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134 Performances Found
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Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
Garage Rep . So many shows...
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IO Theater
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Th!nk Art
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Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)
A Chorus Line. I hope I get it.
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Theatre Building Chicago
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A Red Orchid Theatre
Abigail’s Party. Party hardy.
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Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
(XIII Pocket)
Adore. A tale of love and cannibalism.
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Dream Theatre
Agamemnon. It's all Greek to me.
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College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center
Agnes of God. Not Nunsense.
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AjaxAntigone. New from State Theatre.
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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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RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)
Awesome 80's Prom, The. Head back to the '80s at this bitchin' interactive show.
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Apollo Theater
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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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Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)
Beautiful City. Beautiful disaster.
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The Chicago Improv
(Ben Bailey)
Ben Bailey. Just tack the price of two drinks onto the cost.
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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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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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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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Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
Brother/Sister Plays, The. Brothers and sisters.
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Pub Theater
Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. The real star of this hilarious sketch show? The bottle.
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Playground Theater
CakeWalk Midnight Extravaganza, The. Variety is the spice of improv.
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No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)
Chess. Check mate.
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
Cocktail Hour at ComedySportz!. Wear your cocktail dress.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
Co-Ed Prison Sluts. That's hot.
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Lakeshore Theater
Comedians You Should Know. Seriously, get to know these guys.
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ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)
ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.
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Irish American Heritage Center
Dancing at Lughnasa. Bittersweet memories.
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Produced by Ben Nicholson)
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Theatre at the Center
(Theater at the Center)
Diary of Anne Frank, The. The most famous diary.
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Town Hall Pub
Dirty Water. Drink up.
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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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Silk Road Theatre Project
(Silk Road Theatre Project)
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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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Aloft Loft
El Circo Cheapo Cabaret #2. A circus in a loft? Yep.
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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
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Blue Theatre
(Quest Theater Ensemble)
Evolution/Creation . It's your universe.
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John Waldron Arts Center
Fantasticks, The. Young lovers...and their fathers.
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City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)
Fantasticks, The. Try to remember the kind of...February?
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eta Creative Arts Foundation
Fathers and Sons. Three generations, one fateful night.
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Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof. Quickly go the years.
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Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)
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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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Strawdog Theatre
(Strawdog Theatre Company)
Good Soul of Szechuan, The. What does money buy?
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Playground Theater
Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.
Editors Pick!reviewed!clearspacer
Steep Theatre
Harper Regan. One woman, leaving.
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Stage Left Theatre
(Stage Left Theatre)
Here Where It's Safe. Tangled lives.
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Greenhouse Theater Center
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Court Theatre
Illusion, The. A modern adaptation.
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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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Hydrate
(hydratechicago.com)
In Gaga We Trust. Sounds like a good romance.
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Attic Playhouse
It Runs in the Family. it practically gallops.
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Oracle Theatre
J.B. . In the Circus Called Life a Man's Heart Shall Be Tested
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the side project
(Idle Muse Theatre Company)
Jerry and Tom. Ask yourself this, what's their profession?
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Profiles Theatre
Killer Joe. What a lovely family.
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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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Links Hall
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Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Will Sarah Michelle Gellar be in it?
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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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Trap Door Theatre
Living Quarters. Strangeloop Theater presents...
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Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)
Long Red Road, The. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Goodman directorial debut.
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Viaduct Theatre
(LiveWire Theater Company)
Lower Debt. Downturn. All the way down.
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TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)
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La Costa Theatre
(Sideshow Theatre Company)
Medea With Child. That old story?
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Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)
Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.
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Greenhouse Theater Center
(Hubris Productions)
Messiah on the Frigidaire. Pass the frozen peas, Jesus.
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Apollo Theater
Million Dollar Quartet. If you step on his blue suede shoes he may shoot you in Reno.
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Chicago Dramatists
Mimesophobia. Fear of mines? Maybe not.
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Apollo Studio Theater
Monks in Trouble. Monks vs the Apocalypse.
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Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)
Mrs. Caliban. That happened to me once.
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The Gift Theatre Company
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Rosemont Theatre
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Theater at the Center
(Theater at the Center)
Noises Off. Sardines?
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Piven Theatre Workshop
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Writers' Theatre (Books on Vernon)
(Writers' Theatre)
Oh Coward!. A brave Coward.
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Writers' Theatre (Tudor Court)
(Writers' Theatre)
Old Settler, The. Settle in.
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(Sixteenth Street Theater)
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Noble Fool Theatricals
(Noble Fool Theatricals)
Over the Tavern. And through the woods?
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Studio BE
(pH Productions)
pHrenzy. Vote for the funniest performer of the evening.
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Studio BE
(pH Productions)
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Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Steve Martin is a genius. Full stop.
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Redtwist Theatre
Pillowman, The. Don't you dare call this interrogation drama soft.
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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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Chemically Imbalanced Theater
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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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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Pratfall of Civilization. "Pratfall of Civilization" takes aim at America and hits its mark (mostly).
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(The Right Brain Project)
Pretty Penny. A penny for your thoughts.
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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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Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
Punkplay. Play it loud.
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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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Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)
Rant, The. A perilous path to justice.
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Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)
Return to Haifa. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict made personal.
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North Lakeside Cultural Center
(InnateVolution Theater)
Right As Rain. A world premiere explores sexuality, religion, friendship and loyalty.
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Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters & Da Flappers)
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Actors Gymnasium
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Mercury Theater
Screwtape Letters, The . C.S. Lewis writes Christian satire.
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Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre
Separate Peace, A. A classic.
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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)
Side Man. All that jazz.
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Artistic Home
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Second City ETC
(Second City)
Studs Terkel's Not Working. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)
Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.
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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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Second City
(Second City)
Taming of the Flu. It's a comedy epidemic.
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Fine Arts Building
(Moving Dock Theatre Company)
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Prop Thtr
(Prop Theatre)
The Informer. He knows something.
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
The Legend of Ginger Bred . Run, Ginger, run.
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Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)
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Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Jack M. Bourgeois)
This Above All... . What is happiness really?
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Tommy Gun's Garage
Tommy Gun’s Garage. I am the twenties, hear me roar.
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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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Goodman Theatre
Editors Pick!closes soon!reviewed!clearspacer
Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)
Trust. Surfer beware.
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Playground Theater
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Raven Theatre
Twelve Angry Men. Order in the court.
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Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
(Dog & Pony Theatre Company)
Twins Would Like to Say, The. No Mary Kate and Ashley.
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Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Uncle Vanya. Cry uncle.
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Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
(Annoyance Theatre)
Un-Tied. Revvin' up Rosemont.
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Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
Walk of Shame. Ah, memories....
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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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Lincoln Square Theatre
Wild Nights With Emily. Party girl or poet?
Editors Pick!closes soon!reviewed!clearspacer
Chopin Theatre
(The House Theatre of Chicago)
Wilson Wants It All . Yes he does.
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(Chicago Opera Vanguard)
Winterreise. Brrrr.
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Strawdog Theatre
Yoni Ki Baat. You and your vagina are cordially invited.

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