Creators of the World-Famous "Utah" and other fine improvisational forms

Your Other Left ("YOL"), a Portland-based long form improvisation group, was founded in 2001 as an outgrowth of classes taught by CSz-Portland’s John Breen. The group debuted on stage in July of that year, quickly garnering attention for their Harold performances, as well as their improvised movies in the noir and fantasy genres. Over the years, the group has become well known for its slightly tilted sense of humor.

In 2002, YOL staged performances of their own long form creations, the character-driven “Roundabout” and the visually intriguing “Utah”. Spring 2003 brought a fully improvised musical, including shows such as “Cannibalism”, “Euphemisms”, and “The Agony and the Dijon Mustard”. The troupe's performed the innovative “Run Tony Run”, based on the similarly titled movie “Run Lola Run”, in the fall of 2003. Spring 2004 brought a return to the Musical Comedy form, featuring the fine piano stylings of Knute Snortum.

Your Other Left has the honor of being the first and longest running long-form troupe to come out of the ComedySportz – Portland family, which now has numerous improvisational projects that perform on their Friday After Hours stage. Members of YOL are active in ComedySportz, sketch comedy and children's theatre, as well as pursuing individual improv projects.

Read about the cast.