During this show, the cast will act as a jury, determining the guilt of a defendant who's crime (based on audience suggestion) will be re-examined scene by scene.

And Don’t Forget to Smile is a one night only solo show by Holly Barras.

QUEER COMEDY, HON!

The fully improvised musical podcast - LIVE in Chicago for the first time!

After Ricky Sim's mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he was faced with a question: Is now the right time to come out of closet to her?

Treat yourself to Chicago’s most intellectual comedy show.

Escapades is a completely improvised choose-your-own adventure.

A duo-sketch show with paternal instincts. Kath Courtney and Rockie Wenrich are: Father Figures!

The night opens with students performing with veteran improvisers and closes with a dynamic, debaucherous set from house team Sight Unseen.

Join Gay for Pay hosts Mary Fiala and Dan Hickey for an hour of all-LGBTQ+ standup, sketch, and burlesque performances featuring Hannah Belmont, Colette Gregory, Slip Dress, KP, Hannah Magy & Willy LaQueue!

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This Easter Sunday join the Faith Assembly of God as they tell the story of the Death and Resurrection of Christ through the hip, cool, FRESH lens of Stephanie Myer's Masterpiece: Twilight.

Lil Weenie Salad is a stupid fun improv show where even the teams are made up on the spot!

DEAR JAMIE

A staged reading of a new musical in development - the byproduct of when two writing partners break-up during the most pivotal moment of their career. But can they still make it work?

Pictures in my mind is a feature-length, fully lip-synced "drag musical"

Every week come check out the thrilling highs and lows of an improvised heist with a colorful band of thieves.

A 30-minute solo character show from Shaan Baig about the weirdos who show up on TV late at night when no one is watching. Originally developed and performed at UCBLA and the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles.

Clown Boss Chad Damiani live directs a group of Chicago clowns through their very first LA-style clown show.

A night for Annoyance students to JAM!

Did you know that schools exist outside of Chicago? And people go to them? Strange, right?

WOAH! NEW EVERY MONTH. A raucous. raunchy, sometimes juvenile but always funny sketch show that will make your daddy give your mommy a pearl necklace... to clutch. Get tickets now, they're selling faster than a Stewie doll at Spencer's. DM: @Antivirginclub proof you bought tickets and we will draw you boobs.

An hour long comedy show featuring some of Annoyance Theatre’s best and funniest.

Cold Pizza returns to The Annoyance with a brand-new sketch revue! With narrative threads of love, loss & crazy workplaces, Looking For Love In All The Wrong Workplaces checks all the right boxes

Bigfoot? Pyramids? Crop circles? All this and more will be explored in Cryptic: An Improv Show.

High-octane improv comedy from Chicago's most seasoned performers.

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Celebrate Father's Day Weekend right: getting drunk, seeing a show, and not interacting even once with your dad!

Flex Improv is made up of some of the best and wildest BIPOC performers in Chicago.

A sketch comedy show that insists upon itself.

A curated hour of eclectic, comedic material written in a week and performed for the first time.

Welcome to "Juicy," the unapologetically sassy three-act experience where the only thing hotter than the gossip, is the cast.

Made Up Musicals is an hour-long improvised musical comedy featuring some of the best performers in Chicago!

Missed Call is a premiere Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday.

Goody! is a new show from October Brian: an absurd folk horror-sketch comedy show about Puritan panic, vanishing elders, and the Beast -- told one town meeting at a time.

The Pizza Mic is a supportive, Stand-Up Comedy open mic, where
seasoned comics and newbies alike can work their bits (and grab some free pizza!) New
Location. Same Pizza. Pizza Mic.

Combining stand-up, puppetry, game show, tap dance, and a single cartwheel, you will leave understanding why good girls don’t go bad, they go sad.

Shake the Baby is a 90-minute original sketch revue directed by Mick Napier.

MIZTHANG

Super Human is synonymous with bold, hilarious, fearless and fun comedy.

An Evening with Patrick Hinds: Laughs, Drinks, & Drama

Bring your own team to Annoyance on Tuesday nights to get a rep in and giggle. If you don't have a team to bring, no worries! There's a mashup team and we're happy to throw you on it! Signups are at 8:30PM and we'll hit the stage at 9:00PM.

CHIP Chats is a PowerPoint comedy show that is a bit like TED Talks, but much Worse.

Comedian Cabaret is back showcasing some of Chicago's best and brightest funny people showing off their pipes!

This week on "David & David", David Byrne (David Byrne) is torn between his girlfriend, Suzy the Lamp (Suzy the Lamp), and his roommate David Lynch (David Lynch) when the latter, heartbroken by his ex, Bjork (Björk), dreams up a prophesied dinner party for their friends Neighbor Nic (Nicolas Cage), Lorde Lande (Werner Herzog), and Georgie (Georgia O’Keeffe) on the same night as Suzy and Byrne’s anniversary.

After a successful staging in November, "David & David" returns. This remastered run promises to excite returning viewers and delight new ones!

CW: Fake gun (and accompanying single gunshot sound effect), mentions of self-harm, and dramatized violence

Can you dig it? The Annoyance went and Double Booked the joint! Now Ghost Rat and Cat Bath are takin’ over the Small Stage with a wild comedy variety blowout, jam-packed with 1950s vibes and a twist of dystopian doom.

Two teams will go head to head to win your hearts and laughs in the hopes to be the triumphant winner of Family Fight Night.

The show features the fantastic Annoyance House Ensemble in both long- and short-form improv.

¡Latinos bienvenidos a la fiesta! English speakers, do your best.

A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock.

Welcome to a fully improvised dimension beyond that which is known to man. Join us in a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity, the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.

Come and help out a struggling director to create the ultimate masala-packed Bollywood blockbuster—featuring a star cast, larger than life set pieces and an entirely improvised story based on audience suggestions.

Join Max and Ian for a one-night only variety show where they’ll try to figure out if they’re friends.

Hosted by members of Tuesday Musical Improv, this free weekly jam allows anyone to try out musical improv. Sign-ups begin at 6:45--no experience necessary!

Anything can happen...and it usually does.

Follow Doctor Rorscach as he takes you into the depths of your own subconscious through improv, sketch, and special guest stars.

DEMME ONYX

Improv from the cast of Shake the Baby.

KEROSENE

What do you get when you let four clowns loose on a stage? A very big mess, and a very funny show. Fortunately for you, we’ll handle the mess!