During this show, the cast will act as a jury, determining the guilt of a defendant who's crime (based on audience suggestion) will be re-examined scene by scene.

And Don’t Forget to Smile is a one night only solo show by Holly Barras.

Two unproven jokesters find themselves at the pinnacle of the basketball world — the 1996 Chicago Bulls. But when a scam is successful, who really gets played?

CHIP Chats is a PowerPoint comedy show that is a bit like TED Talks, but much Worse.

Close Quarters is an improvised comedy where every scene unfolds just a wall, hallway, or whisper away.

After Ricky Sim's mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, he was faced with a question: Is now the right time to come out of closet to her?

Treat yourself to Chicago’s most intellectual comedy show.

Two teams will go head to head to win your hearts and laughs in the hopes to be the triumphant winner of Family Fight Night.

The night opens with students performing with veteran improvisers and closes with a dynamic, debaucherous set from house team Sight Unseen.

A Great White shark with baby teeth is overshadowed by a bigger, badder, killer shark until she's tempted to join the murderous shark's rampage.

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Chicago’s premier under-21 drag variety hour is BACK at the Annoyance Theater!

A new sketch show from The Annoyance Theater!

Made Up Musicals is an hour-long improvised musical comedy featuring some of the best performers in Chicago!

A staged reading of a new musical in development - the byproduct of when two writing partners break-up during the most pivotal moment of their career. But can they still make it work?

Anything can happen...and it usually does.

Pictures in my mind is a feature-length, fully lip-synced "drag musical"

Queerbait is a queer sketch comedy revue that finally proved queer people are funnier.

Every week come check out the thrilling highs and lows of an improvised heist with a colorful band of thieves.

Shake the Baby is a 90-minute original sketch revue directed by Mick Napier.

Did you know that schools exist outside of Chicago? And people go to them? Strange, right?

WOAH! NEW EVERY MONTH. A raucous. raunchy, sometimes juvenile but always funny sketch show that will make your daddy give your mommy a pearl necklace... to clutch. Get tickets now, they're selling faster than a Stewie doll at Spencer's. DM: @Antivirginclub proof you bought tickets and we will draw you boobs.

Bring your own team to Annoyance on Tuesday nights to get a rep in and giggle. If you don't have a team to bring, no worries! There's a mashup team and we're happy to throw you on it! Signups are at 8:30PM and we'll hit the stage at 9:00PM.

The fully improvised musical podcast - LIVE in Chicago for the first time!

Cold Pizza returns to The Annoyance with a brand-new sketch revue! With narrative threads of love, loss & crazy workplaces, Looking For Love In All The Wrong Workplaces checks all the right boxes

Bigfoot? Pyramids? Crop circles? All this and more will be explored in Cryptic: An Improv Show.

High-octane improv comedy from Chicago's most seasoned performers.

A duo-sketch show with paternal instincts. Kath Courtney and Rockie Wenrich are: Father Figures!

Flex Improv is made up of some of the best and wildest BIPOC performers in Chicago.

The ladies of Gag Reflex return to the Annoyance for one-night only of all new sketches and a epic send off for the one and only Sam MacNerland (Chicago’s favorite Tech Director).

This Easter Sunday join the Faith Assembly of God as they tell the story of the Death and Resurrection of Christ through the hip, cool, FRESH lens of Stephanie Myer's Masterpiece: Twilight.

It's like The Cookout… but this time you're invited.

A One Man Show devised by the collections of obsessive wanderlust. Travel with one man through the Chicagolands as you learn what it truly means to be EVERYWHERE!

Join Max and Ian for a one-night only variety show where they’ll try to figure out if they’re friends.

Goody! is a new show from October Brian: an absurd folk horror-sketch comedy show about Puritan panic, vanishing elders, and the Beast -- told one town meeting at a time.

An improv show straight out of Austin, TX.

The Pizza Mic is a supportive, Stand-Up Comedy open mic, where
seasoned comics and newbies alike can work their bits (and grab some free pizza!) New
Location. Same Pizza. Pizza Mic.

Drag meets Mystery Science Theatre at REWIND! Join us in a ridiculous Viewing Party and Drag Show of ELVIRA! Mistress of the Dark.

Combining stand-up, puppetry, game show, tap dance, and a single cartwheel, you will leave understanding why good girls don’t go bad, they go sad.

Laugh, cry, and throw tomatoes while enjoying sketches, puppets, and poorly choreographed but very earnest dance numbers with comedy duo Something Like A Brother.

Amita Rao! And Friends!

An Improvised court show based on the incredibly popular subreddit "Am I The Asshole".

An hour long comedy show featuring some of Annoyance Theatre’s best and funniest.

Close Quarters is an improvised comedy where every scene unfolds just a wall, hallway, or whisper away.

Comedian Cabaret is back showcasing some of Chicago's best and brightest funny people showing off their pipes!

This week on "David & David", David Byrne (David Byrne) is torn between his girlfriend, Suzy the Lamp (Suzy the Lamp), and his roommate David Lynch (David Lynch) when the latter, heartbroken by his ex, Bjork (Björk), dreams up a prophesied dinner party for their friends Neighbor Nic (Nicolas Cage), Lorde Lande (Werner Herzog), and Georgie (Georgia O’Keeffe) on the same night as Suzy and Byrne’s anniversary.

After a successful staging in November, "David & David" returns. This remastered run promises to excite returning viewers and delight new ones!

CW: Fake gun (and accompanying single gunshot sound effect), mentions of self-harm, and dramatized violence

CRASS2 is our capstone class, taking students through the process of using improv as a tool to create original scripted narrative plays.

The show features the fantastic Annoyance House Ensemble in both long- and short-form improv.

¡Latinos bienvenidos a la fiesta! English speakers, do your best.

A sketch comedy show that insists upon itself.

Welcome to "Juicy," the unapologetically sassy three-act experience where the only thing hotter than the gossip, is the cast.

A new sketch show from The Annoyance Theater!

The scariest short form show in Chicago is back. Players fight for their lives to be the final girl standing, summer style. Brand new games, brand new killers, brand new TERROR!

Hosted by members of Tuesday Musical Improv, this free weekly jam allows anyone to try out musical improv. Sign-ups begin at 6:45--no experience necessary!

October Brian Sketch Comedy presents a new sketch revue, You Will Finally Meet Brian, featuring some of their favorite sketches from the past four years, as well as brand new sketches every week from the group’s forthcoming colonial-era comedy-horror show.

Derry Queen is back for the 4th annual Annoyance Pride Party! Get your tickets for the hottest party on the day of Pride in Chicago.

They're Back!!!

Follow Doctor Rorscach as he takes you into the depths of your own subconscious through improv, sketch, and special guest stars.

A 30-minute solo character show from Shaan Baig about the weirdos who show up on TV late at night when no one is watching. Originally developed and performed at UCBLA and the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles.

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