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Swear Jar: An Uncensored Sketch Show From Annoyance Productions

The Annoyance Theatre & Bar (Chicago, IL)

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Swear Jar is an uncensored sketch comedy show directed by Annoyance Productions founder and Artistic Director, Mick Napier. After directing numerous plays and musicals, including Co-Ed Prison Sluts, Chicago's longest running musical, Napier is trying his hand at sketch comedy at Annoyance Productions for the first time. Napier has hand-selected a powerhouse cast that is perfectly suited to the type of raw uncensored comedy for which Annoyance Productions is known. Learn more...

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    3.8 by 603 members

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    Full Price:
    $21.99
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    SOLD OUT
     

    Be in the audience for a taping of the hilarious weekly news quiz from NPR and Chicago Public Radio, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! Each week on the radio, you can test your knowledge against some of the news and entertainment world's best and brightest. Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, and company take a fast-paced, irreverent look at the week's events. Guest panelists rotate weekly, like comedian Paula Poundstone, author Roy Blount Jr., and The Daily Show's Mo Rocca. Learn more...

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      Weekend Improv Comedy Shows at Laugh Out Loud Theater

      Laugh Out Loud Theater (Schaumburg, IL)

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      3.3 by 47 members

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      Full Price:
      $18.00
      Our Price:
      $9.00*
       

      Every weekend, Laugh Out Loud Theater offers fully improvised comedy shows in the style of Whose Line is it Anyway? in an intimate, cabaret setting. It's never the same show twice, as each performance combines live action, video and the audience into a unique, laugh-filled evening. Learn more...

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        Top Stand-Up Comedians at Zanies Chicago

        Zanies - Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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        3.4 by 8 members

        • Tuesday March 16 / 8:30pm (Larry "Uncle Lar" Reeb)
        • Wednesday March 17 / 8:30pm (Larry "Uncle Lar" Reeb)
        • and 7 more dates.
        Full Price:
        $22.00 - $23.00
        Our Price:
        $11.00 - $11.50*
         

        You've seen them on The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Comedy Central. Now you can see them in person, live on stage. One of Chicago's most intimate comedy clubs, Zanies features stand-up performances from both rising stars and established headliners. See the "More Details" section below for information on upcoming performers. Learn more...

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          • Tuesday April 13 / 8:00pm
          • Wednesday April 14 / 8:00pm
          • Thursday April 15 / 8:00pm
          Full Price:
          $49.50
          Our Price:
          $24.50*
           

          Lakeshore Theater hosts comedy pioneers Mort Sahl and Dick Gregory. Sahl's fearless political satire made him the first comedian to appear on the cover of Time and the first non-musician to win a Grammy Award. Gregory pioneered a brand of relentlessly honest humor that influenced comedians ranging from Richard Pryor to George Carlin to Bill Cosby. Learn more...

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            Live Comedy at Jokes & Notes

            Jokes & Notes Comedy Club (Chicago, IL)

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            3.6 by 83 members

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            • Friday March 19 / 10:30pm (Sheree Luckett)
            • Saturday March 20 / 10:30pm (Sheree Luckett)
            • and 20 more dates.
            Full Price:
            $20.00
            Our Price:
            $10.00*
             

            Jokes & Notes Comedy Club presents an evening of hilarious stand-up comedy. A great line-up of comics is scheduled to appear, including headliners from across the Midwest and beyond. Learn more...

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              Ramis  

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              • Saturday March 20 / 7:30pm
              Full Price:
              $40.00
              Our Price:
              $20.00*
               

              Harold Ramis, writer/director of Groundhog Day and actor in Ghostbusters, and Aaron Freeman, co-author of The Comic Torah, discuss the "meaning of life" with a twist or two, for tonic and laughter. The sketch comedy group, The Gentlemen of Long Pork, will be the opening act. Learn more...

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                Comedian/Actress Loni Love at the Chicago Improv of Schaumburg

                Chicago Improv of Schaumburg (Schaumburg, IL)

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                Full Price:
                $17.00 - $19.00
                Our Price:
                $8.50 - $9.50*
                 

                Comedian/actress Loni Love is a regular on E!'s Chelsea Lately. A Star Search champion, she's also appeared on The Tonight Show, Best Week Ever, Girlfriends, Girls Behaving Badly, Weekends at the D.L., Hollywood Squares and more. She headlines the Chicago Improv of Schaumburg. Learn more...

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                  Rising Star Showcase at Zanies Chicago

                  Zanies - Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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                  2.6 by 5 members

                  Full Price:
                  $10.00
                  Our Price:
                  FREE*
                   

                  Zanies Chicago presents their Rising Star Showcase. The show features ten or more of Chicago's most promising up-and-coming stand-up comics, all showcasing their funniest material. Learn more...

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                    Baby Wants Candy: The Improvised Musical with Full Band

                    Apollo Theater - Mainstage (Chicago, IL)

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                    2.9 by 24 members

                    Full Price:
                    $15.00
                    Our Price:
                    $7.50*
                     

                    Founded in 1997, Baby Wants Candy has performed completely improvised musicals to sold-out crowds from Singapore to Edinburgh. BWC has consistently wowed audiences and critics alike with some of the funniest and smartest improvisation around. Learn more...

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                      Glitter in the Gutter: Drag Queen Comedy at the Annoyance

                      The Annoyance Theatre & Bar (Chicago, IL)

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                      3.0 by 5 members

                      • Thursday March 18 / 8:00pm
                      • Thursday March 25 / 8:00pm
                      • Thursday April 1 / 8:00pm
                      Full Price:
                      $10.00
                      Our Price:
                      $5.00*
                       

                      The Annoyance presents Glitter in the Gutter, a new live musical sitcom. Pepper LaRoo and Velveeta Fitzgerald are an inseparable pair of drag queen roommates whose relationship is put to the test when one of them finds success. Learn more...

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                        Comedian Nick Thune at the Lakeshore Theater

                        Lakeshore Theater (Chicago, IL)

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                        Full Price:
                        $18.00
                        Our Price:
                        $9.00*
                         

                        Known for his deadpan one-liners, which he often performs while accompanying himself on guitar, Nick Thune is a rising star stand-up comic. He's been seen on numerous late-night talk shows, and has had his own special on Comedy Central. Comedy Central Record recently released his debut album, Thick Noon. Learn more...

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                          3.0 by 1 member

                          • Wednesday March 17 / 9:00pm
                          • Wednesday March 24 / 9:00pm
                          • Wednesday March 31 / 9:00pm
                          Full Price:
                          $5.00
                          Our Price:
                          FREE*
                           

                          Timothy O'Toole's hosts Comedians You Should Know, a weekly stand-up show. Featuring a rotating lineup of up-and-coming young comics, plus guest stars from Chicago's top clubs and visitors from around the nation, Comedians You Should Know aims to showcase the city's rising comedy talent. Learn more...

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                            4.0 by 1 member

                            • Friday March 19 / 8:00pm
                            • Friday March 26 / 8:00pm
                            • Friday April 2 / 8:00pm
                            Full Price:
                            $10.00
                            Our Price:
                            $5.00*
                             

                            pH Productions presents pHrenzy, their long-running original improv show. The premise is simple and fun: eight players start the show and one by one they will be voted out by a series of arbitrary rules and audience votes. At the end of the show, only one player will be left standing as the champion. Learn more...

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                              3.0 by 4 members

                              • Sunday March 21 / 8:00pm
                              • Sunday March 28 / 8:00pm
                              Full Price:
                              $10.00
                              Our Price:
                              $5.00*
                               

                              Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents Desperately Seeking, a new improv show. A team of talented improvisers will take a random ad from the Chicago Reader's "Matches" section, and use it as the basis for a tale of one person's life and quest for love. Learn more...

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                                2.7 by 6 members

                                • Saturday March 20 / 8:00pm
                                • Saturday March 27 / 8:00pm
                                • Saturday April 3 / 8:00pm
                                Full Price:
                                $10.00
                                Our Price:
                                $5.00*
                                 

                                pH Production's long-running pHamily The Musical! is a one-act play built with audience suggestions. You create an entire family and influence the events during a year in their lives. The players will ask you questions, show you flashbacks, and burst into song. Learn more...

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                                  Skinprov, the Cult Improv Show with Nearly-Naked Men

                                  The Annoyance Theatre & Bar (Chicago, IL)

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                                  2.3 by 12 members

                                  • Saturday March 20 / 11:59 pm (Midnight)
                                  • Saturday March 27 / 11:59 pm (Midnight)
                                  • Saturday April 3 / 11:59 pm (Midnight)
                                  Full Price:
                                  $7.00
                                  Our Price:
                                  FREE - $2.00*
                                   

                                  Annoyance Productions presents the strip-Improv show Skinprov, a cult hit featuring several scantily clad men. Skinprov has a rotating cast of some of the funniest guys in Chicago (who aren't afraid to take their shirts off). Learn more...

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                                    3.0 by 1 member

                                    • Sunday March 21 / 8:00pm
                                    • Sunday March 28 / 8:00pm
                                    • Sunday April 4 / 8:00pm
                                    Full Price:
                                    $10.00
                                    Our Price:
                                    $5.00*
                                     

                                    In his new solo show, Confessions of a Tramp Stamp, Ryan Heywood presents a night when everyone can revel in their foibles. We all make mistakes. Heywood just thinks they're funny. Learn more...

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                                      Comedy Musical Coed Prison Sluts from The Annoyance

                                      The Annoyance Theatre & Bar (Chicago, IL)

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                                      1.4 by 5 members

                                      Full Price:
                                      $15.00
                                      Our Price:
                                      $7.50*
                                       

                                      Coed Prison Sluts, the critically acclaimed, longest running musical in Chicago history, tells the story of the inane residents of a prison who live in fear of the arrival of a clown. Learn more...

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                                        2.5 by 15 members

                                        Full Price:
                                        $16.00
                                        Our Price:
                                        $8.00*
                                         

                                        The Annoyance presents The Best Night of Improv in Chicago -- four fantastically funny groups filled with veterans of the Annoyance, Second City, Steppenwolf and other great theaters. The show includes Fishnuts, Chicagoland, Bad Touch: Unsavory Improv and The Deep End. Learn more...

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                                          Chemically Imbalanced Comedy: Improv and Sketch Comedy Showcase

                                          Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)

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                                          3.1 by 43 members

                                          • Saturday March 20 / 10:30pm
                                          • Saturday March 27 / 10:30pm
                                          Full Price:
                                          $10.00
                                          Our Price:
                                          $5.00*
                                           

                                          Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents their Comedy Showcase, featuring local improv and sketch comedy groups performing on stage. Each show features three groups drawn from Chicago's legendary improv comedy scene. Learn more...

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                                            Mountain Brook High School, a Coming of Age Comedy

                                            Chemically Imbalanced Theater (Chicago, IL)

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                                            Full Price:
                                            $10.00
                                            Our Price:
                                            $5.00*
                                             

                                            Chemically Imbalanced Comedy presents Mountain Brook High School, a coming of age, first love, rebellion, conflict with parents, teen angst and alienation comedy. Inspired by all of the themes of America's tortured youth, MBHS features veteran performers of stage and screen. The opening act will be Counter Productive Lover. Learn more...

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                                              Comedian Robert Hines at the Lakeshore Theater

                                              Lakeshore Theater (Chicago, IL)

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                                              • Friday March 26 / 7:30pm
                                              • Saturday March 27 / 7:30pm
                                              Full Price:
                                              $15.00
                                              Our Price:
                                              $7.50*
                                               

                                              The Lakeshore Theater presents comedian Robert Hines. A native of Chicago, Hines has performed on Comedy Central, NBC, and BET's Comic View, and in the hit Internet video "Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental & Storage." Learn more...

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                                                2.7 by 7 members

                                                • Wednesday March 17 / 8:00pm
                                                • Wednesday March 24 / 8:00pm
                                                • Wednesday March 31 / 8:00pm
                                                Full Price:
                                                $5.00
                                                Our Price:
                                                FREE*
                                                 

                                                Seasoned comedy performers and real-life couple Colleen Doyle and Jason Shotts bring their unique brand of humor to Chicago's Chemically Unbalanced Theater. With more than 17 years of performance between them and two years as roommates, these two get personal in a very funny way. Learn more...

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                                                  • Saturday March 20 / 11:59pm
                                                  • Saturday March 27 / 11:59pm
                                                  • Saturday April 3 / 11:59pm
                                                  Full Price:
                                                  $10.00
                                                  Our Price:
                                                  $5.00*
                                                   

                                                  pH Productions presents pHrenzy pHucked, a completely uncensored version of its popular pHrenzy show. It's a chaotic spectacle as the audience votes on eight improvisers, until only one remains to win the title. Learn more...

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