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Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern

Direct from New York City, the tavern returns to Chicago with an all new production! The global phenomenon that is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is now…

Friday, August 29th
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre
Aug29
Aug30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Comedy Hour at Annoyance Theatre

Each week, Chicago comics bring the freshest, most experimental new material to the Annoyance for the Comedy Hour. The weekly show is an eclectic mix…

Friday, August 29th
12:00 a.m.Saturday, August 30th
1:00 a.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Redtwist Theatre’s “How To Transcend a Happy Marriage”
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre’s “How To Transcend a Happy Marriage”

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre launches its 21st season, “Defiant Femmes,” with  How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Elizabeth Swanson and movement…

Friday, August 29th
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
Teatro Zinzanni
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Friday, August 29th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
The Infinite Wrench
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

The Infinite Wrench

Don’t miss the longest running late-night show in Chicago! At The Infinite Wrench you’ll see 30 original plays in 60 minutes written and performed by…

Friday, August 29th
7:00 p.m.8:00 p.m.
The Neo-Futurist Theater
5153 N. Ashland Ave.
ComedySportz Chicago
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Friday, August 29th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
ComedySportz Chicago
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Friday, August 29th
7:00 p.m.8:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika

Part Two of Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning expansive, poetic, and politically charged look at the ‘80s in America. In the midst of the AIDS…

Friday, August 29th
7:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Windy City Playhouse
3014 W. Irving Park Rd.
The Improvised Shakespeare Company®
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Improvised Shakespeare Company®

The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago, now in its 19th year! Join us for an evening of…

Friday, August 29th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Improvised Shakespeare
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Improvised Shakespeare

Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare

Friday, August 29th
7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m.
iO Theater
1501 N. Kingsbury St.
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train

A cage-rattling prison drama from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY) that boldly examines faith, dignity, and our system of justice.…

Friday, August 29th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
City Lit Theater
1020 W. Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, 60660
Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Side by Side by Sondheim”
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

Oil Lamp Theater Presents “Side by Side by Sondheim”

 Oil Lamp Theater, which recently opened the Oil Lamp Theater’s SPARK CENTER for the Performing Arts, is proud to present, Side by Side by Sondheim,…

Friday, August 29th
7:30 p.m.9:30 p.m.
Oil Lamp Theater
1723 Glenview Rd, Glenview, IL, 60025
A New Brain
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

A New Brain

Gordon Schwinn is a talented yet frustrated composer who is working on a children’s TV show and is having a hard time composing a song…

Friday, August 29th
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Hoover-Leppen Theatre
3656 North Halsted Street
TWIHARD! A Twilight Musical Parody
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

TWIHARD! A Twilight Musical Parody

Otherworld Theatre Company, the premier sci-fi and fantasy live theater production company in North America presents “TWIHARD! A Twilight Musical Parody” for a special six-week…

Friday, August 29th
7:30 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Apollo Theater
2550 N. Lincoln Ave.
Missed Call Sketch Comedy Show
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Missed Call Sketch Comedy Show

Missed Call is a premier Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday — inspired by the audience’s suggestion!

Friday, August 29th
8:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.
The Annoyance Theatre
851 W. Belmont Ave.
The Lincoln Lodge
Aug29
Theatre & Performing Arts

The Lincoln Lodge

The Lincoln Lodge stand-up comedy and variety showcase plays every Friday and Saturday night in Chicago’s glamorous Logan Square! In addition to The Lodge’s rotating…

Friday, August 29th
8:00 p.m.9:30 p.m.
The Lincoln Lodge Theater
2040 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Trapped in a Musical – an improvised musical
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Trapped in a Musical – an improvised musical

Trapped in a Musical is a completely improvised Broadway-style show created before your very eyes. It’s the opening and closing night of a brand new…

Friday, August 29th
9:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Voila: The Improvised Musical
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Voila: The Improvised Musical

iO Chicago presents: a fully made-up, off-off-off Broadway style musical every Friday at 10pm in the Fremont Theater. Spend your Friday night with us. See…

Friday, August 29th
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
The iO Theater, 1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642, USA,
Hitch*Cocktails
Aug29
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Hitch*Cocktails

A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Based on an audience suggestion, the cast weave together…

Friday, August 29th
10:00 p.m.11:30 p.m.
Annoyance Theatre & Bar
851 W. Belmont Ave., 2nd Fl.
Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern
Aug30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern

Direct from New York City, the tavern returns to Chicago with an all new production! The global phenomenon that is DUNGEONS & DRAGONS is now…

Saturday, August 30th
Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place
175 E. Chestnut St .Chicago, IL 60611
Teatro Zinzanni
Aug30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Saturday, August 30th
12:00 p.m.3:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
Redtwist Theatre’s “How To Transcend a Happy Marriage”
Aug30
Theatre & Performing Arts

Redtwist Theatre’s “How To Transcend a Happy Marriage”

Award-winning Redtwist Theatre launches its 21st season, “Defiant Femmes,” with  How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Elizabeth Swanson and movement…

Saturday, August 30th
5:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
Redtwist Theatre
1044 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
ComedySportz Chicago
Aug30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

ComedySportz Chicago

Chicago’s longest running and best interactive improv comedy experience. ComedySportz is comedy played as a sport, not comedy ABOUT sports (whew). Refs, fouls, points, games…

Saturday, August 30th
6:00 p.m.7:30 p.m.
Malarkey Comedy Company
1501 N Kingsbury St
Teatro Zinzanni
Aug30
Music & Comedy, Theatre & Performing Arts

Teatro Zinzanni

Tickets are on sale Now at https://zinzanni.com/chicago/ for Love, Chaos, & Dinner ! Teatro Zinzanni returns to the vibrant Chicago Loop inside the velvet walls…

Saturday, August 30th
6:00 p.m.10:00 p.m.
Spiegeltent – Cambria Hotel
32 W. Randolph
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