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851 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL 60657
www.theannoyance.com5:30 PM · Improv$0
Looking for a Stand-up Comedy Open Mic that’s a supportive room and always a good time? Look no further than the Ya'll Mic. Whether you’re a seasoned comic, an improvisor who’s always wanted to try standup, or you just decided that today’s the day for your first open mic (kudos) – The Ya'll Mic is a great venue to workshop your bits. The show is every Tuesday from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Signup is online and the signup sheet is posted on Facebook & IG on Mondays. The list is emailed out a few hours
7:00 PM · Improv
Hosted by members of Tuesday Musical Improv, this free weekly jam allows anyone to try out musical improv. Sign-ups begin at 6:45--no experience necessary!
8:00 PM · Improv$17
You’re (un)invited! Uninvited is a fully improvised event-based disaster in three acts. The audience supplies the suggestion of why we’re gathered, and then we show you what wackiness and whimsy unfolded before, after, and then during the event. Join us for a one-hour chaotic descent into why we got ourselves Uninvited.
9:30 PM · Improv$17
Every Wednesday, this group of Annoyance Program graduates performs The Insignificant Mile, a creative twist on a classic form in which players create a strip mall through audience suggestion. Each show features four unique locations, and a brand new cast of characters that exist in the world they created. With new guest openers every week, the Insignificant Mile is sure to leave a significant impact on audiences!
8:00 PM · Improv
KEEPIN' TABS is Chicago's favorite monthly news satire show, poking fun at the biggest headlines, and keeping you informed on today's biggest stories with a comedic twist.
9:30 PM · Improv
New forms. New Players. Big Laughs. Every week.
9:30 PM
8:00 PM · Improv
Missed Call is a premiere Chicago comedy group that writes and performs an entirely new sketch show every Friday.
7:00 PM · Improv$12–$37
A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock.
7:00 PM · Improv$12
Mentalism meets improv comedy in the entirely unique form created by Annoyance founder Mick Napier. There is truly nothing else like it.
5:30 PM · Improv$0
Looking for a Stand-up Comedy Open Mic that’s a supportive room and always a good time? Look no further than the Ya'll Mic. Whether you’re a seasoned comic, an improvisor who’s always wanted to try standup, or you just decided that today’s the day for your first open mic (kudos) – The Ya'll Mic is a great venue to workshop your bits. The show is every Tuesday from 5:30pm – 7:30pm. Signup is online and the signup sheet is posted on Facebook & IG on Mondays. The list is emailed out a few hours
7:00 PM · Improv
Hosted by members of Tuesday Musical Improv, this free weekly jam allows anyone to try out musical improv. Sign-ups begin at 6:45--no experience necessary!
8:00 PM · Improv$17–$22
Rachael Mason and Connor Gorman, two very smart idiots, come out of retirement to improvise a one act play.
9:30 PM · Improv$17
Every Wednesday, this group of Annoyance Program graduates performs The Insignificant Mile, a creative twist on a classic form in which players create a strip mall through audience suggestion. Each show features four unique locations, and a brand new cast of characters that exist in the world they created. With new guest openers every week, the Insignificant Mile is sure to leave a significant impact on audiences!
9:30 PM · Improv$7
New forms. New Players. Big Laughs. Every week.
9:30 PM · Musical Improv$17
Lost Realms features some of the top musical improvisers in the city coming together to create an hour long sci-fi, fantasy, or horror musical based on common genre tropes, themes, and of course, audience suggestions.
9:30 PM · Improv
A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock.
11:59 PM · Improv$0
See a collage of character studies, scenes, songs and maybe even some audience interaction, all written in a week by some of Chicago’s most accomplished comedians. The “Holy Fuck Comedy Hour” is a curated hour of eclectic, comedic material written in a week with no rehearsals. Featuring a powerful collective representing a wide cross-section of the Chicago comedy community, the material varies every week.
7:00 PM · Improv$12–$37
A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock.
8:00 PM · Improv
The show features the fantastic Annoyance House Ensemble in both long- and short-form improv.
9:30 PM · Improv
Come join us as we explore different historic moments and blend together factual storytelling with creative and witty moments that were never documented.
9:30 PM · Improv$12
An LGBTQIA+ themed variety show featuring some of Chicago's strongest and most diversely hilarious voices!
9:30 PM · Improv$12
An LGBTQIA+ themed variety show featuring some of Chicago's strongest and most diversely hilarious voices!
9:30 PM · Improv$12
An LGBTQIA+ themed variety show featuring some of Chicago's strongest and most diversely hilarious voices!
8:00 PM · Musical Improv$2–$12
The Annoyance's very own musical ensembles. They sing funny songs. Off the top of their heads. Every Tuesday at 8.
9:00 PM · Improv
Bring your own team to Annoyance on Tuesday nights to get a rep in and giggle. If you don't have a team to bring, no worries! There's a mashup team and we're happy to throw you on it! Signups are at 8:30PM and we'll hit the stage at 9:00PM.
9:00 PM · Improv$0
Are you and your improv team looking for another place to get on stage? We've got a warm and supportive room ready to give you laughs and claps! Bring your own team to Annoyance on Tuesday nights to get a rep in and giggle. If you don't have a team to bring, no worries! There's a mashup team and we're happy to throw you on it! Signups are at 8:30PM and we'll hit the stage at 9:00PM. See you every Tuesday!
9:30 PM · Improv$0
Open Stage is an opportunity for anyone to get on stage and try out whatever they're currently working on - standup, sketch, songs - you name it. At Open Stage anything can happen and it usually does! Reserving a ticket doesn't mean reserving a spot in the RO, so come on by at 9PM for sign ups in the bar!
9:30 PM · Improv$12
You've been summoned...to laugh. Jury Duty is a fully improvised courtroom comedy where the only thing on trial is sanity itself. Each night, the cast creates a brand new legal disaster based on audience suggestion, questionable logic, and total chaos. Watch as the foreperson loses their mind, evidence makes things worse, and deliberations go off the rails. No script, no rules, no justice. Just comedy The trial is fake, the laughs are real
Lost Realms features some of the top musical improvisers in the city coming together to create an hour long sci-fi, fantasy, or horror musical based on common genre tropes, themes, and of course, audience suggestions.
9:30 PM · Improv
Come see Billionaire Billy Bangles and his crew of well-meaning stargazers attempt wild schemes to bring profitability to their piece of junk space cruiser. Sketch comedy, digital shorts, song and dance — free space cruise included.
8:00 PM · Improv
The show features the fantastic Annoyance House Ensemble in both long- and short-form improv.
9:00 PM · Improv$20–$23
Al's a new gay in Chicago looking for love in the big city when he bumps into the most beautiful man he's ever seen on the streets of Northalsted one night. Desperate to make his acquaintance, Al follows him into the legendary bathhouse Steamworks. As he makes his way through the maze of jacuzzis, slings, gloryholes, and fuck benches, Al makes a wild group of friends who help him discover what love might really mean when everyone's covered in cum.
9:30 PM · Sketch
An hour long comedy show featuring some of Annoyance Theatre’s best and funniest.
10:30 PM · Improv$12
Kit culture, FIFA (corrupt?), gooooaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllls, and the MF WORLD CUP - this is the only Soccer show you'll need for the summer. This will be a soccer-centric variety show for the ages featuring sketch, improv, and a lot more lead by Ian Mullen supported by a team of soccer stars including Max Kantor, Annie Scott, and Mitch Winkler. And finally, a special Chicago soccer guest every week!
11:59 PM · Improv
They take edibles. Then they improvise.
8:00 PM · Musical Improv$2–$12
The Annoyance's very own musical ensembles. They sing funny songs. Off the top of their heads. Every Tuesday at 8.
9:00 PM · Improv
Bring your own team to Annoyance on Tuesday nights to get a rep in and giggle. If you don't have a team to bring, no worries! There's a mashup team and we're happy to throw you on it! Signups are at 8:30PM and we'll hit the stage at 9:00PM.
9:00 PM · Improv$0
Are you and your improv team looking for another place to get on stage? We've got a warm and supportive room ready to give you laughs and claps! Bring your own team to Annoyance on Tuesday nights to get a rep in and giggle. If you don't have a team to bring, no worries! There's a mashup team and we're happy to throw you on it! Signups are at 8:30PM and we'll hit the stage at 9:00PM. See you every Tuesday!
9:30 PM · Improv$0
Open Stage is an opportunity for anyone to get on stage and try out whatever they're currently working on - standup, sketch, songs - you name it. At Open Stage anything can happen and it usually does! Reserving a ticket doesn't mean reserving a spot in the RO, so come on by at 9PM for sign ups in the bar!
9:30 PM · Improv$12
You've been summoned...to laugh. Jury Duty is a fully improvised courtroom comedy where the only thing on trial is sanity itself. Each night, the cast creates a brand new legal disaster based on audience suggestion, questionable logic, and total chaos. Watch as the foreperson loses their mind, evidence makes things worse, and deliberations go off the rails. No script, no rules, no justice. Just comedy The trial is fake, the laughs are real
9:30 PM · Sketch
An hour long comedy show featuring some of Annoyance Theatre’s best and funniest.
11:59 PM · Improv
They take edibles. Then they improvise.