Unexpected Productions Improv
Greg Stackhouse is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in operations management and the entertainment industry. Currently serving as the Director of Operations at LIT Immersive LLC since June 2024, Stackhouse has also held significant roles including Actor at Unexpected Productions Seattle since 1994, and various operations positions at Cloudentity from September 2017 to February 2024. Previous experience includes serving as Operations Manager at both Uber Entertainment and Envelop VR, where responsibilities encompassed operations management, accounting, and HR. Stackhouse began a career in production at Gas Powered Games from March 2003 to March 2008 and pursued education at Seattle Central College from 1993 to 1995.
Unexpected Productions Improv
Unexpected Productions doesn't just teach improv skills, but skills that can apply to everyday life; Active listening, verbal/non-verbal communication, creativity, acceptance of ideas, responding quicker in the moment, flexibility to change, problem-solving, and appropriate risk taking. Multinational corporations based in Seattle, like Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing, and Starbucks have integrated Unexpected Productions’ trainings into their daily operations. Local groups like the Space Needle, Virginia Mason and Group Health have also integrated Unexpected Productions’ unique teachings. Unexpected Productions started out 31 years ago in a Chinese restaurant in Pioneer Square and evolved into a leader in improv in Seattle, the greater Pacific Northwest and the United States. Almost every improv troupe in the city has members that came from Unexpected Productions troupe or were taught in its improv school; including Jet City Improv, ComedySportz, as well as countless others. Their International Festival of Improv, now in its 19th years, has brought improvisers from around the world to Seattle. After the festival, they bring back to their homes styles and knowledge that they learned at Unexpected Productions. Participating countries have included Spain, India, France, Japan, Slovenia, Germany, Mexico, Holland, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, From its home at the Market Theater in Seattle’s Historic Pike Place Market, Unexpected Productions has created well over 150 original shows. In addition to creating original works, for 30 years, Unexpected Productions’ has produced and presented Seattle TheatreSports, the first Theatresports in the United States, and Seattle’s longest running show.