, only to come back in and attempt to do another set completely baked.

21+ ONLY

Doors 9:30 / showtime 10:00

TICKETS – $15 Online | $20 At The Door
For more information, please visit the Facebook page at Facebook.Com/GatewayShow

Feel free to email the show at Contact@GatewayShow.Com message the show on Facebook at Facebook.Com/GatewayShow or just call at (323) 218-0420 anytime.

*Please do not contact the Funhouse Lounge about tickets. We do not manage tickets or produce this show, we only host as the venue. Please contact the Gateway Show directly with any ticketing/other questions.*

Next show: Saturday, January 11th, 10:00 pm


Under the Influence

(mature audiences)

In 2015 we created what was intended to be a workshop (9 performances over two weekends) of a new serial musical by Broadway lyricist Ernie Lijoi. However, we soon learned we had a successful show on our hands that would go on to win the 2015 Drammy Awards for Best Original Score and Best Actor in a Musical. So, we’ve “Trumped” it up, added some new faces, streamlined the designs, and we are proud to present Under the Influence: All Trumped Up.

An unapologetically feminist, irreverent musical that tackles the influences that surround all of us by examining our hero, Anita: Anita Drink, Anita Smoke, Anita Cup, whichever Anita she is that day. Whether it’s Juan Valdez pushing us caffeine, Barbie giving us body issues, some cartoon character pushing nicotine, or our local bartender sliding us another drink, we’re all under the influence of something… yes, even Jesus.

Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

Written by Ernie Lijoi
with additional music by Kevin Laursen and Lawrence Rush
Directed, Choreogrpahed and Designed by Rusty Tennant and Sara Fay Goldman
Musical Direction by Matt Insley

Starring:
Ithica Tell as the Emcee
Sara Nightengale as Anita
Jessica Tidd as Woman
Ernie Lijoi as Man
Alec Lugo as Swing


Working Stiffs

Do you love shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and WKRP Cincinnati? Do you have a Nick at Nite tramp stamp? Or do you just love to laugh?
Then we’ve got your must-see TV right here! (But live on stage, not TV at all.)

Each night our talented Funhouse Improvisers create a brand new 70s-style sitcom episode based on your suggestions.

No reruns, all new episodes, now in living color.

Thursdays-Saturday August 24th through September 9th

Tickets are $10 in advance, $14 at the door.


This Means War

This Means War is an exciting new comedy show!

Four teams of comedians compete in tag-team roast battles for the glory of being the funniest, toughest joke writers in Portland. Surprises in between will make it impossible to look away from the hilarious carnage in front of you.

You’ll get fireside chats inbetween from your hosts Nathan Hart & Kat Buckley, along with special guests and more surprises

Tickets $10 at the door


Rusty Trombone Senior Center Bingo

One shows, Sunday Oct 16th, starting at 4pm.

Our own Funhouse Improvisers portray the balding, blue-haired, and bawdy residents of the Rusty Trombone Senior Center, calling 5 rounds of real Bingo, where you can win prizes and gift certificates!

TICKETS: $10 in advance
(extra Bingo cards available for $1 each)

Recommended ages of 18+


Midnight Mic

Join us Fridays at midnight for Midnight Mic–PDX’s best late-night stand-up comedy open mic show!

Hosted by Matt Franco

*Sign up in person at 11:30pm*

Order of performance is randomized. If you are a new or out-of-town comic, introduce yourself to the host!

https://www.facebook.com/fridaymidnightmic/

Showtime: 12 Midnight

21+ Only

Free Admission


Becky with the Good Jokes

**NO SHOW IN MARCH**

Becky with the Good Jokes returns to the Funhouse Lounge stage! Spectacular comedians. Good news. Prizes. Late night show – style video bits. A confetti finale. Runner-Up for Best Comedy Event in the Willamette Week‘s ‘Best of Portland’, Becky with the Good Jokes is a one-in-a-million comedy show / lovefest which cannot be described in words, you just have to experience it.

Hosted by Portland favorite/Alaskan expat powerhouse comedian Becky Braunstein (EPIX, Teen Vogue, Audible), this Portland comedy essential features top comedians, a mix of nationally known and up & coming musical guests (past musical guests include Jenny Conlee from The Decemberists, The Unipiper, American Idol semifinalist Haley Johnsen, Hutch Harris from the Thermals & the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus), good news, video bits, prizes and surprises – including drop-in sets from visiting headliners (past guests include Matt Braunger, Ian Karmel, Marcella Arguello & Becky Robinson, as well as video appearances by Pete Holmes, Jamie Lee, Gina Yashere & the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska). The regular live show happens monthly at the Funhouse Lounge in Portland, OR.

 
Doors open at 9:30pm, show starts at 10pm.

21+ ONLY
Tickets are $8 advance, $12 at the door. Hugs from Becky are free.

 
Next show: NO SHOW IN MARCH

(The show may be filmed and broadcast – notice will be given at the venue.)


Dom-Prov: March 2024

Find out what happens when our own Eastern European dominatrix forces our improvisors do her bidding…

Come see our Funhouse improvisors perform short-form improv sketches and vie for the affection of our very own Mistress, who punishes and/or rewards them. Pay careful attention, as the Mistress’s punishments and rewards are often very similar.

Using suggestions from our audience, Dom-Prov is a fast-paced, painfully funny, improv showcase.

It’s improv. . . with a safe word.

21+ only

Saturday, March 2nd
Tickets start at $18 online OR $23 at the door
Doors open at 9:30ish / show is at 10:30 pm


Twisted

We all know the story of Aladdin, the plucky little street rat who makes good, despite the scheming of the evil Ja’far and his palace guards. But, what if that wasn’t the REAL story? What if the true hero of the story was a man who, despite all odds, sacrifices his reputation, his position, even the love of his life, all to save his beloved Kingdom? And, what if that man was none other than Ja’far himself?

Facing a dim-witted sultan, a corrupt system, a maddeningly silly Genie, a heartless thief, and an invasion from a neighboring kingdom, can one good man stand up to all this, and not get Twisted? Come find out in this rousing, raucous and randy musical comedy.

Additional shows added by popular demand!!!

Dates: Thursdays thru Saturdays, April 27th thru May 27th, 6:45pm
Sunday matinees on May 7th and 21st, 2pm

Add’l dates: Saturday matinee May 27th, 2pm
Thursday thru Saturday, June 1st thru June 3rd, 6:45pm

Tickets start at $25

Starring:  Aidan Nolan, Cassandra Pangelinan, Rhansen Mars, Kylie Rose, Landy Lamb, Jeremy Clubb, Kristin Barrett, Brandy Schnaars, Jaiden Wirth, Darrell McGee, Kenzie Chapman

Directed by Andy Barrett

Musical Direction by James Liptak

Music by AJ Holmes, Lyrics by Kaley McMahon, Book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, and Eric Kahn Gale

All ages welcome–this show is rated PG-13ish/R for adult language, themes, sexual situations, and general wickedness.


USS Improvise: The Next Generation: The Musical

The Funhouse Lounge boldly brings you The Next Generation in comedy!
 
This fan-favorite show returns this winter for live, unscripted “episodes” of Star Trek, the Next Generation!
Get ready to see all your favorite Next Gen characters like you’ve never seen them before, along with fully improvised songs! 
 
Join us as we boldly and melodically improvise our way through the final frontier… Engage!
 
Show dates: Thursday-Saturday, January 11th-February 10th. 
 
*All ages welcome, this show is rated PG-13ish or so
*All shows at 7:00pm with doors opening at 6:30pm
 
 

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