235 Improv Interviews Patrick Short-Musician, Comedy Sportz Portland

Meet the wonderful improviser/coach/facilitator/musician Patrick Short!

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9/18/20261 min read

Meet the wonderful improviser/coach/facilitator/musician Patrick Short! We had a stimulating chat about his 39th year anniversary as a player with ComedySportz. For 32 years he served as co-owner (with his wife, Ruth Jenkins) and GM CSz Portland, the producers of ComedySportz. He's currently the Director of Client Services for CSz Portland, now part of Portland Comedy Theater. Patrick serves on the board of the Applied Improvisation Network, was the Associate Chair for the July, 2026 Global Improvisation Initiative Symposium in Portland and serves on the board of Access to Play (Nigeria). Patrick continues to play for ComedySportz, in the musical duo AlleyLoops (with Emily Larkin), is the Portland producer and music director of Vision♥︎Euro, an Improvised Söng Cöntest and composes/produces original pop and theatrical music - sometimes in a Dad Band! One of his great joys is improvising onstage with his wife Ruth and their adult improvisor children, Cowan and Fiona Jenkins.

Patrick is a beautiful soul and I plan on chatting with him again!

You can learn more about Patrick at the following links:

Portland Comedy Theater and ComedySportz: portlandcomedy.com

Our Applied Improv side: cszportland.com

Original Music: patrickshort.bandcamp.com

Vision♥︎Euro: portlandcomedy.com/vision-euro-program

AlleyLoops: portlandcomedy.com/alleyloops

Applied Improvisation Network: appliedimprovisationnetwork.org

Global Improvisation Initiative: globalimprovisation.com

Access to Play: accesstoplay.org