The Tragedies are a Portland Oregon based sketch comedy troupe currently performing sketch comedy all around the Portland area. They have taken the comedic influences of other great sketch comedy troupes such as The Kids In The Hall , The Firesign Theatre , and Mad TV. Many of The Tragedies have performed sketch comedy in other cities over the last several years. All of The Tragedies have a great love for comedy and hope that all sketch comedy lovers from Portland Oregon will come and enjoy their live shows. For all those interested in writing stand up or sketch comedy, the tragedies always accept writing submissions.