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.

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

QUEER COMEDY, HON!

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

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

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.

​

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

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

October Brian Sketch Comedy presents a new sketch revue, You Will Finally Meet Brian, featuring some of their favorite sketches from the past four years, as well as brand new sketches every week from the group’s forthcoming colonial-era comedy-horror show.

Queerbait is a queer sketch comedy revue that finally proved queer people are funnier.

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

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

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!

A night of Roman fuckery. Watch philosophers roast each other, improv gladiators battle, and kneel to Cesar in this truly unruly night of alt-comedy.

The Truth About Love is a brand new raunchy rom com musical that follows the unique stories of 8 different people living in Fair Haven Vermont. This Musical explores all the Greek words for love

They take edibles. Then they improvise.

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

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

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

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?

CRASS2 is our capstone class, taking students through the process of using improv as a tool to create original scripted narrative plays.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

Drag meets Mystery Science Theatre at REWIND! Join us in a ridiculous Viewing Party and Drag Show of ELVIRA! Mistress of the Dark.

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.

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!

That Vibey Show is an hour-long improv show hosted by Kiki Hughes and her invited guests where, in collaboration with the audience, we come up with thee vibiest 6-track playlists of all time and let that playlist influence a 20 minute improv set.

Join international pop sensations, The Romanticks, for a variety hour filled with laughter, music, and sexy, sexy bugs.

An Improv comedy show with startling theatricality that looks like magic.

Yas, And! brings together a dynamic ensemble of LGBTQ+ actors to deliver a dazzling array of sketches that capture the joys, challenges, and triumphs of queer life.

Amita Rao! And Friends!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Lipstick Lounge🫦 is your new monthly haven for 💥bold sapphics💥, 💃🏽alluring femmes💃🏽, and ✨magnetic thems✨ to connect, celebrate, and ignite something special TOGETHER.

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?

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.

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

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.

MIZTHANG

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

Introducing the Annoyance Variety Hour! Featuring performances from Chicago's best comedians, musicians, magicians, circus performers, puppeteers, and everything in between!

A multimedia standup show about Sabrina, a third year Comedy Arts major with a lot of stories and antidotes she wants to tell.

Tuesday Musical Improv features two groups improvising new musicals every week.