All Shows:(A-Z)
BYOT - Free!
TUE
9:00 PM
Open Run
Improv, Sketch, Variety, Stand-Up
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.
Cafe Lounge Underwater
THU
8:00 PM
2/27 - 3/6
Mainstage
Sketch
A night with Cafe Lounge Underwater is like the best house party you’ve ever been to. There’s dancing, music, drinks, and of course, meeting strangers who quickly feel like lifelong friends. Join Caroline, Tom, and Maryrose as they invite you into their world of spontaneous friendship and nonstop fun.
Harpoon presents The Deconstruction
SUN
9:00 PM
1/19 - 1/26
Small Theater
Improv
the Deconstruction ("decon") is a mother sauce form that revolves around a central source scene - from which resulting scenes, some comedic, some surreal, some a slice of life - are spun off, deconstructing the basic reality.
Quandary
SAT
8:00 PM
2/1 - 2/22
Mainstage
Play
Shortly after the invention of time travel, best friends Wayne and Ralph reconnect post-college as newly hired employees at the Quando Time Travel Association. This duo’s tension along with unforeseen malfunctions in the time travel department threaten their time in the present. Can Wayne and Ralph overcome a glitch in the space-time continuum and salvage their friendship at the same time?
Cafe Lounge Underwater
THU
9:30 PM
2/20
Mainstage
Sketch
A night with Cafe Lounge Underwater is like the best house party you’ve ever been to. There’s dancing, music, drinks, and of course, meeting strangers who quickly feel like lifelong friends. Join Caroline, Tom, and Maryrose as they invite you into their world of spontaneous friendship and nonstop fun.
Fan Fiction
THU
9:30 PM
1/23 - 2/13
Mainstage
Play
On March 23rd, 2012 a group of best friends attends the midnight showing of the most anticipated film of the millennium, The Hunger Games, only to find that their favorite book has been besmirched by an unfaithful adaptation. When their English class final project rolls around, they know what they must do - create a truly accurate adaptation, and restore honor to Suzanne Collins.
Miles Chaney and the Treasure of Happy Hollow
THU
7:00 PM
2/20 - 3/6
Small Theater
Solo
Emerging from the tortured mind of Miles Chaney, show is filled to the brim with the characters and insanity that have made Miles one of Chicago’s rising character performers. Follow along with Miles as they take you through busted mattress salesmen, the inner workings of the Amazon Naming Committee, and what REALLY happens in the YMCA communal showers.
Riff City
FRI
10:30 PM
Open Run
Small Theater
Stand-Up
Riff City is the epicenter of crowd work. Five of Chicago's top stand-up comics explore conversations with the audience and riff on them, making their jokes up on the spot. No two shows will ever be the same. Come be a part of an unpredictable night of standup. Everyone else will be there. Entry constitutes consent to be filmed and recorded for all media purposes.
Tactical Love Spreading
WED
9:30 PM
2/5 - 2/12
Small Theater
Solo
Andy Hoffman takes you on an unhinged drive in circles through the Indiana Walmart parking lot that is his brain. An alt comedy solo show, you will experience chaotic characters, brain rot videos, soda, middle school level stand up, and worst of all, interpretive dance!