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12 Angry Improvisers

WED

9:30 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv

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.

BYOT - Free!

TUE

9:00 PM

Open Run

Improv, Sketch, Variety, Stand-Up

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.

CHIP Chats

SAT

8:00 PM

Bi-Weekly

Small Theater

Improv

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

Deep Schwa

SUN

8:00 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv

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

Fire & Beer: Annoyance House Ensemble

SAT

8:00 PM

Bi-Weekly

Small Theater

Improv

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

Hitch*Cocktails

FRI

10:00 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Play

A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock.

Lights, Camera, Bollywood!

FRI

6:30 PM

5/2, 5/23. & 5/30

Mainstage

Improv

Come and help out a struggling director to create the ultimate masala-packed Bollywood blockbuster—featuring a star cast, larger than life set pieces and an entirely improvised story based on audience suggestions.

Messing with a Friend

WED

10:00 PM

6/11 ONE NIGHT

Mainstage

Improv

DEAR JAMIE

NEOPOLEON: The Musical!

WED

6:00 PM

6/11

Mainstage

Musical

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?

Pictures in My Mind

WED

8:00 PM

6/11, 6/25

Small Theater

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

Secret Family

THU

8:00 PM

5/1 - 6/5

Mainstage

Sketch

DEMME ONYX

Steamworks: The Musical '25

SAT

10:00 PM

6/6-8/2

Mainstage

Musical

MIZTHANG

Super Human

THU

8:00 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Improv

Super Human is synonymous with bold, hilarious, fearless and fun comedy.

The Colosseum

SAT

11:00 PM

Bi-Weekly

Small Theater

Improv

A night of Roman fuckery. Watch philosophers roast each other, improv gladiators battle, and kneel to Cesar in this truly unruly night of alt-comedy.

Tuesday Musical Improv

TUE

8:00 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv, Musical

Tuesday Musical Improv features two groups improvising new musicals every week.

Yas, And!

FRI

6:00 PM

6/6 - 6/27

Mainstage

Sketch

Yas, And! brings together a dynamic ensemble of LGBTQ+ actors to deliver a dazzling array of sketches that capture the joys, challenges, and triumphs of queer life.

Admission Process

SUN

8:00 PM

4/13 - 5/18

Small Theater

Solo

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

Baby Wine

FRI

9:30 PM

1/31, 2/28, 3/28, 4/25

Small Theater

Improv

QUEER COMEDY, HON!

Coming Out to Dead People

SAT

8:00 PM

6/14

Small Theater

Solo

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?

Escapades

FRI

9:30 PM

1/10, 2/14, 3/14, 4/11

Small Theater

Improv

Escapades is a completely improvised choose-your-own adventure.

Fishbowl with Sight Unseen

THU

9:30 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Improv

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

Hitch*Cocktails

SAT

8:00 PM

3/28

Made Up Musicals

SAT

6:00 PM

5/3 - 5/31

Mainstage

Musical, Improv

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

Missed Call

FRI

8:00 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Improv

Missed Call is a premiere Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday.

October Brain Presents: Goody!

WED

9:30 PM

5/14 & 5/21

Small Theater

Sketch

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.

Pizza Mic

TUE

5:30 PM

3/18 - 4/22

Small Theater

Stand-Up

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.

Shake the Baby

SAT

8:00 PM

6/7 - 6/28

Mainstage

Sketch

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

Steamworks: The Musical '25

FRI

7:30 PM

6/6-8/2

Mainstage

Musical

KEROSENE

That Vibey Show

FRI

9:30 PM

5/2 - 5/23

Small Theater

Improv

That Vibey Show is an hour-long improv show hosted by Kiki Hughes and her invited guests where, in collaboration with the audience, we come up with thee vibiest 6-track playlists of all time and let that playlist influence a 20 minute improv set.

The Truth About Love: The Musical

MON

8:00 PM

6/2 - 6/30

Mainstage

Musical

The Truth About Love is a brand new raunchy rom com musical that follows the unique stories of 8 different people living in Fair Haven Vermont. This Musical explores all the Greek words for love

Van Turns 40

SUN

6:30 PM

6/1

Small Theater

Solo

"Van Turns 40" is a live standup performance, combining comedy, story-telling and a stage reading of "The Key To Life: In 365 Quotes" - The greatest book on Western civilization and culture, and the closest thing we have to magic right now.

Anti-Virgin Club

SAT

9:30 PM

1/24, 2/21, 3/21, 4/18

Mainstage

Variety

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.

Best of Annoyance Sketch

SAT

9:30 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Sketch

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

Dead Poet's Sobriety

SAT

11:00 PM

Bi-Weekly

Small Theater

Improv

Treat yourself to Chicago’s most intellectual comedy show.

Everything Before Was Nothing

SAT

6:00 PM

6/7-6/28

Small Theater

Flex

WED

8:00 PM

3/5 - 4/9

Small Theater

Improv

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

Holy Fuck Comedy Hour

FRI

11:59 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Variety

A curated hour of eclectic, comedic material written in a week and performed for the first time.

Max and Ian Are Friends? Summer Edition

SAT

10:00 PM

5/31

Mainstage

Variety

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

Music Jam - FREE!

TUE

7:00 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Musical

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!

Open Stage - Free!

TUE

9:30 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Sketch, Improv, Variety, Stand-Up

Anything can happen...and it usually does.

Saint Sydney

WED

8:00 PM

7/2

Mainstage

Solo

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.

Shake the Baby Improv

WED

8:00 PM

5/21 - 6/4

Mainstage

Improv

Improv from the cast of Shake the Baby.

Student Jam

MON

9:30 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Showcase

A night for Annoyance students to JAM!

The Annoyance Variety Hour!

SAT

10:00 PM

5/3 - 5/24

Mainstage

Variety

Introducing the Annoyance Variety Hour! Featuring performances from Chicago's best comedians, musicians, magicians, circus performers, puppeteers, and everything in between!

Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv

SAT

7:00 PM

Open Run

Small Theater

Improv

An Improv comedy show with startling theatricality that looks like magic.

We Took Edibles an Hour Ago

SAT

11:59 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv

They take edibles. Then they improvise.

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