Jay Flewelling Presents PLEASE UNDERESTIMATE ME

Jay Flewelling presents Please Underestimate Me, adapted for the stage from Jay Flewelling's book of personal essays by Jason Rouse & Jessica Dart. The show is directed by Jason Rouse.

Please Underestimate Me is an autobiographical sketch comedy-style theatrical event based on Jay Flewelling's personal essays. Throughout his life, whether he was surviving a Christian elementary school, traveling internationally, or jogging on a public street, Jay has been underestimated. But is being the underdog actually an advantage? Five actors and the real Jay alternately embody "Jay" and a host of other characters throughout a series of funny, bizarre, and touching situations both scripted and devised. Following a successful Fall 2017 run at Curious Comedy Theater, the original cast and director are back for six more performances at Portland Playhouse, August 3-12, 2018.

Dates:
August 3-4 & 10-11, 7:30pm
August 5 & 12, 2:00pm

Portland Playhouse
602 NE Prescott St., Portland, OR)

Tickets $15-$25
Available through Brown Paper Tickets

Featuring: Rose Bonomo, Stephanie Cordell, Scott Engdahl, Jay Flewelling, Shareen Jacobs, Savira Kambhu

Jay Flewelling is a cornerstone performer at Curious Comedy Theater and a member of the powerhouse improv troupe J Names (SF Sketchfest, Out of Bounds Comedy Festival). Jay is a multi-talented comedian and storyteller who has been featured on PRI's Live Wire, Kevin Allison's RISK!, and Mortified. He has performed with Kevin McDonald (The Kids in the Hall) and Colin Mochrie (Whose Line is it Anyway?), and performed his one-man show Work Shmerk in Portland and at the Sand Diego Fringe Festival. Jay produced the short films The Collector and Birthday Boss, which won "Best in Humor" at Dan Savage's 2015 and 2016 HUMP! Film Festivals respectively. Learn more at jayflewelling.com.

JASON ROUSE is a well-known Portland writer, actor, and director. He is the writer and director of the monthly sketch show Shirts and Skins at Curious Comedy Theater, and the creator of Wonderland. Jason has appeared onstage with Portland Playhouse and Hand2Mouth, in television commercials and series such as Angie Tribeca, Grimm and Leverage, and the feature film Lean on Pete. Additionally, he spent six years as writer/announcer for PRI's Live Wire, and recently directed Bri Pruett's one-woman show Stellar.

Photo Credit: Andy Batt