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DIE . Laughing at the Annoyance. What's Playing Annoyance - Featured Shows: (Thurs - Sat) Click here for all shows Gag Reflex Friday 9/13 - 9/20 Improv, Sketch 8:00 PM Mainstage 2000 Coming off their NYC show, Gag Reflex will serve up half classic sketch and half not so classy improv <333! More Info Buy Tickets Teeny Tiny Character Show Friday Bi-Weekly Showcase 10:30 PM Small Theater 2150 The Teeny Tiny Character Show is just that: a petite little space for comedians to showcase their characters. More Info Buy Tickets Splatter Theater 2024 Saturday 9/21 - 10/26 Sketch 7:00 PM Mainstage 1900 “In the town of Mayfield, thirteen horror movie caricatures find themselves at the murderous whims of some guy in a hockey mask.” More Info Buy Tickets Fire & Beer: Annoyance House Ensemble Saturday Open Run Improv 8:00 PM Small Theater 2000 The show features the fantastic Annoyance House Ensemble in both long- and short-form improv. More Info Buy Tickets Missed Call Friday Open Run Improv 8:00 PM Small Theater 2000 Missed Call is a premiere Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday. More Info Buy Tickets Hitch*Cocktails Friday Open Run Play 10:00 PM Mainstage 2200 A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. More Info Buy Tickets Trigger Happy: Annoyance Signature Improv Saturday Open Run Improv 7:00 PM Small Theater 1900 An Improv comedy show with startling theatricality that looks like magic. More Info Buy Tickets Best of Annoyance Sketch Saturday Open Run Sketch 9:30 PM Small Theater 2130 An hour long comedy show featuring some of Annoyance Theatre’s best and funniest. More Info Buy Tickets Baby Wine Friday Open Run Improv 9:30 PM Small Theater 2130 QUEER COMEDY, HON! More Info Buy Tickets DNA Comedy presents Apology Tour Saturday 8/17 - 9/7 Sketch 6:00 PM Mainstage 1800 DNA: Apology Tour is a sketch show you'll be sorry to miss More Info Buy Tickets A Billionaire (Possibly Superhero) Comes Home Saturday 8/17 - 9/14 Play 7:30 PM Mainstage 1950 Batman Returns is the unauthorized parody sequel of the summer, lampooning every era of The Caped Crusader. More Info Buy Tickets Let's Play a Game Saturday 9/14 - 10/26 Improv 10:00 PM Mainstage 2200 Who's Line is it Anyways meets Fear Factor in Let's Play a Game, a new short form show that's a unique blend of comedy, chaos, and the tropes that make horror truly terrifying. More Info Buy Tickets Chicago's Only Funny Comedy. 7 Nights a Week. Check out all of our shows View All Shows IMPROV CLASSES AT THE ANNOYANCE 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. CHECK OUT OUR CLASSES THE ANNOYANCE BAR. MENU FOOD. DRINK. FUN. AnnoyanceMainstage The Annoyance Bar lounge area The Annoyance Bar lounge area at night. AnnoyanceBarFullView AnnoyanceMainstage 1/12 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. ​ Our Small (40 seat) and Mainstage (100 seat) theaters are also available for rental for corporate/special events and parties. RENTAL INFORMATION 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. PLAN YOUR VISIT To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. 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. LEARN MORE

Annoyance Standup Price $295 Duration 8 Weeks Enroll NOTE: Registration is Non-Refundable Please be sure to r ead through our policies prior to registering. BACK About the Course: Introduction to Stand-Up Comedy: In this class you will learn how to find your voice as a stand-up comic by learning the history, studying joke structure, and finding your comedic style. Each student will leave with a tight 3-5 minute showcase set. Izzy Salhani (she/they) is an up and coming stand up comic who cut their teeth and kick started their career in the Belly Room of the World Famous Comedy Store in West Hollywood, California. Currently based in Chicago, IL Izzy is represented as an actor by Big Mouth Talent. You definitely don’t recognize them from their comedic hit “Sock Song” featured on a obscure WGN podcast in 2020 or even as an understudy for Second City’s popular She The People. Izzy’s sharp and insightful comedic wit will take you on an emotional roller coaster she’s barely tall enough to ride on. Note: Registration is Non-Refundable. Please be sure to read through our policies prior to registering. Instructors: Read More Product Listing Internships Available! Did you know that Annoyance offers internships in exchange for free classes? FIND OUT MORE Got an idea for a show? Whether your thing is improv, sketch, an original play, musical, or something else, The Annoyance is always accepting pitches for new shows. Show Application Info

Annoyance Summer Intensives Price $600 Duration 5 Days M-F Enroll NOTE: Registration is Non-Refundable Please be sure to r ead through our policies prior to registering. BACK About the Course: The Annoyance Training Center teaches students how to develop and maintain a strong individual voice in their improvisation. These intensives will address the initiation of a scene; developing and maintaining strong characters; learning to hold on to your initial choices while at the same time, expanding on (heightening) the choices you have made; and learning to become deft at creating and weaving unexpected, character-based choices into your work. The Annoyance Training Center's Summer Intensives are a two part course. Our ongoing improv classes meet for 20 hours over eight weeks. Summer Intensive 1 attempts to condense that information down to just six hours over one day. Summer intensive 2 will attempt to provide more of the information that was not able to be touched on while also covering some more advanced techniques and practices. Intensives will run daily from 10am-5pm with a 1 hour break for lunch. Each intensive (part 1 and part 2) also offer exclusive workshops 5-7pm each evening at no extra cost! There will be a showcase for each Summer Intensive class 6-7pm Friday night. Need a payment plan? Simply choose Payment Plan when signing up and you will be charged half the cost of the class now. The second payment (1/2 the cost of the class) will be auto-debited from the same payment method one week (seven days) before the start of the class. It's that simple! Note: Registration is Non-Refundable. Please be sure to read through our policies prior to registering. Instructors: Chris Kervick Product Listing

Advanced Improv w/ Mick Napier Price $325 Duration 6 Weeks (1 day/week, 2 hrs) Enroll NOTE: Registration is Non-Refundable Please be sure to r ead through our policies prior to registering. BACK About the Course: 6-week course - 1 day/week - Thursdays 5-7pm ADVANCED IMPROV uses intense individual feedback to help students develop their comic voice. Students are pushed to challenge their improvisation by making surprising and unexpected choices, always maintaining their strong point of view. Students work towards stage-ready, performance-worthy improvisation. This six week class is taught by Artistic Director and Annoyance Founder, Mick Napier. Note: Registration is Non-Refundable. Please be sure to read through our policies prior to registering. Instructors: Mick Napier Product Listing Internships Available! Did you know that Annoyance offers internships in exchange for free classes? FIND OUT MORE Got an idea for a show? Whether your thing is improv, sketch, an original play, musical, or something else, The Annoyance is always accepting pitches for new shows. Show Application Info

Meet the Team: BACK Mick Napier Artistic Director, Founder Email Sam MacNerland Technical Director Email Duke Harbison Associate Director Email Rockie Wenrich Production Liaison Email Jennifer Estlin Executive Producer Email Lauren Rivas Class Administrator Email Liam Reed Manager Email Jayson Brooks Managing Director Email Anna Vu Production Manager Email Pete Periera Bar Manager Email TOP

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