Stacey Hallal

Stacey Hallal has been teaching, directing and performing improv for over 20 years. She trained at Second City, iO, Annoyance, and ComedySportz in Chicago. At Second City, she also taught and assistant directed the main stage before moving to Portland to open Curious Comedy Theater in 2008. She has performed and taught improv and sketch at over 100 festivals across North America, often working in duos with Joe Bill and Mark Sutton. She is also the creator of Ruby Rocket, Private Detective, a cartoon, comic, and live improvised show in which she has had the honor of performing with many of her improv heroes. She will be releasing Ruby Rocket as a podcast soon ! You can learn more about all of this - and the women-only All Jane Comedy Festival which Stacey also founded and curates - at curiouscomedy.org.

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Ruby Rocket

She always gets her man. Until she doesn’t.

Ruby Rocket is an intoxicating, intoxicated private eye who always gets her man. Except, of course, when she doesn’t. Stacey Hallal stars as Ruby, weaving vivid noir storytelling, physical comedy, and multimedia imagery in this hilarious improvised show featuring a guest cast of Brussel’s top (…)