Comedy

By Land, By Air, By Wiig

By |2020-02-19T17:10:02-05:00February 19th, 2020|

By Land, By Air, By Wiig is show is all about travel, transportation, globalization, and the Earth upon which we trot. What a hoot! And only $8 to boot! Now with MORE WIIG!

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Chicago’s Best Standup at Laugh Factory Chicago

By |2020-03-14T17:14:43-05:00March 14th, 2020|

We have searched the entire city of Chicago and have compiled the greatest lineup of stand up comedy imaginable. Week after week, these titans of comedy deliver the best local showcase in the city. Chicago's Best is never the same, it's never boring, and it's always hilarious. Come see what makes Chicago the funniest city on the planet!

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Improvised Dungeons and Dragons

By |2019-04-18T02:13:58-05:00April 18th, 2019|

Out On A Whim brings classic table top RPGs to life in this epic 2-act improvised show! Each week, the audience selects a core cast of adventurers to embark on an epic quest guided by a guest Dungeon Master! Watch as our heroes endure triumph and tragedy, romance and revenge, all while reckoning with the whims of the almighty D20!

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LiveStream – Cigarette Sandwich Power Hour

By |2020-04-21T19:45:03-05:00April 21st, 2020|

Cigarette Sandwich (Chicago's most sketch comedy group) will host in traditional power hour style, screening one video every minute with shots of beer in between. The hosts will be doing some live comedy and audience participation via chat, so... PLAY ALONG!

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LiveStream- The Parent Crap: Fully Loaded

By |2020-04-21T18:05:07-05:00April 21st, 2020|

A live virtual happy hour with improv, sketches and content suggestions from you! Lock yourself in a closet, grab your device (and a drink!) and get ready for some just-for-you parent entertainment. https://www.twitch.tv/annoyancetheatre or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-CWdbFuCA

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Name! That! Baby!

By |2020-03-11T17:23:11-05:00March 11th, 2020|

Millennials may not be having children, but four of them have given birth to a beautiful, baby sketch show, and it needs a name. Come offer your suggestions as a cast of Chicago's best young(ish) performers show your their comedic underbellies.

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Rainbow A-Go-Go

By |2020-02-28T14:36:54-05:00February 28th, 2020|

Each month four amazing acts ranging from burlesque, to standup, to musicians, to magicians will do a sample of their act, and then after each act our in house improvisers will do scenes, songs and games based on the act.

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The French and the Furious

By |2020-02-13T15:06:37-05:00February 13th, 2020|

In this outrageously dumb and fun, South-Parkian two act play, Chicago's happiest sketch and music comedy group blends your favorite action movie tropes with a hurricane of fast-paced amusement.

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The Oddball Social Club

By |2020-02-20T17:32:16-05:00February 20th, 2020|

This sweet variety show is a mashup of improv with other art forms. The show features improv from a rotating cast of some of the best performers from the Annoyance and around the city.

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Throwback Thursday

By |2020-02-12T16:53:53-05:00February 12th, 2020|

Guests perform their work from when they were younger and then talk about the perspective they've gained since writing the piece.

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To Master The Art

By |2020-05-11T14:57:09-05:00May 11th, 2020|

This hit production, which recalls the adventure and romance of Julia and Paul Child’s journey of discovery to Paris during the 1950s, is now offered for a limited time via online video streaming.

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Homepage Photo Credits  /  World Class Theater: Shattered Globe Theatre’s CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Photo by Michael Brosilow.  /  Chicago Style Comedy: Jordan Wilson, Brittany Flynn, Mary Catherine Curran, Kyle Ryan, Evan Mills and Adam Levin in The Annoyance Theatre & Bar’s BITE SIZE BROADWAY. Photo by Smart Yeti Creative Agency.  /  All in Lakeview: Daniel Desmarais and Sheldon Brown in About Face Theatre’s Chicago premiere of THIS BITTER EARTH, directed by Mikael Burke. Photo by Liz Lauren.

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