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Theatre Shows by Title
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177 Performances Found
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Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters & Da Flappers)
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
"Bad Touch" and "Good Liars". The good, the bad and the funny.
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IO Theater
3033. Veteran improvisers reunite for big laughs.
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Steppenwolf Theatre
(500 Clown)
500 Clown & The Elephant Deal. Send in the clowns.
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Trap Door Theatre
(Trap Door Theatre)
A Couple of Poor, Polish-Speaking Romanians. Two Polish people walk into a bar...nevermind.
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Writers' Theatre (Tudor Court)
(Writers' Theatre)
A Minister's Wife. Love and marriage.
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Leather Archives and Museum
A Perfect Relationship. Disco vs leather.
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(Eclipse Theatre Company)
A Song for Coretta. A woman honored.
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Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)
A Tribute to the Black Crooners (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow). If you've never heard of Al Hibbler and Jimmy Scott, you will have after this.
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Chicago Cultural Center
About Dance. Blend a sizzling dance performance and sharp dance criticism.
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Playground Theater
(After Party)
After Party. Catch an always-new, late-night show.
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Aladdin. The original genie in a bottle.
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Lincoln Square Theatre
(Halcyon Theatre)
Alcyone Festival 2009. A festival of females.
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ComedySportz Theatre
Alpha Dog Omega. It's not just improv, it's Frat-Prov!
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Pheasant Run Theatre
(Noble Fool Theatricals)
Altar Boyz. Voices like angels.
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Second City
(Second City)
America: All Better! . Now that Barack's the President-elect, everything will be all better. Right?
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American Girl Place
American Girls Revue, The. Put stars in her eyes and a song in her heart-with American Girls.
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
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Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)
Arabian Nights, The. A celebration of storytelling.
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IO Theater
Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement & Hootenanny. Giggle along with alumni of Second City and IO.
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RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)
Awesome 80's Prom, The. Head back to the '80s at this bitchin' interactive show.
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)
Bad Review. Don't hate bad reviews. Embrace them.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Bad Touch: Unsavory Improv. Prepare to squirm at this anything-goes improv show.
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Mary's Attic
(Bare Boned Theatre)
Bare Boned Cabaret. New comedy, improv, sketch and cabaret every third Sunday of the month.
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ComedySportz Theatre
Battle-Prov. An all-out improv fight, ComedySportz-style.
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ComedySportz Theatre
Beatbox, The. It's a comedy match made in heaven: long-form improv and classic hip-hop.
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Playground Theater
Belmont Burlesque Revue. A revealing, late-night comedy and dance show.
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Second City
(Second City)
Best of the Second City, The. The second city's finest improv.
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Playground Theater
Big Yellow Bus. Ensemble members tickle audience members' funny bones.
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Artistic Home
Biography. Eavesdrop on the bitching and dishing of a socialite to the stars.
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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.
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Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
(Victory Gardens)
Blackbird. Cycles of desire.
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ComedySportz Theatre
Blackout. Late night long-form improv by five African-American dudes.
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Apollo Studio Theater
(The Blu Mic)
Blu Mic, The. Solid stand-up in an intimate setting.
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Briar Street Theatre
Blue Man Group. A silent but oddly endearing blue trio explore the humorous and bizarre.
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Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)
Boleros for the Disenchanted. Heartbreak and recovery.
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Mary's Attic
Bombs Away!. The songs Steven Sondheim doesn't want you to hear.
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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.
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Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
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Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater
(Shattered Globe Theatre)
Buried Child. A macabre and perversely humorous tale of a Midwestern American family with a dark, terrible secret.
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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.
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Morton Arboretum
Charlotte's Web. A humble pig.
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Drury Lane Water Tower Place
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Chicago Dramatists
Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series. Take in an afternoon of staged works-in-progress.
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Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy)
Chicago Underground Comedy. Saucy stand-ups take the stage Tuesday nights.
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Gunther Murphy's
(Chicago Underground Comedy)
Chicago Underground Comedy. Five stand-up comedians wield their best material weekly.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Chicagoland. See the city through the eyes of long-form improv.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
Chicagoland & Fishnuts. Fish to nuts in Chicago.
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Navy Pier Skyline Stage
Cirque Shanghai: Bright Spirit. More than worth the cost of Navy Pier parking.
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Cornservatory
(A Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Company)
Clitoris Stories. Eve Ensler, what have you wrought?
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IO Theater
(Ensemble)
Close Quarters. Improv Odyssey 2001
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
Cocktail Hour at ComedySportz!. Wear your cocktail dress.
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
Comedy Showcase. Three improv or sketch groups go at it.
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The Montrose Room
(ComedySportz)
Comedy Sportz. Suburban Sportz.
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.
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ComedySportz Theatre
comedysportz4kidz. Kids get in on the act in this pint-size version of the popular comedy competition.
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Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)
Cool Table, The. Improv comedy with a rock-star vibe.
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IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)
Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. First comes love, then comes marriage...
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
Darkmaster Chronicles. Sounds like a video game.
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National Pastime Theatre
Day on Which A Man Dies, The. Sex, lies and paintings.
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Prop Thtr
(Factory Theater)
Dead Wrong. Whodunnit?
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Death Roast. Pork roast I get, but celebrity roast?
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Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)
Demon Who Never Appeared, A. From stand-up to improv, this show's got every comedy covered.
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Town Hall Pub
(Dirty Water)
Dirty Water. Fun-loving, wise-cracking improv artists rock the stage.
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Bella Bacinos
(Dirty Water )
Dirty Water. Improv comedy set in a South Boston sports bar.
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Cutting Hall
(CYT NW Cook)
Disney's Mulan. I am woman(posing as man)hear me roar!
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Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)
Don't Spit the Water!. A late night game show so funny it'll make you spit.
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Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe
Duke Disdain Show, The. Sassy stand-up mixes with toe-tappin' music.
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Millennium Park
(DCA Theater)
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Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)
Edge Underground Comedy Club, The. Edge isn't just the name of this stand-up showcase.
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Millennium Park
Edible Audible Picnic. Mondays in Millennium park. Someone named George may show up.
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Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)
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Aloft Loft
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret #2. A circus in a loft? Yep.
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Town Hall Pub
Entertaining Julia. It's free, it's funny and it's full of spastic performers.
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IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)
Felt. What's funnier than improv? Sassy puppets performing improv.
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Oak Park Festival Theatre
(Oak Park Festival Theatre)
Fifth of July. They picked a good time to perform it.
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Town Hall Pub
Fourth Friday Comedy Night. Catch funny folks making jokes every fourth Friday at Town Hall Pub.
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Millennium Park
Fourth of July in Millennium Park. Celebrate good times, come on.
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
Free Wednesdays!. It's free and funny. What else do you want? Personally, I want a pony.
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National Pastime Theatre
Girlie-Q Variety Hour, The . These girls are doing it for themselves. And for you.
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Profiles Theatre
Graceland. The kindness of strangers.
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Playground Theater
Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.
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College of DuPage McAnich Arts Center
Grand Derangement!. Step dancers rock out to an explosion of lights and sound.
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IO Theater
Harold, The. IO's signature, long-form improv piece.
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American Players Theatre
(American Players Theatre)
Hay Fever. Achoo!
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Raven Theatre
(Raven Theatre)
Hedda Gabler. From the father of modern drama.
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TimeLine Theatre Company
History Boys, The. Exams are the enemy...or are they?
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Steep Theatre
Hollow Lands, The. Dream a little dream.
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Chicago Dramatists
(Chicago Dramatists)
HOPE VI. A story of hope.
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ComedySportz Theatre
Hot Karl, The. There's a reason this "mature" improv show doesn't go on until the wee hours.
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Town Hall Pub
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)
I Saw You. Bringing personal ads to life one show at a time.
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Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(The Theori Productions, Inc.)
I Still Love H.E.R. (A Tribute to HipHop). Who knew HipHop was a chick?
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Cornservatory
Improv Children of the Corn 2 – Off the Cob. Look what they cobbled together.
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Improv Kitchen
Improv Kitchen. Fill your belly and then watch it jiggle as you giggle.
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IO Theater
Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.
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Theater on the Lake
Improvised Shakespeare Company, The. Prithee, where is my script?
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Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)
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Red Orchid Theatre
(Route 66 Theatre Company)
K of D: AN URBAN LEGEND, The. Humans can lick hands too.
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Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret
Kama Sutra The Musical: Vegas Bound...and Gagged. The sex-crazy show heads to the City of Sin...but you can see it first.
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Mercury Cafe
Kates, The. No one in this comedy group is actually named Kate.
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Book Cellar
Kates, The. No one in this comedy show is actually named Kate.
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Washington Park
Kendall G.. Yes, but can he do trig?
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American Players Theatre
(American Players Theatre)
King Henry V. Historical Shakespeare.
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Theatre Building Chicago
(Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)
La Cage aux Folles. What's a drag bar owner to do?
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Late Night Tit-Bits. Titillating.
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Royal George Theatre Center
Late Nite Catechism. Enroll in a class of Sister's sharp religious humor.
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Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)
Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.
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Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)
Lincoln Lodge, The. Hot, saucy stand-up next to a down-home diner.
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Athenaeum Theatre
(Griffin Theatre)
Little Brother. The patron saint of techno-geeks.
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IO Theater
Lottery, The. IO blends a bunch of improv classes and earns an A.
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City Lit
Magic Chicago. Let the magic and mystery dazzle you.
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Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)
Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Messing With A Friend. Top comedians fill a rotating spot in this two-person improv show.
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Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)
Mud People. Before it rained they were just dirt people.
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VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)
Murder at the Disco. It's death meets disco at the biggest dance contest of 1976.
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Sevens Cabarets
Next Beer Is Here! . Mixing sports with theater.
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National Pastime Theatre
Nocturne. Intrigued?
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IO Theater
Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.
Editors Pick!closes soon!reviewed!clearspacer
Building Stage
(The Hypocrites)
Oedipus. A great mother/son evening out.
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
Open Mic. Yo'mama so fat that...that...let me check my notecard.
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Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)
pHamily. Short-form improv, pHamily-style.
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Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)
pHamily the Musical. Smart, funny improv you can sing along with.
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American Players Theatre
(American Players Theatre)
Philanderer , The. Shaw thing.
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Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)
pHrenzy. Improv competition fueled by booze.
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Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)
pHrenzy pHucked. Balls-out, no holds barred improv that encourages BYOB.
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Bucky's Planet Productions and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)
Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.
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Playground Theater
Playground, The. Savor a night of long-form improv by national troupes.
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Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy & RooftopComedy.com)
Pop Stand, The. Chicago's alt-comic elite tackle pop culture.
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Chopin Theatre
(Hell in a Handbag Productions)
Poseidon! An Upside Down Musical . Poseidon Rocky Horror-style.
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Pratfall of Civilization. "Pratfall of Civilization" takes aim at America and hits its mark (mostly).
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Pressure Billiards & Cafe
(Edge Comedy)
Pressure Open Mic. Weekly mixer of comedy and caffeine.
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Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)
Private Lives of Eskimos, The. Ever wonder about life after anti-depressants?
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Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace
Pump Boys and Dinettes. Gives new meaning to the full service pump.
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Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)
Put the Nuns in Charge!. Roll in the aisles with a little religious humor.
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Noble Horse Theatre
Quadrille. A dinner performance spectacular, featuring dancing white stallions.
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Lakeshore Theater
Queer Queens of Qomedy, The. Lesbians are funny.
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Viaduct Theatre
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Redtwist Theatre
(Redtwist Theatre)
Ride Down Mount Morgan, The. Big Love at Redtwist.
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Navy Pier
(Second City)
Rod Blagojevich Superstar!. Blago doesn't need to go on national television to become a superstar.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
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The Coach House
Snoopy!!! The Musical. "You're a dog Man... er dog, Snoopy!"
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Sodomites!!!. Don't look back.
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Uncommon Ground
Story Club. Tell me a story.
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IO Theater
Stranded: The Improvised Musical. Send a duo of improv artists to a stranded island.
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Storefront Theatre
(Theater Oobleck)
Strauss at Midnight. Sounds like Hollywood to me.
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Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)
Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.
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Royal George Theatre Center
Sunday School Cinema. The ruler-wielding nun sets her sights on Hollywood.
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Cornservatory
Super Happy Fun Show, The. Improvalicious to the last drop.
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Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)
Supernatural Chicago. Interactive theater set in one of the city's most haunted nightspots.
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Fine Arts Building
(Moving Dock Theatre Company)
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Neo-Futurarium
(Barrel of Monkeys)
That's Weird, Grandma. A boisterous group serves up kids' work for adults.
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Marriott Theatre
(Marriott Theatre)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . Your first word is Antidisestablishmentarianism.
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American Players Theatre
(American Players Theatre)
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Morton Arboretum
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The Spot
(New Millennium Theatre Company)
The Flaming Dames in 'Torch'. Usually the Dames take it off. But not this time.
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The Playground Theater
(Koleno, the Panty Filers, and Hair Club for Men)
The Free for All. Nothing's for free eh?
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Playground Theater
Thursday Happy Hour. Comedic actors. Character monologues. What else do you need to know?
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Links Hall
(Beverly Nelson)
Time it Takes, The. Beverly Nelson transforms metaphorical representations of women and war.
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IO Theater
TJ & Dave. Raunchy, raucous improv from a male and female perspective.
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Tommy Gun's Garage
Tommy Gun’s Garage. I am the twenties, hear me roar.
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Tommy Gun's Garage
Tommy Gun's Garage. Sip it all in at a 1920s speakeasy.
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Piper's Alley
Tony 'N' Tina's Wedding. You're invited to this loud, Italian-style wedding.
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Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 30 wacky/heart-breaking/funny/political plays in 60 minutes.
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IO Theater
Topaz. Improvers in denim jumpsuits mix homoeroticism with fight scenes.
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City Lit
Tragedy of Doctor Fausts, The. This will resonant with grad students everywhere.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Triple Feature. Triple feature, triple fun.
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Chopin Theatre
(Tuta Theatre Chicago)
Uncle Vanya. I'm a seagull, wait, wrong play.
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
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Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
(Annoyance Theatre)
Un-Tied. Revvin' up Rosemont.
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Steppenwolf Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
Up. Up up and away.
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Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Listen in on the nationally broadcast comedy-news quiz show.
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
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Stage Left Theatre
(pH Productions)
Wheel of pHortune. The wheel of pHortune spins, picking new improv every night.
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IO Theater
Whirled News Tonight. A satirical turn on current events.
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Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)
Whose Line?. The classic t.v. show comes to life...as improv.
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American Players Theatre
(American Players Theatre)
Winter's Tale, The. Winter in Summer.

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