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Mercury Theater

A Grand Night For Singing.

Chicago Cultural Center

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

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Absolute Best Friggin' Time of Your Life, The. Miss this at your own risk.

A Red Orchid Theatre

Aliens, The.

Strawdog Theatre

Allotment Annie.

Strawdog Theatre

Allotment Annie. A loving rendition of the WWII era and a healthy dose of demythologization.

American Girl Place

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

(Rivendell Theatre Ensemble)

American Wee-Pie.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

Chicago Arts District

Bad Arm: Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer, The. Taking about dance.

Blue Bayou

Bartop Burlesque. See a lot of skin for no dough.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Athenaeum Theatre

Beautiful Thing.

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.

Briar Street Theatre

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

Bank of America Theatre

Book Of Mormon, The . Believe the hype.

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.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts

Bud, Not Buddy.

Caucasian Chalk Circle. A Brecht classic with an original score.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Cinderella.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Claymore + Wisesnatch.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

Concerning Strange Devices from the Distant West.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

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

IO Theater

DBaG. Who dat?

Gorilla Tango's Skokie Theatre
(Robert Curtis)

Dial with a Smile: An Office Musical .

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Disconnect.

Lumen

Eriedescence. A gala event.

Faith Healer.

Lucky Number Grill

Festival of Flesh.

Lucky Number Grill

Festival of Flesh!. Burlesque is the besque!

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Glass Menagerie, The. An American classic, viewed through a grimy glass.

The Silver Room

Grown Folks Storytelling. Bring your booze and bring your story.

Jerry's Sandwiches (Division)

Gulp Productions.

Stage 773
(Shattered Globe Theatre)

Happy Now?.

IO Theater

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

Hellcab.

(The Right Brain Project)

Hesperia. Porn and innocence.

Improv Kitchen

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

Stage 773
(Bailiwick Chicago)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

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.

(MPAACT)

Leaves, Trees, Forest.

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

Letters, The. Who will claim the upper hand?

Dream Theatre

Lights Out, Everybody - a tribute in Horror to Arch Oboler.

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

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

Steep Theatre

Luther.

Chopin Theatre

Magnificents, The.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

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. Four famous musicians team up and rock out.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker.

Playground Theater

Mixer, The. For anyone interested in improv whether you're brand new or old hat.

Steppenwolf Theatre

Motherf**ker with the Hat, The. A monumentally enjoyable theatre experience.

Chief O'Neill's
(Prop Theatre)

Music Mad.

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Now and Forever, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre

Oral Histories.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

Other Desert Cities. A play with great potential doesn't quite gel.

Playground Theater

Out of Character. Improv it up.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHarm pHresh. Mmmmm.

Playground Theater

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

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?

Theater Wit

Pygmalion. Celebrate this classic satire's 100th birthday with the party it deserves.

Athenaeum Theatre

Richard II .

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.

Greenhouse Theater Center

Royal Hunt of the Sun, The.

Mercury Theater

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

Women & Children First

Sharon Pomerantz. Sharon Pomerantz reads from Rich Boy.

Pub Theater

Show Theodora!. The third Wednesday of every month.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Singin in the Rain. Well, that was delightful!

Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)

Southbridge.

Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)

Southbridge.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

Stevens Family, The. Hillbilly comedy.

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.

(Signal Ensemble Theatre)

Successors.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Sunset Boulevard.

Second City
(Second City)

Taming of the Flu. It's a comedy epidemic.

Cornservatory

Tammy: A Coming of Age Story About a Girl Who is Part T-Rex. "Hey Diary, What's up?"

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

There’s A Girl In My Soup.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

There's A Girl In My Soup.

Playground Theater

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

Chicago Improv

Tommy Davidson. Funny guy.

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.

Trap Door Theatre

Unveiling and Dozens of Cousins, The.

Cornservatory

Variety Show – A Drinking Game Performance, The. Drink up!

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.

The Greenhouse Theatre Center
(Circle Theatre)

When the Rain Stops Falling.

Northlight Theatre

Whipping Man, The.

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

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

Greenhouse Theater Center
(MPAACT)

Zulu Fits . Twists and turns.

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