Portland Action Theater
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Portland Action Theater is a forum for practitioners of Action Theater Improvisation in Portland, OR
We are Mary Rose and Nathaniel Holder, both certified Action Theater teachers who have trained extensively with Ruth Zaporah, the creator of Action Theater. This is an embodied physical theater style that sources material from the body and encourages the full potential of the improviser to flourish. Mary and Nathaniel s style of teaching is playful and welcoming to all. They love to share improvis
04/25/2026
Come join this magical night! We’ll have live painting, storytelling, singing, movement and physical theater! See you there!
04/19/2026
This coming Saturday, April 25, is our next Secret Seed Improv Salon! Come join us! 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! At the end of the show, the audience is invited to stay and play in the studio.
Confirmed performers for our April show are Mary & Nathaniel, Miro Jooyoung Oh & Imani Garnett, Travis Abels and Julia Rose Rahm. Live painting by Ocelocuauhtli.
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!
04/06/2026
There is still room in our beginner classes at PCC! Classes start Sat, April 18 on SE campus and Wed, April 22 at Rock Creek. Register on the PCC website. Link in insta bio or find it on our website portlandactiontheater.com/classes. You may notice that there is a price difference between the two campuses. That was a PCC error that they cannot change now that people have enrolled. The correct price for both classes is the SE price. Apologies for any seething feelings of unfairness that might have been triggered by the difference. PCC Admin “has no idea how that happened”
02/27/2026
Come to the Secret Seed Improv Salon tomorrow! Tix are available online at crowdwork or at the door. Bring a date! Doing the Artist’s Way? Bring yourself on an artist date! Stay at play at the end! Meet new friends!
We have an awesome lineup of performers! In addition to Mary and Nathaniel of Portland Action Theater (physical theater improvisation), we’ll have, urks io (clown), tiny vessels (dance), Mars FM (music), Flynn Marianne (storytelling), and Jamaali Roberts on live painting! Something for everyone! Who knows what mysteries will unfold! Come be a part of the fun!
Our Action Theater with a side of Zen workshop is coming up in a few weeks! Come join us for some deepening exploration! One day option available for Saturday only for those who can't commit to a whole weekend! See comments for link to registration!
02/11/2026
We added a new option to do one day only of our Zen and Action Theater workshop. For those with the busier lives. This is going to be such a great opportunity to slow down and deepen into presence and play!
Jan 31 will be our next Secret Seed Improv Salon! This vid is from our October salon. Just to give you a taste of what it's like. We are excited to announce that we have confirmed our full roster of performers for this month: Jet Black Pearl, Magnolia Medlin, Kat Freya, Miro Jooyoung Oh, Nathaniel and Mary(Portland Action Theater), and live painting by Rachael Allen! links to all of them and what they do are up on our website.
As always, at the end of the show, the audience is invited to stay and play in the studio. We’ve been having such a great time hosting these and building community with artists! We hope you can join!
The details condensed:
What: Secret Seed Improv Salon
When: Saturday January 31st 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. 10% 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!
11/24/2025
Secret Seed Improv Salon is next Saturday, November 29th! It will be our last one of the year and then we’ll back in January.
Confirmed performers for the November show are Mary & Nathaniel (Portland Action Theater), Rachel Slater, Nicholas Sager (in from San Francisco!), Jet Black Pearl, and Isabel McTighe & Sofía Marks. Such a fun, dynamic group!
The details condensed:
What: Secret Seed Improv Salon
When: Saturday November 29th 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
To get tix: https://www.crowdwork.com/e/secret-seed-improv-salon OR some tix will be available at the door
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