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Chicago Cultural Center

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

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Lincoln Square Theatre

Ambrose Bierce: Tales & Times. Fierce Bierce.

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.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

the side project

Bastards of Young: Short Play Festival. Dirty bastards.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Becoming Ingrid. For the love of a writer...

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.

Dream Theatre

Black Duckling, The. Careful what you imprint on, girl.

Briar Street Theatre

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

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.

Royal George Theatre Center

Calls to Blood. Appearances deceive.

ComedySportz Theatre
(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.

Provision Theater Company
(Provision Theater Company)

Cotton Patch Gospel. Preach it.

Artistic Home

Days to Come. Come what may.

Raven Theatre

Death of a Salesman. A tragic everyman.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts

Edge Comedy Boot Camp Grad Show. Like it sounds.

Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)

End Days. Come the rapture, can I have your car?

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Everyone’s Favorite Lobster . Not kosher.

Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Fake. What's real?

Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)

Fedra: Queen of Haiti . Tragedy in Haiti.

BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)

Glorious Ones, The. Gloriosa quelli.

(Adventure Stage Chicago)

Gossamer. Anastasia, ask your Dream-giver.

Profiles Theatre

Graceland. The kindness of strangers.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Hairspray. Who knew John Waters was family friendly?

IO Theater

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

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)

Heroes. Rocking chair style.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

High Holidays. Coming of age...

Merle Reskin Theatre

Holes. Hole in one.

Improv Kitchen

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

Laugh Out Loud Theater

Instant Musical. Another improv musical.

Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Jersey Boys. You've seen the bus ads, now see the show.

Steep Theatre

Kill the Old Torture Their Young . What are you waiting for?

City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)

Last Unicorn, The. Tread carefully, Promethean; Beagle fans barely survived the 1982 cartoon version.

Royal George Theatre Center

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

Brisku's Bistro

Laugh Off & Variety Show . Laugh it off.

Viaduct Theatre

Legend of Sleepy Hollow: A New Folk Musical, The. Where's my head these days?

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

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

Piven Theatre Workshop

Lover, The & The Collection. Where does a game end and reality begin?

Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)

Lucinda's Bed. What lurks beneath...

No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)

Man of La Mancha. This is not your parents' "Man of La Mancha."

Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)

Man Who Was Thursday, The. Turn-of-the-century anarchy is back in style.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

Profiles Theatre

Mercy Seat, The. Aftermath of a tragedy.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

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

Apollo Theater

Million Dollar Quartet. If you step on his blue suede shoes he may shoot you in Reno.

Artistic Home
(Seanachai Theatre Company)

Mojo Mickybo. Partners in crime.

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHarm pHresh. Mmmmm.

Greenhouse Theater Center

Pillowman, The. The Irish Bogeyman.

Playground Theater

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

College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center

Plaza Suite. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!

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 about life after anti-depressants?

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

Pump Boys and Dinettes. Down try this at a city gas station.

Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)

Rhymes With Evil. Weevil?

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Richard III. Literature's other hunchback.

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

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

Writers' Theatre (Tudor Court)
(Writers' Theatre)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Heads or tails?

Mercury Theater

Screwtape Letters, The . C.S. Lewis writes Christian satire.

North Lakeside Cultural Center

Sex. Come up and see them sometime.

IO Theater

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

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Studs Terkel's Not Working. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Thoroughly Modern Millie. A relative title.

Playground Theater

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

Tommy Gun's Garage

Tommy Gun’s Garage. I am the twenties, hear me roar.

Piper's Alley

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

Beverly Arts Center

Tortoise & the Hare. "Slow and steady wins the race!"

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

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

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

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

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

When She Danced. Queen of dance.

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

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

American Theater Company
(American Theater Company)

Yeast Nation (the triumph of life) . Yeast and Urine. Nice.

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

You Can't Take It With You. Screwball fun.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Your Friends and Enemies. Joey Miller from forth grade, I'm talking about you.

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