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Laughing at the Annoyance.

Shows Tonight
at The Annoyance

Wednesday, November 11

RANK! The Musical

Wednesday

8:00 PM

A musical to save democracy from Bryce Halliday & Ben Auxier. RANK! is a Schoolhouse Rock inspired explanation of ranked choice voting, an electoral system that allows voters to choose multiple candidates in order of preference. Don’t you want another choice? With a score that nods to public education musicals going back to the 1960s, RANK! will have you toe-tapping your way to the ballot box.

Petite Boy

Wednesday

9:30 PM

Come play the game with us...When you enter our haunted theater, YOU have the power to control our resident ghost, The Petite Boy....Write down some secret suggestions for how you'd like to possess one of our cast members....Then as our longform improv show goes on, we all try to figure out which one of us is being possessed.

The Colosseum

Wednesday

8:00 PM

Teams of improvisers frankly go up against each other to please Caesar. If he is unpleased they will be punished physically and mentally.

Jury Duty

Wednesday

9:30 PM

You've been summoned...to laugh. Jury Duty is a fully improvised courtroom comedy where the only thing on trial is sanity itself. Each night, the cast creates a brand new legal disaster based on audience suggestion, questionable logic, and total chaos. Watch as the foreperson loses their mind, evidence makes things worse, and deliberations go off the rails. No script, no rules, no justice. Just comedy The trial is fake, the laughs are real

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IMPROV CLASSES AT
THE ANNOYANCE

Mick Napier - Artistic Director of Annoyance Theatre
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Under the guidance of Artistic Director Mick Napier, The Annoyance provides excellent quality training in improvisation. Based on Napier’s book, Improvise: Scene From the Inside Out, the Annoyance philosophy focuses on the individual, giving students feedback and support to allow them to find and enhance their personal point of view and creative voice.

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Rent a Space!

From the bar, our two theaters, and our studios, we have it all! 

 

We have 6 studio classrooms to rent for rehearsals, meetings, and auditions. They may also be rented for commercial use (classes/workshops) at our commercial rates.

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Our Small (40 seat) and Mainstage (100 seat) theaters are also available for rental for corporate/special events and parties. 

Visit Us!

With shows 7 days a week, The Annoyance has something for everyone.  
 
Come catch a show, hang out at the bar, take a class and meet some of the funniest people in comedy.  

About Us:

For over 35 years, The Annoyance Theatre has created some of Chicago’s finest comedy. Home of such iconic shows as, Co-ed Prison Sluts, That Darned Antichrist, and Splatter Theater, The Annoyance uses improvisation to create new and original plays, musicals, sketch-comedy, and more in a vibrant, creative atmosphere.

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