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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.

An Evening with Patrick Hinds

FRI

7:00 PM

5/9

Mainstage

An Evening with Patrick Hinds: Laughs, Drinks, & Drama

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.

Comedian Cabaret

SUN

6:30 PM

3/15

Mainstage

Musical

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

David & David

SAT

10:00 PM

3/1 - 4/5

Mainstage

Play

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

Double Booked

SAT

10:30 PM

5/31

Small Theater

Variety

Can you dig it? The Annoyance went and Double Booked the joint! Now Ghost Rat and Cat Bath are takin’ over the Small Stage with a wild comedy variety blowout, jam-packed with 1950s vibes and a twist of dystopian doom.

Family Fight Night

WED

7:00 PM

6/18

Small Theater

Variety

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.

Father Figures presents Fathers & Sons

FRI

10:30 PM

5/2

Small Theater

Improv

Join Father Figures duo Kath Courtney and Rockie Wenrich as they do some improv with their horrible sons.

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.

Happy 2 B Here

THU

7:00 PM

3/13-4/3

Small Theater

Sketch

A sketch comedy show that insists upon itself.

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.

Juicy

TUE

8:00 PM

4/1 - 4/29

Small Theater

Improv

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

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.

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"

SWIPED: Improvised Thievery

THU

9:30 PM

4/24 - 5/8

Mainstage

Improv

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

Shaananigans

SUN

8:00 PM

6/22

Mainstage

Solo

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.

Stand Up and Clown

FRI

6:30 PM

4/4

Mainstage

Clown Boss Chad Damiani live directs a group of Chicago clowns through their very first LA-style clown show.

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?

And Don't Forget to Smile

SUN

9:30 PM

3/30

Mainstage

Solo

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

Baby Wine

FRI

9:30 PM

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

Small Theater

Improv

QUEER COMEDY, HON!

Charm Scene Live!

MON

7:30 PM

4/28

Mainstage

Musical

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

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?

Dead Poet's Sobriety

SAT

11:00 PM

Bi-Weekly

Small Theater

Improv

Treat yourself to Chicago’s most intellectual comedy show.

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.

Father Figures

SAT

8:00 PM

1/25

Mainstage

Sketch

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

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.

Forgive Me, Estoy Aprendiendo

THU

9:30 PM

2/27 - 4/17

Mainstage

Sketch

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

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.

Improvised Si-Fi TV Show

FRI

8:00 PM

4/4- 4/25

Mainstage

Improv

Welcome to a fully improvised dimension beyond that which is known to man. Join us in a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity, the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.

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.

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!

October Brian Presents: You Will Finally Meet Brian

WED

8:00 PM

4/9 - 4/30

Mainstage

Sketch

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.

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.

Saint Sydney

WED

8:00 PM

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

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

SAT

10:00 PM

6/6-8/2

Mainstage

Musical

MIZTHANG

Amita Rao! And Friends

SAT

8:00 PM

5/3

Mainstage

Sketch

Amita Rao! And Friends!

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.

Cold Pizza Comedy presents Looking For Love In All The Wrong Workplaces

SAT

8:00 PM

3/1 - 3/22

Mainstage

Sketch

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

Cryptic: An Improv Show

WED

9:30 PM

4/16 - 5/7

Small Theater

Improv

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

Deep Schwa

SUN

8:00 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Improv

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

Everything Before Was Nothing

SAT

6:00 PM

6/7-6/28

Small Theater

Father Figures presents Father's Day Weekend

FRI

9:30 PM

6/13

Small Theater

Sketch

Celebrate Father's Day Weekend right: getting drunk, seeing a show, and not interacting even once with your dad!

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.

Gay for Pay

WED

8:00 PM

6/25

Mainstage

Variety

Join Gay for Pay hosts Mary Fiala and Dan Hickey for an hour of all-LGBTQ+ standup, sketch, and burlesque performances featuring Hannah Belmont, Colette Gregory, Slip Dress, KP, Hannah Magy & Willy LaQueue!

Hitch*Cocktails

SAT

8:00 PM

3/28

Jesus of Forks: A Twilight Passion Play

SUN

8:00 PM

4/20

Mainstage

Musical

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.

Lil Weenie Salad

FRI

9:30 PM

1/3, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4

Small Theater

Improv

Lil Weenie Salad is a stupid fun improv show where even the teams are made up on the spot!

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?

Open Stage - Free!

TUE

9:30 PM

Open Run

Mainstage

Sketch, Improv, Variety, Stand-Up

Anything can happen...and it usually does.

Rorschach Baby Fixes You

SAT

8:00 PM

4/5 - 4/26

Mainstage

Variety

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

Secret Family

THU

8:00 PM

5/1 - 6/5

Mainstage

Sketch

DEMME ONYX

Shake the Baby Improv

WED

8:00 PM

5/21 - 6/4

Mainstage

Improv

Improv from the cast of Shake the Baby.

Steamworks: The Musical '25

FRI

7:30 PM

6/6-8/2

Mainstage

Musical

KEROSENE

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