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9:00 PM · Improv$10–$25
All the cool kids stay out late on a school night! Join the all-femme powerhouse team Blast! as they are joined by new teams who deliver a show filled with laughter and improvised comedy in this new incubator for comedy's rising stars. You can cat...
6:00 PM · Improv$10–$25
A weekly improv show hosted by Blue.0 and featuring a rotating cast of indie teams formed right here at The iO Theater! Each Wednesday at 6pm, a new improv team will open the show, followed by Blue.0 performing their original form, The Wagon. Eac...
6:00 PM · Open Mic$0
Let loose and test out roughly four minutes of material every Wednesday at iO Theater. LOOSE FOUR is hosted by Maureen Nolan, with a new featured comic each week! POC, LGBT+ people, and women prioritized! FREE to attend and FREE to participate....
7:00 PM · Improv$20–$35
Come join Game Master Tristan Ramos, Georgie Svrcek, Ali Murray, Tyler Trudeau and a special guest for an improvised live play of Dread, the Jenga-based tabletop roleplaying game where every block pulled from the tower controls the characters’ fates.
7:30 PM · Improv$0–$31
With the help of some of Chicago’s best actors, Improv: The Play is a new, hybrid version of long form improv happening only at the iO Theater. Each night, professional actors prepare a scene from a play. Their scene partners, however, are never ...
6:00 PM · Improv$5–$27
Calling all early birds! Come check out a double-header each week of the iO Theater’s incredibly talented House Teams! Each team takes a single word or suggestion from the audience and creates a fully improvised piece – weaving hilarious character...
7:00 PM · Improv$0–$35
Chicago's longest running short-form improv show (founded in 1987) and the only comedy show in Chicago EVERYONE is welcome at - from age 8 to 80, our inclusive 'everyone is welcome' approach to comedy makes us perfect for patrons of all ages. Whet...
11:30 AM · Improv$10
See some of your favorite Chicago comedians perform while you save lives! Blood Drive the Show is a first of its kind event, combining an actual blood drive taking place in the theater audience and an incredible variety and comedy show playing out...
7:00 PM · Improv$15–$30
This Year in Music is back, and this time we are celebrating all the groovy hits of 1971! We’re welcoming performers from all over the city to celebrate one iconic year through singing, dancing, and radical sketch comedy. Grab your bell-bottoms an...
7:30 PM · Improv$0–$15
***This is a free show, but it is highly recommended to reserve your ticket here to guarantee entry.***** Regarded as one of Chicago's funniest and most promising improv groups of the last decade, Dumb John is proud to take the iO Stage with Bird...
7:30 PM · Improv$15–$30
A showcase of 3 short plays by select writing teams and featuring a cast of iO Theater performers. It's experimental, it's follow-the-fun, it's Play Time
9:00 PM · Improv$0
A free community networking event designed to give local improvisers from all over the city a weekly opportunity to perform. We provide the stage, you provide the fun! Bring your own team (BYOT) and sign up for a set! Don't have a team? No probl...
9:00 PM · Improv$12–$27
Join iO house team Fizz for Chicago's most carbonated improv show. Wednesdays at 9 p.m., Fizz cracks open a high-octane, full-sugar set of one-night-only scenes, characters and stories with a special guest opener. Plus: Each week one resident Fiz...
10:00 PM · Improv$12–$27
Two teams enter. One team survives (not literally, to be clear). Cagematch returns at long last to Chicago’s iO Arena! Each week, two of the finest improv teams in the city face off against each other in a fierce battle celebrating art's truest me...
7:30 PM · Improv$7.5–$30
If you’re looking for a date night, girls’ night out, or a mandatory work outing (that your staff will actually like) — Look no further! Fast, funny, and frothy, Thursday Night Improv is entirely improvised and features a different guest opener f...
9:00 PM · Improv$10–$25
Welcome to Indie City, our showcase for amazing independent improv teams around Chicago. Featuring a stacked lineup of 3 all-star indie teams unbound by the rules of any institution. If you want to see the next big thing in improv, it starts here....
9:30 PM · Improv$19–$34
BOO!! GAF Out Loud’s premiere sketch comedy show, Silly Stories to Tell in the Spotlight, is coming to iO this October!! Welcome to Camp Gafaloud, where the bug juice is flowing, the counselors are inept, and ALL of the campfire stories are true....
9:30 PM · Sketch$0–$32
Sketch Playlist is a weekly sketch show that will feature all-new sketches every single week… the ultimate sketch playlist. Come see these writers and performers at the legendary iO Theater on Thursdays at 9:30pm before Saturday Night Live casts t...
10:00 PM · Improv$10–$25
Blueprint is the kind of improv that keeps audiences AND players on their toes. Each week, a different cast member designs a bold new improv format that their fellow performers will learn about at the same time as the crowd. Expect the unexpected ...
7:30 PM · Improv$20–$35
Step into the shadows for TRILOGY OF TERROR, an evening of spine-tingling original theatre, featuring 3 short plays that explore the strange, the macabre, and the occasionally hilarious. The Nibbler by Ryan Hultman & Lydia House: Boyfriends Toma...
7:30 PM · Improv$0–$37
The hottest show in town, Devil’s Daughter, features a cast of seasoned comedians who have performed together in Chicago and around the country for over a decade. This award-winning team has their own unique spin on a classic improv form, The Haro...
7:30 PM · Musical Improv$0–$45
The Improvised Shakespeare Company® proudly presents its critically-acclaimed, long-running hit show Improvised Shakespeare Chicago now in it’s 20th year! Join us for an evening of off-the-ruff comedy featuring the language and themes of William ...
9:00 PM · Improv$0–$10
Honk! is a short form, game-based improv show that asks: what good is comedy if you can’t get a little silly? Comprised of some of Chicago’s most seasoned improvisers that firmly believe that fun happens when you let your inner goose loose. So if ...
9:30 PM · Stand-Up$15–$30
A stand-up comedy show featuring Chicago’s best up-and-coming comedians. Each comedian performs their best 10 minutes of stand-up. Afterward, the hosts and comedians join on stage for a “therapy session,” where audience members tell the cast thei...
9:30 PM · Improv$12–$27
Start your weekend off laughing at one of the hottest improv shows in Chicago! Every Friday at 9:30pm, iO house team Kohl's Cash presents a completely original show based on your suggestions. With different openers every week, drink specials, and ...
9:30 PM · Improv$15–$30
Improvised Survivor brings Chicago’s most talented improvisers as they fight for the title of Sole Improvised Survivor. In this high-paced show, these castaways will compete for immunities granted by the audience and then vote each other out until...
11:00 PM · Improv$5–$20
Continuing the rich tradition of late night improv, join the veteran cast of THE 11PM SHOW every Friday at 11PM as they perform late night, artistic improv for the love of the art form! * There will be no in-theater food or beverage service durin...