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A Random Memory

TUE

8:00 PM

11/4 - 11/25

Small Theater

Magic

A Random Memory is a highly interactive close-up magic and mentalism show where your memories take center stage to make a magic show worth remembering.

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.

Belladonna Presents: The Jeggings Jubilee

SUN

6:00 PM

10/12

Small Theater

Variety

The Belladonna Comedy Presents: The Jeggings Jubilee is a one-night only variety show starring our favorite effervescent and/or irreverent voices in comedy.

Cafe Lounge Underwater

FRI

9:30 PM

10/31

Small Theater

Sketch

Cafe Underground, Coffee Shop by the Lake, Lounge by the Water, Sea Bass Underground. These are all things our closest friends and family have referred to our sketch comedy show, Cafe Lounge Underwater, as.

Dana Goldberg: Outrageous Tour

FRI

7:00 PM

11/14

Mainstage

Stand-Up

Join nationally headlining queer comedian and activist Dana Goldberg on her new comedy tour OUTrageous: Fired Up and Gay AF.

Family Fight Night

WED

8:00 PM

10/1

Small Theater

Improv

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.

Good Morning, Big Boring!

THU

7:00 PM

9/18 - 10/2

Small Theater

Sketch

Come one, come guffaw... as we spotlight our starry-eyed shitheads.

Improvised Sci-Fi TV Show

THU

9:30 PM

10/30

Mainstage

Improv

Inspired by the classic TV show The Twilight Zone, we explore our audience's deepest fears with a comedic twist. Join us for a new fully improvised episode each week in the dimension of imagination!

Miracle at Century High School

SUN

4:00 PM

12/7

Mainstage

The principal of a scandal-plagued high school tasks the drama teacher with writing an award-winning musical to restore the school’s reputation - and save his job.

Modern Butchood

WED

8:00 PM

11/5

Mainstage

Solo

Modern Butchood is an explosive, hilarious, new play about a big lesbian mess.

Music Jam - FREE!

TUE

7:00 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Musical

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!

Open Stage - Free!

TUE

9:30 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Sketch, Improv, Variety, Stand-Up

Anything can happen...and it usually does.

Slay!

FRI

6:30 PM

10/3 - 10/24

Mainstage

Yas, And! Comedy presents: Slay! is a gay horror sketch revue that blends chills and chuckles into one fabulous fright-fest with sketches that fuse horror tropes and queer comedy — just in time for Halloween.

Super Human

THU

8:00 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Improv

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

The Great Human Machine

MON

6:30 PM

10/6 - 11/10

Mainstage

Improv, Musical

DePaul Comedy Arts presents its NEW ensemble-based, long-form musical improv show!

Tuesday Musical Improv

TUE

8:00 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv, Musical

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

Y'all Mic

TUE

5:30 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Stand-Up

The Ya'll Mic is a supportive, Stand-Up Comedy open mic, where
seasoned comics and newbies alike can work their bits.

Asshole's Advocate

THU

8:00 PM

9/18, 10/2, 11/6, 12/4

Mainstage

Improv

An Improvised court show based on the incredibly popular subreddit "Am I The Asshole".

Baby Wine

FRI

9:30 PM

10/31, 11/28, 12/26, 1/30

Small Theater

Improv

An LGBTQIA+ themed variety show featuring some of Chicago's strongest and most diversely hilarious voices!

Best of Annoyance Sketch

SAT

9:30 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Sketch

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

Can Jimmy SLAY?

WED

9:30 PM

10/15 - 10/22

Small Theater

Can Jimmy Play has a brand new show! Get your tickets NOW

Dim Sons Presents PB & J

WED

8:00 PM

11/5 + 11/12

Small Theater

Variety

Dim Sons: PB&J is a fast paced comedy sketch, improv, and music revue featuring Robert Kapaku and Brian Park who have been described as a duo as timeless and enduring as PB&J.

Fishbowl with Sight Unseen

THU

9:30 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Improv

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

Hitch*Cocktails

FRI

9:30 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Play

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

Jury Duty

WED

9:30 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv

Jury Duty is a fully improvised courtroom comedy where the only thing on trial is sanity itself.

Miracle at Century High School

SAT

7:30 PM

11/29 - 12/20

Mainstage

Play

The principal of a scandal-plagued high school tasks the drama teacher with writing an award-winning musical to restore the school’s reputation - and save his job.

Modern Butchood

FRI

8:00 PM

11/7

Mainstage

Solo

Modern Butchood is an explosive, hilarious, new play about a big lesbian mess.

Napier & Estlin: A Magic Evening

FRI

8:00 PM

11/21
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Mainstage

Is it mind reading? Napier & Estlin seem to know things they couldn't possibly know

Petite Boy

WED

8:00 PM

10/1 - 10/29

Mainstage

Improv

There’s a spirit that haunts the Annoyance Theater….

Splatter Theater 2025

SAT

7:00 PM

09/20-10/31

Mainstage

Play

In the town of Mayfield, thirteen cliched horror movie characters find themselves at the murderous whims of a guy in a hockey mask.

The Annoyance Variety Hour!

SAT

9:30 PM

11/1 - 11/22

Mainstage

The Wolfman of Wrigleyville

THU

8:00 PM

10/2 - 10/30

Mainstage

Play

A creature is stalking the streets of Wrigleyville in 1927 - The Wolfman of Wrigleyville draws near! Is he a symptom of society or something more sinister? Find out this October at The Annoyance Theatre!

Wall Pasta

MON

7:00 PM

11/10 - 12/22

Small Theater

Variety

Wall Pasta is a show where Chicago comedians try out brand new sketch material and see what sticks!

Yes, AHHH! Presents: All Hallows Eve

THU

7:00 PM

10/16 - 10/30

Small Theater

Improv

After chilling audiences across the nation, Yes, AHHH! returns this October with a thrilling new improvised horror tale: All Hallows Eve.

BUTTERFACE

WED

9:30 PM

11/5

Small Theater

Sketch

BUTTERFACE is a two-person sketch show extravaganza exploring themes of compassion, love, empathy, and cringe.

Belladonna Presents: The Jeggings Jubilee

SUN

6:00 PM

10/12

Small Theater

Variety

The Belladonna Comedy Presents: The Jeggings Jubilee is a one-night only variety show starring our favorite effervescent and/or irreverent voices in comedy.

Cafe Lounge Underwater

THU

8:00 PM

11/13 + 11/20

Small Theater

Sketch

Start your weekends early with Cafe Lounge Underwater, Thursdays at The Annoyance!

Comedian Cabaret

MON

9:00 PM

10/27

Mainstage

Musical, Variety

Come out for a night of ghoulishly fun musical theater tunes sung by some of Chicago's brightest comedy stars!

Escapades

FRI

9:30 PM

10/3, 11/7, 12/5

Small Theater

Improv

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

Gay for Pay

MON

7:30 PM

9/15

Mainstage

Variety

Gay for Pay returns to the Annoyance with a sickening lineup of stand-up, sketch, and drag acts who will put their gay knowledge to the test to see who’s really gay for pay.

Holy Fuck Comedy Hour

FRI

11:59 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Variety

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

Kentucky Dirty

FRI

9:30 PM

10/10

Small Theater

Sketch

Kentucky Dirty! A monthly sketch revue that'll have you laughing at the edge of your seat! A real crackerjack!

Missed Call

FRI

8:00 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Sketch, Improv

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

Modern Wilds

MON

9:00 PM

9/22

Small Theater

Variety

A stand-up comedy show and series test screening where Chicago's top comics share stories about dating before a sneak peek of the new mini-series, "Modern Wilds."

October Brian presents GOODY!

WED

8:00 PM

10/8 - 10/29

Small Theater

Sketch

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.

Secret Family

SAT

11:00PM

9/20, 10/18, 11/15, 12/20

Small Theater

Sketch

Secret Family is a sketch comedy group that’s exactly like a real family, only their drama and infighting is mostly pretend, and their love for each other is 100% conditional.

Student Jam

MON

9:30 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Showcase

A night for Annoyance students to JAM!

The Coven

SUN

8:00 PM

9/28 - 11/16

Small Theater

Play

This is a comedic play about a coven of witches and warlocks celebrating a wedding in Vegas.

Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv

SAT

7:00 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Improv

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

We Took Edibles an Hour Ago

SAT

11:59 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv

They take edibles. Then they improvise.

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