Current Events
Secret Seed Improv Salon
Once a month, artists share improvisations of all disciplines – dance, theater, music, poetry, spoken word, clown, visual art… you name it. Performances of 7-10 minutes will be followed by a spontaneous collaboration of all the evening’s performers. Each one has been so amazing!
Come join us in the audience to celebrate! At the end of the show, the audience is invited to stay and play in the studio.
The details condensed:
- What: Secret Seed Improv Salon
- When: Saturday April 25th at 7pm, doors at 6:30
- Where: North Coast Seed Studios Bldg (put that into GPS for best success. It should take you to 2127 N Albina Ave., 97227), room #211
- How much: suggested donation $25-$15. Ten percent of sales will go to support families impacted by ICE.
- To get tix: https://www.crowdwork.com/e/secret-seed-improv-salon OR some tix will be available at the door
Note: Do not park near the train tracks (towing can happen if there are emergencies on the tracks). Also, DON’T BE LATE! The building door is locked and the door person will not be there to open the door past the event start time. Please allot extra time for street parking.
If you are feeling sick please stay home. Thank you!
All performances (unless noted otherwise) are located at The North Coast Seed Building:
2127 N. Albina Ave, rm#211, Portland OR 97227
Past Events
March 2026 performers were Adrian Hutapea, Darlissa Andrea, Isaiah Spriggs, Kat Freya, For the Living Earth, Jet Black Pearl, Loujká Létom, Mary Rose, Nathaniel Holder, Tracy Broyles, Tudie Stropparo, Yaara Perczek. Live painting by Jennifer Mercede.
February 2026 performers were Mary Rose & Nathaniel Holder, urks io, tiny vessels, Mars FM, and Flynn Marianne. Live painting by Jamaali Roberts.
January 2026 performers were Mary Rose & Nathaniel Holder, Jet Black Pearl, Kat Freya, and The Amazing Bubbleman (Louis Pearl). Live painting by Rachael Allen.
November 2025 performers were Mary & Nathaniel, Rachel Slater, Nicholas Sager (in from San Francisco!), and Isabel McTighe & Sofía Marks.
October 2025 performers were Mary & Nathaniel, Aaron Finbloom & Monel Chang, and Courtney Von Drehle.
September 2025 performers were Mary & Nathaniel, Daniel Miller, Regina Sadowski, Loujká Létom, and Isaiah Spriggs. Live painting by Sarah Farahat.
June 2025 performers were Mary, Amarnath Amaru, Courtney Von Drehle, Mindy Meyers, Isaiah Spriggs. Live painting Jennifer Mercede.
May 2025 performers were Nathaniel & Mary, Tudie Stropparo & Virginia Currin, Michael O’Neill, Darlissa Andrea, and undercurrent. Live painting by Eatcho.
April 2025 performers were Nathaniel & Mary, Jet Black Pearl, Isabel McTighe, Joe Hay, and Rikkia Pereira.
March 2025 performers were Nathaniel & Mary, Juma DeJesus, Yaara Valey / Mafeta Crumble, Tracy Broyles & Adrian Hutapea, and For the Living Earth.
Up and Around and About
Saturday Aug 17th 2024, 7:40pm
We'll be performing as part of the Second 14th Annual Bloomstead Variety Show, taking place in a garden in the Cully neighborhood. More info here.
Reach out to us for the address!
The Last Lost Canada Goose
As part of the Fertile Ground Festival, Nathaniel and Mary are teaming up with musician Molly Mayo to create a collaboration of physical theater improvisation and original music.
<Something Calico> (Molly Mayo) creates unique performance art through combining original music, absurdist elements, and universal themes. Molly is a multi-disciplinary artist with a background in acting, music, and dance. Her recent off-beat theatrical concerts (piano and voice) have included musical tarot and yodeling.
Fertile Ground Festival 
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Saturday Feb 10th 2023, 7:30pm
Mary and Nathaniel are taking the stage again. Alone and together. Come witness 2 solos and a duet. They will be exploring their developing style of combining their 2 favorite practices of Action Theater improvisation and contact improvisation dance. Come be part of the fun! As usual, performances will be followed by an open floor during which the audience can do contact improv dancing or solo explorations.
hands water roots
Saturday Sep 23rd 2023, 8pm
Physical theater and dance performance. Opening act “12th House” by Juma DeJesus. Performances followed by open dance floor.
Flyer photo by Ilana Rose Cloud
This Human Shenanigan
Saturday Aug 5th 2023, 7pm
