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Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre

Garage Rep . So many shows...

IO Theater

1, 2, 3, Fag!.

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

11:11. Time?

Webster's Wine Bar
(Serendipity Theatre Collective)

2nd Story. Stories and wine, what more do you need?

IO Theater

3033. Veteran improvisers reunite for big laughs.

Th!nk Art

50th anniversary of "The Naked Lunch". Clothing optional.

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

A Chorus Line. I hope I get it.

Theatre Building Chicago

A Love Lost Life- The Unauthorized Story of Marlon Brando. God-Fatherhood.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre

A Night of All-Star Cabaret. Broadway melodies.

A Red Orchid Theatre

Abigail’s Party. Party hardy.

Chicago Cultural Center

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

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
(XIII Pocket)

Adore. A tale of love and cannibalism.

Playground Theater
(After Party)

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

Dream Theatre

Agamemnon. It's all Greek to me.

College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center

Agnes of God. Not Nunsense.

AjaxAntigone. New from State Theatre.

Chicago History Museum

All That Jazz 2010 Spring Benefit with "The Fosse Trilogy" Encore Performance. All that dancing.

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.

Playground Theater
(The Playground)

Ankle Todd Show, The. It's better than the elbow show.

IO Theater

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

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

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

Apollo Theater

Baby Wants Candy: The Rock Musical . Gimme sugar.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

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

Auditorium Theatre

Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández. Folk dance.

Mary's Attic
(Bare Boned Theatre)

Bare Boned Cabaret. New comedy, improv, sketch and cabaret every third Sunday of the month.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Prop House

Beast Women Spring Series 2010. Spring comes in like a beast...or something like that.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)

Beautiful City. Beautiful disaster.

Playground Theater

Belmont Burlesque Revue. A revealing, late-night comedy and dance show.

The Chicago Improv
(Ben Bailey)

Ben Bailey. Just tack the price of two drinks onto the cost.

Second City
(Second City)

Best of the Second City, The. The second city's finest improv.

Quimby's

Big Bad Book, The. Author signing.

(University of Chicago)

Big Love. No Mormons, sorry.

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.

IO Theater

Black Ted Williams . Open-run improv.

ComedySportz Theatre

Blackout. Late night long-form improv by five African-American dudes.

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.

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Blue Shadow, The. Shadow's of history.

Harrigan's

Boner-Rama. Get it up for these gals. I mean, give it up. I mean...

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

Breakfast Club Musical, The. "We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all."

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.

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)

Brother/Sister Plays, The. Brothers and sisters.

Pub Theater

Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. The real star of this hilarious sketch show? The bottle.

Museum of Contemporary Art

Cabinet of Curiosities. A grab bag of "un-lectures."

Playground Theater

CakeWalk Midnight Extravaganza, The. Variety is the spice of improv.

No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)

Chess. Check mate.

Chicago Dramatists

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

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 Theatre)

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

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

Cocktail Hour at ComedySportz!. Wear your cocktail dress.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Co-Ed Prison Sluts. That's hot.

Skokie Theatre

Cole Sings Cole. One hot Cole.

Lakeshore Theater

Comedians You Should Know. Seriously, get to know these guys.

Timothy O'Toole's

Comedians You Should Know. Think you know all there is to know about local comedy? Think again.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

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

The Montrose Room
(ComedySportz)

Comedy Sportz. Suburban Sportz.

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.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Confessions of a Tramp Stamp. Show some ink.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

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

iO Th

Cupid Has a Heart On!. Huba huba.

IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)

Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. First comes love, then comes marriage...

Irish American Heritage Center

Dancing at Lughnasa. Bittersweet memories.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Produced by Ben Nicholson)

Danny And The Deep Blue Sea . Dive down.

Dearly Beloved. Dude, where's my bride?

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Desperately Seeking. Chemically Imbalanced Comedy takes on the Chicago Reader.

Theatre at the Center
(Theater at the Center)

Diary of Anne Frank, The. The most famous diary.

Links Hall

DIRT Festival. Dirty sexy environment?

Town Hall Pub

Dirty Water. Drink up.

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.

Silk Road Theatre Project
(Silk Road Theatre Project)

DNA Trail: A Genealogy of Short Plays about Ancestry, Identity, The. Are we more than a double helix?

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.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Dummy. Who you calling dummy?

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.

Town Hall Pub

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

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Epic Proportions. Real big.

Book Cellar

Essay Fiesta. Words words words.

Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)

Ethan Frome. Mysterious love.

Blue Theatre
(Quest Theater Ensemble)

Evolution/Creation . It's your universe.

Playground Theater

Extended Play. Plaaaaaaaaaay

John Waldron Arts Center

Fantasticks, The. Young lovers...and their fathers.

City Lit
(Promethean Theatre Ensemble)

Fantasticks, The. Try to remember the kind of...February?

eta Creative Arts Foundation

Fathers and Sons. Three generations, one fateful night.

IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)

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

Chicago Art Department

Festival of Dionysius!. Hope it's not like on True Blood...

Lucky Number Grill

Festival of Flesh!. Burlesque is the besque!

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof. Quickly go the years.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Flames and Blazes: A Musical Comedy. Fiery fun.

Apple Tree Theatre
(Apple Tree Theatre)

Four Dogs and a Bone. A dog eat dog world.

Town Hall Pub

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

The Playground Theater
(Koleno, the Panty Filers, and Hair Club for Men)

Free for All, The. Nothing's for free eh?

Pegasus Players
(Pegasus Players)

Gimmick, The. Life, literature and the pursuit of happiness.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar

Glitter In The Gutter. A fresh look at drag culture.

Strawdog Theatre
(Strawdog Theatre Company)

Good Soul of Szechuan, The. What does money buy?

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.

IO Theater

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

Steep Theatre

Harper Regan. One woman, leaving.

Stage Left Theatre
(Stage Left Theatre)

Here Where It's Safe. Tangled lives.

Holiday Club

Holiday Leftover Variety Show.

ComedySportz Theatre

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

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

I Am A Camera . Say cheese.

Greenhouse Theater Center

I Killed My Mother. Yikes.

Fizz Bar & Grill

I Love You Soeldad! An Ode to a Very Special CNN Correspondent. Oh, Soeldad, my Soeldad.

Town Hall Pub
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)

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

Court Theatre

Illusion, The. A modern adaptation.

Improv Kitchen

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

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Gorilla Tango )

Improvised Bible . A testament to the new and old testament.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Gorilla Tango )

Improvised Joss Whedon . Grr. Arg.

IO Theater

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

Hydrate
(hydratechicago.com)

In Gaga We Trust. Sounds like a good romance.

Laugh Out Loud Theater

Instant Musical. Another improv musical.

Chicago Dramatists

Instant Theatre. A week to write, an hour to rehearse.

US Beer Company

International Bedlam Society Asylum Variety Show . Wait, what?

Attic Playhouse

It Runs in the Family. it practically gallops.

Oracle Theatre

J.B. . In the Circus Called Life a Man's Heart Shall Be Tested

the side project
(Idle Muse Theatre Company)

Jerry and Tom. Ask yourself this, what's their profession?

Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret

Kama Sutra The Musical. Sexy stuff.

Book Cellar

Kates, The. No one in this comedy show is actually named Kate.

Mercury Cafe

Kates, The. No one in this comedy group is actually named Kate.

Profiles Theatre

Killer Joe. What a lovely family.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Kink. Kinky.

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.

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.

Links Hall

Laughing from the Other Side of Your Face. Which side is that?

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

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

Trap Door Theatre

Living Quarters. Strangeloop Theater presents...

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

Long Red Road, The. Phillip Seymour Hoffman's Goodman directorial debut.

IO Theater

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

Viaduct Theatre
(LiveWire Theater Company)

Lower Debt. Downturn. All the way down.

Greenhouse Theater Center

Magic Cabaret , The. Deep dish Chicago magic.

City Lit

Magic Chicago. Let the magic and mystery dazzle you.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

March Madness Improv Comedy Tournament. Mad mad month.

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

Master Harold… and the Boys . Humanity here.

La Costa Theatre

Medea With Child. That old story?

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

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

Greenhouse Theater Center

Messiah on the Frigidaire. Pass the frozen peas, Jesus.

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.

Chicago Dramatists

Mimesophobia. Fear of mines? Maybe not.

Apollo Studio Theater

Monks in Trouble. Monks vs the Apocalypse.

Martyrs'

Moth StorySlam, The. True stories told without notes.

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Mrs. Caliban. That happened to me once.

VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)

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

The Gift Theatre Company

Natural Gas . Ahhh.

Rosemont Theatre

Nickelodeon presents Storytime Live!. BYO Green slime.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Night for African Education, A. Educate me.

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Theater at the Center
(Theater at the Center)

Noises Off. Sardines?

Piven Theatre Workshop

Number of People. Survivor.

The Spot

Off Off Broadzway. Broads do it their way.

Writers' Theatre (Books on Vernon)
(Writers' Theatre)

Oh Coward!. A brave Coward.

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

Old Settler, The. Settle in.

(Sixteenth Street Theater)

Our Lady of the Underpass. Praise her.

Harris Theater for Music and Dance

Ovations. Give them one.

Noble Fool Theatricals
(Noble Fool Theatricals)

Over the Tavern. And through the woods?

Donny's Skybox Studio

Peter Pandemic or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Dad. Second venue to the right and straight on till morning.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHamily the Musical. Smart, funny improv you can sing along with.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHarm pHresh. Mmmmm.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy. Vote for the funniest performer of the evening.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy PG.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy pHucked. Balls-out, no holds barred improv that encourages BYOB.

Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Steve Martin is a genius. Full stop.

Redtwist Theatre

Pillowman, The. Don't you dare call this interrogation drama soft.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Bucky's Planet Productions and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Pimprov presents: Tricks and Treats. Pimp it.

Playground Theater

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

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Policeman’s Log . What is truth?

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.

(The Right Brain Project)

Pretty Penny. A penny for your thoughts.

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

Private Lives of Eskimos, The. Ever wonder about life after anti-depressants?

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre

Punkplay. Play it loud.

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.

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

Rant, The. A perilous path to justice.

Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)

Return to Haifa. The Israeli/Palestinian conflict made personal.

Building Stage

Ring Cycle, The. Pack a lunch.

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.

Rock around the Clock. Little boppers.

Second City

Rush Limbaugh! The Musical. What a Rush!

Royal George Theatre Center

Saints & Sinners. Nun of that.

Actors Gymnasium

Science Fiction: An Experiment in Circus. Cirque Du Science.

Mercury Theater

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

Steppenwolf Upstairs Theatre

Separate Peace, A. A classic.

Donny’s Skybox Theatre
(Sheila's Sister)

Sheila’s Sister. Who's Sheila?

Mary's Attic
(Bailiwick Chicago)

Show Us Your Love. What does love sound like?

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
(Metropolis Performing Arts Centre)

Side Man. All that jazz.

American Theater Company
(American Theater Company)

Silver Project, The. Better than gold.

Artistic Home

Skin of Our Teeth, The.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Sleeping Beauty. A beautiful princess wakes up.

Cornservatory

Somewhat Gelatinous Blob From Beyond the Grave, The. Jello anyone?

EP Theater

Song For a Future Generation. Catch an exploding star.

Uncommon Ground

Story Club. Tell me a story.

IO Theater

Storytown. Move over, Hans Christian Andersen.

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.

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.

Second City
(Second City)

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

Fine Arts Building
(Moving Dock Theatre Company)

Tea with the Ladies of the Harvard College Observatory. Tea and astronomy.

That Sordid Little Story. Coming summer of 2010...

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.

Prop Thtr
(Prop Theatre)

The Informer. He knows something.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

The Legend of Ginger Bred . Run, Ginger, run.

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)

The Message Is In The Music (God Is A Black Man Named Ricky). Are you there, Ricky?

Gallery Cabaret

The Two-Hour Comedy Hour. They defy the laws of time.

Gorilla Tango Theatre
(Jack M. Bourgeois)

This Above All... . What is happiness really?

Playground Theater

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

Hilton Chicago
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)

Time and Music: Looking Back, Moving Forward. See how creative you can get with a black tie.

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. I am the twenties, hear me roar.

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.

O'Donovan's

Traffic Jam. Green means go.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Triple Feature. Three times a play.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Triple Feature. Triple feature, triple fun.

Goodman Theatre

True History of the Johnstown Flood, A. A true tale.

True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The. He said, they said.

Lookingglass Theatre Company
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)

Trust. Surfer beware.

Playground Theater

Tweet Life, The. @WTF?

Raven Theatre

Twelve Angry Men. Order in the court.

Steppenwolf Merle Reskin Garage Theatre
(Dog & Pony Theatre Company)

Twins Would Like to Say, The. No Mary Kate and Ashley.

Prop Thtr

Two Hundred Bullets and Seven Poison Apples. Death wish?

Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
(Annoyance Theatre)

Un-Tied. Revvin' up Rosemont.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts
(ShawChicago)

Votes For Women! . Sister suffragettes!

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

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

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Walk of Shame. Ah, memories....

Studio BE
(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.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight 6th Anniversary!. Before the Daily Show there was...

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

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

Lincoln Square Theatre

Wild Nights With Emily. Party girl or poet?

(Silent Theatre)

Wild Party Variety Hour, The. No plot, no special effects, just pure entertainment.

Chopin Theatre
(The House Theatre of Chicago)

Wilson Wants It All . Yes he does.

(Chicago Opera Vanguard)

Winterreise. Brrrr.

Strawdog Theatre

Yoni Ki Baat. You and your vagina are cordially invited.

Yvonne, Rhonda and Tracey Spend the Evening Together. Spend your evening with these ladies.

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