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Comedy Shows

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94 Performances Found

IO Theater

3033. Veteran improvisers reunite for big laughs.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Joe Fernandez)

A College Degree and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt . It's one-man sketch with Joe Fernandez.

Playground Theater
(After Party)

After Party. Catch an always-new, late-night show.

IO Theater

Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement & Hootenanny. Giggle along with alumni of Second City and IO.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

Awesome 80's Prom, The. Head back to the '80s at this bitchin' interactive show.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Productions)

Bad Touch: Unsavory Improv. Prepare to squirm at this anything-goes improv show.

ComedySportz
(ComedySportz)

Battle Prov. An all-out improv fight, ComedySportz-style.

Playground Theater

Belmont Burlesque Revue. A revealing, late-night comedy and dance show.

Second City
(Second City)

Best of the Second City, The. The second city's finest improv.

Second City
(Second City)

Between Barack and a New Show. The primaries are coming up fast, so get some more Barack luv on.

Playground Theater

Big Yellow Bus. Ensemble members tickle audience members' funny bones.

Apollo Studio Theater
(The Blu Mic)

Blu Mic, The. Solid stand-up in an intimate setting.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Pub Theatre)

Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. The real star of this hilarious sketch show? The bottle.

Gunther Murphy's
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Five stand-up comedians wield their best material weekly.

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Saucy stand-ups take the stage Tuesday nights.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Productions)

Chicagoland. See the city through the eyes of long-form improv.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts

Chicago's Youth Comedy Explosion. The kids can crack 'em. Jokes, that is.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)

Co-Ed Prison Sluts. Shit. Motherf&*!@$. F--k you you c$%t or a prick...

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

Cool Table, The. Improv comedy with a rock-star vibe.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Productions)

Crickets. Short-form improv that's intentionally rude.

IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)

Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. Burned by love? This satire burns love right back.

Prop Thtr
(Prop Thtr/Hawkeye Plainview)

Daniel Day-Lewis and the Big Potatas. It's Daniel Day-Lewis, and he's not playing a psychopath in "No Country For Old Men."

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

Demon Who Never Appeared, A. From stand-up to improv, this show's got every comedy covered.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Salsation Theatre Company)

Devil Wears Chanklas, The . Yes, in fact the devil does not wear Prada. She actually wears chanklas.

Townhall Pub
(Dirty Water Improv)

Dirty Water. Fun-loving, wise-cracking improv artists rock the stage.

Bella Bacinos
(Dirty Water )

Dirty Water. Improv comedy set in a South Boston sports bar.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Disposable Nation. From stem cells to smokers to Pluto-everything in America is disposable.

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

Don't Spit the Water!. A late night game show so funny it'll make you spit.

Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)

Edge Underground Comedy Club, The. Edge isn't just the name of this stand-up showcase.

Skokie Theatre
(ensemble113)

Election Day. As Election Day approahces, Adam panics.

Town Hall Pub

Entertaining Julia. It's free, it's funny and it's full of spastic performers.

Center on Halsted
(About Face Youth Theatre)

Fast Forward. How do LGBTQ youth today deal with teen pregnancy, living with HIV, bullying and parents who try to turn their kids straight?

IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)

Felt. What's funnier than improv? Sassy puppets performing improv.

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre

First Look Repertory of New Work. It's year four of three new plays, readings, lectures and new work.

Town Hall Pub

Fourth Friday Comedy Night. Catch funny folks making jokes every fourth Friday at Town Hall Pub.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Funk It Up About Nothin'. It's Shakespeare—the raptastic version.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Productions)

Grabass: A Carnival of Dummy. Only smarty-pants can pull together a show in 24 hours.

Playground Theater

Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.

Apollo Studio Theater
(Grandma June's Sewing Circle)

Grandma Junes's Sewing Circle . Get your Monday nite laughs on.

Royal George Theatre Center
(Royal George Theatre)

Gutenberg! The Musical!. Two aspiring writers head for Broadway...

IO Theater

Harold, The. IO's signature, long-form improv piece.

Circle Theatre
(Circle Theatre)

Hay Fever. No one can deny that the Bliss family drives their guests nuts.

IO Theater

Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

It Came From the Neo-Futurarium. Bad film. Awesome theatre. What else do you need?

Raven Theatre
(Galatean Players Ensemble Theatre of the San Francisco Bay Area)

Ladies Quintet, The . It's all ladies, all life, all the time.

Royal George Theatre Center

Late Nite Catechism. Enroll in a class of Sister's sharp religious humor.

Annoyance Theatre
(Late Nite Tit-Bits)

Late Nite Tit-Bits. It's time to get naughty...

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.

Annoyance Theatre

'Lil' Talent Show, A. Wax nostalgic about the high school talent show.

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

Lincoln Lodge, The. Hot, saucy stand-up next to a down-home diner.

The Edge Comedy Club

Locked and Loaded: The Drunk Comedy Show. Get Chicago's best stand-ups boozed up. Now put 'em on stage.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Productions)

Love is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy. The nearly dead love story comes back before taking of for the NY Fringe Festival.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)

Marry Me, You Idiot!. Two people lose love, but magically find it again—in each other.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Productions)

Messing With A Friend. Top comedians fill a rotating spot in this two-person improv show.

Chopin Theatre
(Strange Tree Group)

Mysterious Elephant and the Terrible Tragedy of the Unlikely Addington Twins (*Who Kill Him), The. Save the elephant.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Produced by Michael Natoli)

NachtKabarett . Ladies and gentlemen, get ready for sexy.

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Apollo Studio Theater
(PennyBear)

PennyBear: A Collection of Miniature Plays and Curious Diversions. Sketch comedy group PennyBear takes it to the next level in their second full-length show.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)

Perfect Wave, The . Can Kip Hardburn and his surfer dude friends save the summer?

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHamily. Short-form improv, pHamily-style.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHamily the Musical. Smart, funny improv you can sing along with.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHreedom pHalls: StapH Infection. Rx for dull times? Improv spoofs of hospital t.v. shows!

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy. Improv competition fueled by booze.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy pHucked. Balls-out, no holds barred improv that encourages BYOB.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Bucky's Planet Productions and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Eclipse Theatre Company)

Plaza Suite. Three couples. Big decisions. One hotel room.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Pratfall of Civilization. "Pratfall of Civilization" takes aim at America and hits its mark (mostly).

Pressure Billiards & Cafe
(Edge Comedy)

Pressure Open Mic. Weekly mixer of comedy and caffeine.

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

Put the Nuns in Charge!. Roll in the aisles with a little religious humor.

Prop Thtr
(Factory Theater)

Ren Faire: A Fistful of Ducats. Summer fairs duke it out.

Straw Dog Theatre
(Appetite Theatre)

Saints in Strange Places. It's the last five moments on Earth. Get ready.

Phyllis' Musical Inn
(Sloop Biederman's Mess)

Sloop Biederman's Mess. Sloop Biederman, the all-around entertainer and emcee-by-trade, presents a handful of fun.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

Speedating. The fast-paced, modern dating phenomena leaves the bars and hits the stage.

Comedy Shrine Theater

Spew, The. The Comedy Shrine spoofs "The View."

Apollo Studio Theater
(Hanna Lopatin & Nancy Friedrich)

Stacked: An Evening of Two One-Woman Shows . Hanna Lopatin and Nancy Friedrich perform two more times before hitting NYC for the Fringe Festival.

Annoyance Theatre

Stations. The flyer says it all: "Tech Music Effects Funny!"

IO Theater

Stranded: The Improvised Musical. Send a duo of improv artists to a stranded island.

Mary's Attic
(Hell in a Handbag Productions)

Summer Camp 2. Summer camp is back. And we don't mean the sleepover kind.

Royal George Theatre Center

Sunday School Cinema. The ruler-wielding nun sets her sights on Hollywood.

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf )

Superior Donuts. As Uptown gentrifies, will its standby donut shop go, too?

Neo-Futurarium
(Barrel of Monkeys)

That's Weird, Grandma. A boisterous group serves up kids' work for adults.

ComedySportz

The Improv Match Game. The glowing box doesn't stand a chance against this improv.

Various
(Various)

Theater Thursdays. Catch new shows and accompanying theater-related events every Thursday.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Three Cat Media)

Three Cat Thursdays. Local and national artists headline the cabaret series, with a different show format each week.

Playground Theater

Thursday Happy Hour. Comedic actors. Character monologues. What else do you need to know?

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Tommy’s Place: Unexpected Company . Doesn't fate always bring random people together?

IO Theater

Topaz. Improvers in denim jumpsuits mix homoeroticism with fight scenes.

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)

Triple Feature. Three new directors step up and give it their best shot.

Chase Bank Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Listen in on the nationally broadcast comedy-news quiz show.

Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)

Wheel of pHortune. The wheel of pHortune spins, picking new improv every night.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight. A satirical turn on current events.

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

Whose Line?. The classic t.v. show comes to life...as improv.

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