J Names ANDY BATT
Portland’s Stumptown Improv Festival turns five this year. The young fest is looking strong, well-adjusted, and chock-full of the vitamins and immunizations necessary for the health and growth of an improv comedy festival. In years past, the Mercury noted that national improv is taking notice of Portland and this city’s terrific scene. This year, Portland’s national draw is impossible to ignore. The Stumptown Improv fest annually outgrows its shorts due to the ante-upping nature of the fest’s co-founders and hosts: the energetic trio of Leon Anderson, Jed Arkley, and Erin Jean O’Regan. [Full disclosure: O’Regan is a soccer columnist for the Mercury.] So here’s what’s new at Stumptown Improv this year and what is thankfully un-fucked-with.
