
Bend’s comedy scene is blowing up. Meet some of the players changing the game and bringing the fun to every corner of the city
Between the exploding number of shows at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater this summer and the wealth of national talent showing up at smaller spaces like Volcanic Theatre Pub and the Midtown Ballroom, Central Oregon’s robust music scene is already well recognized—but another type of nightly entertainment is steadily gaining speed in the region, thanks in part to a crop of characters pushing the scene to new heights, under a different set of rules. The Source Weekly chatted with some of the producer/performers working to make Central Oregon’s comedy scene more inclusive, welcoming, and of course, funny.…