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Annoyance Theatre and Bar

?Silent Nightmare ? A Christmas Dirge. Dark holiday.

IO Theater

1, 2, 3, Fag!.

11:11. Coming Spring 2010...

Prop Thtr

1512 West Studebaker Place. In or out?

Prop Thtr
(Factory Theater)

1985. Sports dystopia.

IO Theater

3033. Veteran improvisers reunite for big laughs.

Playground Theater
(Red Ink Theatre Company)

4 Days Late. If it ain't Barack, don't fix it.

Th!nk Art

50th anniversary of "The Naked Lunch". Clothing optional.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

A Christmas Carol. Get scrooged.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

A Christmas Carol. Tis the season.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

A Christmas Carol. It's that time of year again.

Apollo Theater
(Emerald City Theatre Company)

A Nutty Nutcracker Christmas. Holiday nuts.

Josephinum Academy

A Streetcar Named Desire. STELLA!

A Red Orchid Theatre

A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant . Oh, come all ye Thetans...

A Wonderful Life.

Chicago Cultural Center

About Dance. Blend a sizzling dance performance and sharp dance criticism.

Playground Theater
(After Party)

After Party. Catch an always-new, late-night show.

Chopin Theatre
(The House Theatre of Chicago)

All the Fame of Lofty Deeds. Lofty.

ComedySportz Theatre

Alpha Dog Omega. It's not just improv, it's Frat-Prov!

Lincoln Square Theatre

Ambrose Bierce: Tales & Times. Fierce Bierce.

Second City
(Second City)

America: All Better! . Now that Barack's the President-elect, everything will be all better. Right?

American Girl Place

American Girls Revue, The. Put stars in her eyes and a song in her heart-with American Girls.

IO Theater

Armando Diaz Experience, Theatrical Movement & Hootenanny. Giggle along with alumni of Second City and IO.

Preston Bradley Hall
(Chicago Opera Theater)

At the Statue of Venus & Susanna's Secret. Two operas.

Strawdog Theatre
(GayCo)

Audacity of Nope, The. Audacious.

Chopin Theatre
(Backstage Theatre Company)

Aunt Dan and Lemon. Make lemonade.

RadioStar
(Bortz Entertainment Group)

Awesome 80's Prom, The. Head back to the '80s at this bitchin' interactive show.

Apollo Theater

Baby Wants Candy: The Rock Musical . Gimme sugar.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Bad Review. Don't hate bad reviews. Embrace them.

Chicago Theatre

Banana Shpeel. That's the shpeel.

Mary's Attic
(Bare Boned Theatre)

Bare Boned Cabaret. New comedy, improv, sketch and cabaret every third Sunday of the month.

ComedySportz Theatre

Battle-Prov. An all-out improv fight, ComedySportz-style.

Prop Thtr

Beast Women 2009 WInter Series. Life's a beast.

Prop Thtr

Beast Women Winter Series. Warm up with the beasts.

ComedySportz Theatre

Beatbox, The. It's a comedy match made in heaven: long-form improv and classic hip-hop.

Stage Left Theatre

Becoming Ingrid. For the love of a writer...

Playground Theater

Belmont Burlesque Revue. A revealing, late-night comedy and dance show.

Second City
(Second City)

Best of the Second City, The. The second city's finest improv.

Playground Theater

Big Yellow Bus. Ensemble members tickle audience members' funny bones.

Artistic Home

Biography. Eavesdrop on the bitching and dishing of a socialite to the stars.

American Girl Place
(American Girl Theater)

Bitty Bear's Matinee: The Family Tree. Family and friendship are the real stars of this kid-focused show.

IO Theater

Black Ted Williams . Open-run improv.

ComedySportz Theatre

Blackout. Late night long-form improv by five African-American dudes.

Apollo Studio Theater
(The Blu Mic)

Blu Mic, The. Solid stand-up in an intimate setting.

Briar Street Theatre

Blue Man Group. A silent but oddly endearing blue trio explore the humorous and bizarre.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Brother, Can You Spare Some Change?. Now that the election ho-ha is over, it's back to funny business as usual.

Cornservatory

buROCKracy: Comedy by Committee. These Improv Gladiator champs take a victory lap.

Theatre Building Chicago

Butch LaRue: Shotgun Wedding Planner. Shotguns are the new corsages.

Pub Theater

Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play. The real star of this hilarious sketch show? The bottle.

Storefront Theatre
(DCA Theater)

Carnival Nocturne. Sounds better than nighttime circus.

Chicago Dramatists

Chicago Dramatists Saturday Series. Take in an afternoon of staged works-in-progress.

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Saucy stand-ups take the stage Tuesday nights.

Gunther Murphy's
(Chicago Underground Comedy)

Chicago Underground Comedy. Five stand-up comedians wield their best material weekly.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Chicagoland. See the city through the eyes of long-form improv.

Theatre at the Center

Christmas Schooner, The. Christmas on the lake.

College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center

Club MAC. DuPage cabaret.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

Cocktail Hour at ComedySportz!. Wear your cocktail dress.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Co-Ed Prison Sluts. That's hot.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Comedy Showcase. Three improv or sketch groups go at it.

The Montrose Room
(ComedySportz)

Comedy Sportz. Suburban Sportz.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

ComedySportz. Fast, funny improv suitable for all ages.

ComedySportz Theatre

comedysportz4kidz. Kids get in on the act in this pint-size version of the popular comedy competition.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts
(Thirteen Pocket Productions)

Cool Table, The. Improv comedy with a rock-star vibe.

Batey Urbano Performance Space

Cuba and his Teddy Bear. Family drama.

IO Theater
(The Cupid Players)

Cupid Has a Heart On: A Musical Guide to Relationships. First comes love, then comes marriage...

Artistic Home

Days to Come. Come what may.

Raven Theatre

Death of a Salesman. A tragic everyman.

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Eclipse Theatre Company)

Democracy. Now and then.

Playground Theater
(BLEWT! Productions)

Demon Who Never Appeared, A. From stand-up to improv, this show's got every comedy covered.

Town Hall Pub
(Dirty Water)

Dirty Water. Fun-loving, wise-cracking improv artists rock the stage.

Bella Bacinos
(Dirty Water )

Dirty Water. Improv comedy set in a South Boston sports bar.

Drury Lane Water Tower Place

Don't Give Up On Me. Premiere!

Playground Theater
(Blewt! Productions)

Don't Spit the Water!. A late night game show so funny it'll make you spit.

Lifeline Theatre
(Lifeline Theatre)

Dooby Dooby Moo. WHo knew farm animals were so competitive?

Royal George Theatre Center

Dr. Harlon's Keys to Better Living. Help yourself.

Rubin's Chicago Room Gallery Cafe

Duke Disdain Show, The. Sassy stand-up mixes with toe-tappin' music.

Fusion
(Dave Odd Productions Entertainment)

Edge Underground Comedy Club, The. Edge isn't just the name of this stand-up showcase.

Aloft Loft

El Circo Cheapo Cabaret #2. A circus in a loft? Yep.

Next Theatre Company
(Next Theatre)

End Days. Come the rapture, can I have your car?

Town Hall Pub

Entertaining Julia. It's free, it's funny and it's full of spastic performers.

Book Cellar

Essay Fiesta. Words words words.

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts

Fajitas, Greens & All in Betweens. We all eat, right?

Chicago Center for the Performing Arts

Fat Bitch. Tell it like it is.

(University of Chicago)

Fefu And Her Friends . Society ladies.

IO Theater
(Atticus Finch)

Felt. What's funnier than improv? Sassy puppets performing improv.

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

Fosse Trilogy. Fosse hands times three.

Town Hall Pub

Fourth Friday Comedy Night. Catch funny folks making jokes every fourth Friday at Town Hall Pub.

The Playground Theater
(Koleno, the Panty Filers, and Hair Club for Men)

Free for All, The. Nothing's for free eh?

Funny Thing Happened, A. A funny thing happened on the way to...Munster?

(Collaboraction)

G.I.F.T.. Give me a "G."

Harris Theater for Music and Dance
(Chicago Human Rhythm Project)

Global Rhythms: Step Afrika!. Step up.

BoHo Theatre @ Heartland Studio
(Bohemian Theatre Ensemble)

Glorious Ones, The. Gloriosa quelli.

(Adventure Stage Chicago)

Gossamer. Anastasia, ask your Dream-giver.

Profiles Theatre

Graceland. The kindness of strangers.

Playground Theater

Grafitti. We can't get our fill of Adventure Club.

College of DuPage McAnich Arts Center

Grand Derangement!. Step dancers rock out to an explosion of lights and sound.

IO Theater

Guy Friends: the improvised sitcom.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Hairspray. Who knew John Waters was family friendly?

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Happy Ending: A Filthy Sketch Show . Dirty.

IO Theater

Harold, The. IO's signature, long-form improv piece.

Greenhouse Theater Center
(Remy Bumppo Theatre Company)

Heroes. Rocking chair style.

Goodman Theatre
(Goodman Theatre)

High Holidays. Coming of age...

Merle Reskin Theatre

Holes. Hole in one.

Donny's Skybox Studio

Holy $#!% It's Christmas!: Where Did Jesus Go?. WDJG?

Apollo Theater

Horrible. Happy Holidays?

ComedySportz Theatre

Hot Karl, The. There's a reason this "mature" improv show doesn't go on until the wee hours.

Angel Island
(Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company)

How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found. First things first, delete your Facebook page.

Prop Thtr
(Factory Theater)

Hunky Dory . It's all good.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

I Learned it from Watching You!. This is your brain on comedy.

Town Hall Pub
(Bruised Orange Theater Company)

I Saw You. Bringing personal ads to life one show at a time.

Cornservatory

Improv Gladiators. Ready, set, improvise!

Improv Kitchen

Improv Kitchen. Fill your belly and then watch it jiggle as you giggle.

IO Theater

Improvised Shakespeare. Improv that uses the bard's language and themes.

Laugh Out Loud Theater

Instant Musical. Another improv musical.

US Beer Company

International Bedlam Society Asylum Variety Show . Wait, what?

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater
(Victory Gardens)

Intimacies. An intimate look.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

It's Only Rock & Roll (But I Like It).

Bank of America Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Jersey Boys. You've seen the bus ads, now see the show.

Book Cellar

Kates, The. No one in this comedy show is actually named Kate.

Mercury Cafe

Kates, The. No one in this comedy group is actually named Kate.

EP Theater

Knock Knock Hot Spot . Equal opportunity Burlesque.

Royal George Theatre Center

Late Nite Catechism. Enroll in a class of Sister's sharp religious humor.

Brisku's Bistro

Laugh Off & Variety Show . Laugh it off.

Laugh Out Loud Theater
(Laugh Out Loud Theater)

Laugh Out Loud. Now there's even more improv comedy in Schaumburg.

Links Hall

Laughing from the Other Side of Your Face. Which side is that?

Philip Lynch Theatre

Life of Galileo, The. An important life.

Lincoln Restaurant
(Tight Five Productions)

Lincoln Lodge, The. Hot, saucy stand-up next to a down-home diner.

(Albright Theatre Company)

Lion in WInter, The. I'm King Henry, I am.

IO Theater

Lottery, The. IO blends a bunch of improv classes and earns an A.

Greenhouse Theater Center

Magic Cabaret , The. Deep dish Chicago magic.

City Lit

Magic Chicago. Let the magic and mystery dazzle you.

No Exit Cafe
(Theo Ubique)

Man of La Mancha. This is not your parents' "Man of La Mancha."

Lincoln Park Cultural Center
(New Leaf Theatre)

Man Who Was Thursday, The. Turn-of-the-century anarchy is back in style.

Copley Theatre
(TOC Productions)

Menopause the Musical. Hot flashes, memory loss and chocolate binges galore.

Profiles Theatre

Mercy Seat, The. Aftermath of a tragedy.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Messing With A Friend. Top comedians fill a rotating spot in this two-person improv show.

Apollo Theater

Million Dollar Quartet. If you step on his blue suede shoes he may shoot you in Reno.

Theatre Building Chicago
(Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago)

Miracle on 34th Street. Cynics beware.

(The Right Brain Project)

Modern Prometheus, The. Frankenstein take 121,234,068.

Artistic Home
(Seanachai Theatre Company)

Mojo Mickybo. Partners in crime.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Mrs. Grubers Ding Dong School . School daze.

VFW Berwyn
(New Branch Theatre Company)

Murder at the Disco. It's death meets disco at the biggest dance contest of 1976.

Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre

Music Man, The. Right here in Windy City.

(Rising Stars Theatre Company)

Music Man, The. Right here in Chicago city.

Gorilla Tango Theatre

Musical DEEP . Bring your ironic blue plastic glasses and your sense of humor.

Attic Playhouse

My Three Angels. Calling all angels.

Court Theatre

Mystery of Irma Vep, The. Quick change satire.

The Gift Theatre Company

Natural Gas . Ahhh.

IO Theater

Nogoodnicks. A fierce improv duo tackles overlapping narratives.

Writers' Theatre (Books on Vernon)
(Writers' Theatre)

Oh Coward!. A brave Coward.

Raven Theatre

Patchwork USA. American quilt.

Piccolo Theatre

Perseus & Medusa, or It's All Greek To Me!. Myths redone for 2009.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHamily the Musical. Smart, funny improv you can sing along with.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHarm pHresh. Mmmmm.

New World Repertory Theatre
(New World Repertory Theatre)

Phedra. Like Oedipus only not.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy. Vote for the funniest performer of the evening.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy PG.

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

pHrenzy pHucked. Balls-out, no holds barred improv that encourages BYOB.

Redtwist Theatre

Pillowman, The.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater
(Bucky's Planet Productions and Chemically Imbalanced Comedy)

Pimprov. Pimps improvise. Yeah, you read right.

Chemically Imbalanced Theater

Pimprov presents: Tricks and Treats. Pimp it.

Pheasant Run Theatre
(Noble Fool Theatricals)

Plaid Tidings. 'Tis the pattern.

Playground Theater

Playground, The. Savor a night of long-form improv by national troupes.

College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center

Plaza Suite. You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave!

Beat Kitchen
(Chicago Underground Comedy & RooftopComedy.com)

Pop Stand, The. Chicago's alt-comic elite tackle pop culture.

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

Posthumorous. Putting the fun in funeral.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Pratfall of Civilization. "Pratfall of Civilization" takes aim at America and hits its mark (mostly).

Pressure Billiards & Cafe
(Edge Comedy)

Pressure Open Mic. Weekly mixer of comedy and caffeine.

Stage Left Theatre
(The Mill)

Private Lives of Eskimos, The. Ever wonder about life after anti-depressants?

Royal George Theatre Center
(Quade Productions)

Put the Nuns in Charge!. Roll in the aisles with a little religious humor.

Noble Horse Theatre

Quadrille. A dinner performance spectacular, featuring dancing white stallions.

Cornservatory

Rachel Corn and the Secret Society . Rachel on the case.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater
(Chicago Shakespeare Theater)

Richard III. Literature's other hunchback.

Tommy Gun's Garage
(Da Gangsters & Da Flappers)

Roaring 20's Audience Interactive Musical Comedy Holiday Dinner Show. Take a trip back to 1920s Christmas.

Writers' Theatre (Tudor Court)
(Writers' Theatre)

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Heads or tails?

Royal George Theatre Center

Saints & Sinners. Nun of that.

ComedySportz Theatre
(ComedySportz)

Santa Claus Conquers The Nazis!. Go Santa.

Mercury Theater

Screwtape Letters, The . C.S. Lewis writes Christian satire.

Paramount Theatre
(Paramount Theatre)

Sensational Psychic, 3-D Spectacular . But isn't life already 3-D?

North Lakeside Cultural Center

Sex. Come up and see them sometime.

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Shootin' The Shit. Bar time.

Hydrate

Snow White and the Drag Queen Who Stole X-mas. Nice bedtime story.

The Gift Theatre Company

Son of Santa’s Great American Depression Holiday Show!. Uplifting holiday comedy.

Northlight Theatre
(Northlight Theatre)

Souvenir. No talent toots.

Laugh Out Loud Theater

Stand Up and Laugh Out Loud. You heard 'em.

Uncommon Ground

Story Club. Tell me a story.

IO Theater

Stranded: The Improvised Musical. Send a duo of improv artists to a stranded island.

Second City ETC
(Second City)

Studs Terkel's Not Working. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Athenaeum Theatre
(Greasy Joan & Co.)

Sueno. Mystical, haunting and humorous adaptation.

Royal George Theatre Center

Sunday School Cinema. The ruler-wielding nun sets her sights on Hollywood.

Excalibur
(Neil Tobin, Necromancer)

Supernatural Chicago. Interactive theater set in one of the city's most haunted nightspots.

sweet, half-darkness. Sweet and low.

Fine Arts Building
(Moving Dock Theatre Company)

Tea with the Ladies of the Harvard College Observatory. Tea and astronomy.

Pegasus Players
(MPAACT)

Ten Square. Possible futures.

That Sordid Little Story. Coming summer of 2010...

Neo-Futurarium
(Barrel of Monkeys)

That's Weird, Grandma. A boisterous group serves up kids' work for adults.

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

The Addams Family. What's next, "Charles in Charge" the musical?

Liar's Club

The Brides of Ghost Hunter Richard Crowe: The John Dillinger Edition. Chicago's best?

National Pastime Theatre
(New Millennium Theatre Company)

The David Bowie Hepzikat Funky Velvet Flarney Solstice Spectacular, Live... From Space! (David Bowi. Have a wacky holiday.

The Spot
(New Millennium Theatre Company)

The Flaming Dames in 'Torch'. Usually the Dames take it off. But not this time.

Comedy Shrine Theater

The Greatest Holiday Improv Show Ever!. Who's holiday is it anyway?

Gorilla Tango Theatre

The Greatest Porno, EVER!! . Is Paris Hilton in it?

Viaduct Theatre

The Happy Family. You know what they say about happy families.

Black Ensemble Theater
(Black Ensemble Theatre)

The Message Is In The Music (God Is A Black Man Named Ricky). Are you there, Ricky?

Apollo Theater

Thirsty: The Premiere Improv Drinking Party. Drinkin' drive.

Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace

Thoroughly Modern Millie. A relative title.

Playground Theater

Thursday Happy Hour. Comedic actors. Character monologues. What else do you need to know?

Links Hall
(Beverly Nelson)

Time it Takes, The. Beverly Nelson transforms metaphorical representations of women and war.

IO Theater

TJ & Dave. Raunchy, raucous improv from a male and female perspective.

Tommy Gun's Garage

Tommy Gun’s Garage. I am the twenties, hear me roar.

Piper's Alley

Tony 'N' Tina's Wedding. You're invited to this loud, Italian-style wedding.

Neo-Futurarium
(Neo-Futurists)

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. 30 wacky/heart-breaking/funny/political plays in 60 minutes.

IO Theater

Topaz. Improvers in denim jumpsuits mix homoeroticism with fight scenes.

Beverly Arts Center

Tortoise & the Hare. "Slow and steady wins the race!"

Annoyance Theatre and Bar
(Annoyance Theatre)

Triple Feature. Triple feature, triple fun.

Playground Theater

Tweet Life, The. @WTF?

Intercontinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
(Annoyance Theatre)

Un-Tied. Revvin' up Rosemont.

Ruth Page Center for the Arts
(ShawChicago)

Votes For Women! . Sister suffragettes!

Chase Auditorium
(NPR and Chicago Public Radio)

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. Listen in on the nationally broadcast comedy-news quiz show.

Victory Gardens Biograph Theater

Walk of Shame. Ah, memories....

Studio BE
(pH Productions)

Wheel of pHortune. The wheel of pHortune spins, picking new improv every night.

TimeLine Theatre Company
(Timeline Theatre)

When She Danced. Queen of dance.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight. A satirical turn on current events.

IO Theater

Whirled News Tonight 6th Anniversary!. Before the Daily Show there was...

Comedy Shrine Theater
(Comedy Shrine)

Whose Line?. The classic t.v. show comes to life...as improv.

(Silent Theatre)

Wild Party Variety Hour, The. No plot, no special effects, just pure entertainment.

Redmoon Central
(Redmoon Theater)

Winter Pageant 2009. Holiday fun.

Village Players Performing Arts Center
(Village Players)

You Can't Take It With You. Screwball fun.

Cadillac Palace Theatre
(Broadway In Chicago)

Young Frankenstein. The Mel Brooks movie is alive - and on stage.

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