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Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters and Da Flappers)

Roaring 20's Audience Interactive Musical Comedy Holiday Dinner Show. Take a trip back to 1920s Christmas.

IO Theater

3033. Veteran improvisers reunite for big laughs.

Chicago Cultural Center

About Dance. Blend a sizzling dance performance and sharp dance criticism.

Playground Theater
(After Party)

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

ComedySportz Theatre

Alpha Dog Omega. It's not just improv, it's Frat-Prov!

Second City
(Second City)

America: All Better! . Now that Barack's the President-elect, everything will be all better. Right?

American Girl Place

American Girls Revue, The. Put stars in her eyes and a song in her heart-with American Girls.

IO Theater

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

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Dramatis Personae)

Artist Gumbo . What's in the gumbo this week?

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Bad Review. Don't hate bad reviews. Embrace them.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

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

ComedySportz Theatre

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

ComedySportz Theatre

Beatbox, The. It's a comedy match made in heaven: long-form improv and classic hip-hop.

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.

Artistic Home

Biography. Eavesdrop on the bitching and dishing of a socialite to the stars.

American Girl Place
(American Girl Theater)

Bitty Bear's Matinee: The Family Tree. Family and friendship are the real stars of this kid-focused show.

Apollo Studio Theater
(The Blu Mic)

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

Briar Street Theatre

Blue Man Group. A silent but oddly endearing blue trio explore the humorous and bizarre.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
(Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre)

Bowery Boys, The . Will the "rags to riches" story come true this time?

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?. Now that the election ho-ha is over, it's back to funny business as usual.

Rooms Gallery
(Rooms Gallery)

Bunbury Me: A Lecture. One mad man's twisted equation keeps spinning round.

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.

Chicago Dramatists

Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series. Take in an afternoon of staged works-in-progress.

Theatre Building Chicago

Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, The . This is sketchy business.

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

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

Gunther Murphy's
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

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

Annoyance Theatre
(Annoyance Theatre)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Comedy Showcase. Three improv or sketch groups go at it.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

ComedySportz Theatre

comedysportz4kidz. Kids get in on the act in this pint-size version of the popular comedy competition.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(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.

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

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

Town Hall Pub
(Dirty Water)

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.

Royal George Theatre Center
(British Stage Company)

Don't Dress for Dinner. More confusion than a "Seinfeld" episode.

Black Ensemble Theater

Don't Shed a Tear (The Story of Billie Holiday). Rock out to the tunes of a jazz legend.

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

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

Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe

Duke Disdain Show, The. Sassy stand-up mixes with toe-tappin' music.

Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)

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

Aloft Loft

El Circo Cheapo Cabaret #2. A circus in a loft? Yep.

Goodman Theatre

Emperor Jones, The . Show number one of the Goodman's O'Neill extravaganza.

Town Hall Pub

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

IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)

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

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Flight of the Dodo. Who isn't tired of getting pooped on?

Town Hall Pub

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

eta Creative Arts Foundation
(eta Creative Arts Foundation)

From the Mississippi Delta. Relive Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland's heroic journey.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(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.

College of DuPage McAnich Arts Center

Grand Derangement!. Step dancers rock out to an explosion of lights and sound.

Auditorium Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Grease. Did someone say John Travolta?

Profiles Theatre
(Profiles Theatre)

Great Falls. A stepfather and his stepdaughter go road trippin' through the American West.

IO Theater

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

ComedySportz Theatre

Hot Karl, The. There's a reason this "mature" improv show doesn't go on until the wee hours.

Spot
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)

I Saw You. Bringing personal ads to life one show at a time.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Theori Productions Inc.)

I Still Love H.E.R. (atributetohiphop). How did hip-hop take shape?

City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)

Illusion, The. Sometimes theater triumphs over reality.

Improv Kitchen

Improv Kitchen. Fill your belly and then watch it jiggle as you giggle.

IO Theater

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

the side project
(Blackbird Theatre Company)

Into the Pool. Wondering if the American Dream is one big lie?

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Alonzo Alcaraz/Salsation Theatre Company)

It’s That Time Of The Month . What shows up once-a-month, just like your menstrual cycle?

Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Jersey Boys. Listen to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons croon.

Royal George Theatre Center

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(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 and Bar

'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.

Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Shattered Globe Theatre)

Little Foxes, The . Lillian Hellman strikes again.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Matthew J. Swanson and The Wood Sugars)

Loitering Hole, The . Will these three friends ever understand women?

Athenaeum Theatre
(Anthony Nikolchev and Thirteen Pocket)

Look, What I Don't Understand. One Bulgarian tells his harrowing immigration story.

IO Theater

Lottery, The. IO blends a bunch of improv classes and earns an A.

Lyric Opera of Chicago
(Lyric Opera)

Madama Butterfly. Puccini's fated opera about the love affair between a geisha and a naval officer.

City Lit

Magic Chicago. Let the magic and mystery dazzle you.

Redtwist Theatre
(Redtwist Theatre)

Marvin's Room. Family ties prevail in this drama about reuniting.

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theater Company)

Memphis Soul (The Story of Stax Records). Stax Records sashays through history as a legendary label.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Productions)

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

Apollo Theater

Million Dollar Quartet. Four famous musicians team up and rock out.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
(Drury Lane Oakbrook)

Miss Saigon. Love hits days before Saigon falls.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Parlor Productions)

Mixing It Up . A white mother and mixed daughter use comedy to literally mix it up.

VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)

Murder at the Disco. It's death meets disco at the biggest dance contest of 1976.

BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Chicago dell'Arte)

Murder, Murder, Murder!. How fast can you say "murder, murder, murder"?

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Our Bad Magnet. What really happened to Giggles?

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)

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.

Playground Theater

Playground, The. Savor a night of long-form improv by national troupes.

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy & RooftopComedy.com)

Pop Stand, The. Chicago's alt-comic elite tackle pop culture.

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.

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

Private Lives of Eskimos, The. Ever wonder what life after anti-depressants would be like?

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

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

Noble Horse Theatre

Quadrille. A dinner performance spectacular, featuring dancing white stallions.

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Seafarer, The. A dark Christmas in Dublin.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

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.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Royal George Theatre Center

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

Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)

Supernatural Chicago. Interactive theater set in one of the city's most haunted nightspots.

Neo-Futurarium
(Barrel of Monkeys)

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

The Spot
(New Millennium Theatre Company)

The Flaming Dames in 'Torch'. Usually the Dames take it off. But not this time.

Theatre Building Chicago
(pH Productions)

The Guy Show. Welcome to a whole new male species: the "guy."

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Strippers Picnic)

Thirsty . Can you improvise taking shots of tequila?

Playground Theater

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

Links Hall
(Beverly Nelson)

Time it Takes, The. Beverly Nelson transforms metaphorical representations of women and war.

IO Theater

TJ & Dave. Raunchy, raucous improv from a male and female perspective.

Tommy Gun's Garage

Tommy Gun's Garage. Sip it all in at a 1920s speakeasy.

Piper's Alley

Tony 'N' Tina's Wedding. You're invited to this loud, Italian-style wedding.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 30 wacky/heart-breaking/funny/political plays in 60 minutes.

IO Theater

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

Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)

Touch. Finding hope during a grief-stricken time isn't easy, but it is possible.

Playground Theater
(Capo Productions)

UnRelated. Who says dad and son can't do comedy?

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Wake, The. How does one family in 1930s America deal with the death of their matriarch?

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.

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre
(Broadway in Chicago)

Wicked. The musical back story of Glinda and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Strawdog Theatre
(Rasaka Theatre with Premiere Theater & Performance)

Yoni Ki Baat. Hittin' the G-spot.

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