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1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642
ioimprov.com3:00 PM · Improv$10
Did you know it's National Pet Month?! THE WRETCHED presents PETPROV in partnership with Chicago Canine Rescue. This event features adoptable dogs, homemade treats, and a comedy show with LIVE ANIMALS! Hang out on the patio from 3 - 4 p.m. befo...
3:30 PM · Improv
A free longform improv jam for normal humans with normal bedtimes. Open to all improv students (Chicagoland and beyond). Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes. (Typically) for adults.
4:00 PM · Improv
A free musical improv longform jam for people who want to dip their toe into or get reps doing music improv. Open to all improv students (Chicagoland and beyond), and attendance at the jam gets you free entry into the Marquee Musical Improv show a...
6:00 PM · Improv$15–$30
Main Character Syndrome is a solo character showcase by Chicago’s funniest improvisers presenting original SNL-audition ready character sketches. From Tim Robinson to Cecily Strong, iO Theater has a long history of launching iconic comedic voices....
7:00 PM · Improv$8.5–$17
It's the best comedy show in the city. Created in 1995 by iO alum Armando Diaz, Armando is a historic improvisational form where actors improvise a series of interconnected scenes based on the true stories told from a new guest monologist. Featuri...
7:00 PM · Improv
Mystery Movie Club presents free screenings of curated, exciting movies from the personal collections of local movie lovers! But here's the catch - the title of the film will not be announced until you are in the room. Follow the breadcrumbs, tr...
6:00 PM · Improv$10
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
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$10–$15
Mud City Improv Festival is a Chicago-based improv festival that connects college improv teams to the Chicago improv community. This year’s festival will take place June 4th-6th at various venues in Chicago, with three nights of performances, work...
7:00 PM · Improv$15
Deep in the Nowhere lies The Lost Tavern, a welcoming bar tucked away in a back alley of Obscurity. It is there that our heroes, dedicated cohorts of the Non-dimensional Paragon Cooperative, begin their quests. Join our valiant mercenaries as they...
7:30 PM · Improv$20–$35
"Pinche Me, I'm Dreaming!" is a one-hour sketch show made by and for la raza. Featuring original music and all-new sketches from an all-Latine cast of iO and Second City alums: Alondra Rios, Eddie Amezquita IV, Allie Maldonado, Juliana Zepeda, Nud...
7:30 PM · Musical Improv$20–$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 ...
3:30 PM · Improv
A free longform improv jam for normal humans with normal bedtimes. Open to all improv students (Chicagoland and beyond). Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes. (Typically) for adults.
6:00 PM · Improv$15–$30
Main Character Syndrome is a solo character showcase by Chicago’s funniest improvisers presenting original SNL-audition ready character sketches. From Tim Robinson to Cecily Strong, iO Theater has a long history of launching iconic comedic voices....
6:00 PM · Improv$35
Finally, women are funny! Join us at the iO Theater for Chicago’s first and only all-femme improv festival: Crème de la Femme. For two nights, watch and laugh with the best of the best women and femme improvisers in Chicago - all performing scenes...
6:00 PM · Improv$18–$33
Celebrate 45 years of improvisational excellence with the Best of iO Improv. This show brings together two teams of our very best improvisers, each delivering a high energy, hilarious set in classic iO forms like the Living Room, Weirdass, Shotgun...
6:00 PM · Improv$20–$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...
7:30 PM · Musical Improv$20–$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 ...
7:30 PM · Improv$25
Now celebrating our 20th year of performances! In Whirled News Tonight, audience members provide the inspiration for an evening of live comedy by picking their top stories from the day's news. From these journalistic suggestions, a team of experi...
8:00 PM · Improv$20–$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...
9:30 PM · Improv$10
Make up for lost time (LOSER) or relive the glory days (BURNOUT) at iO’s very own big dance: Promedy! Featuring Chicago’s hottest college teams, Promedy is a quarterly improv and comedy show by college students, for college students. Follow our mo...
9:30 PM · Improv$15
Riff City is Chicago's only show where you write the setlist. Here's how it works: Doors at 9:15 pm. Grab a drink, write your confessions, hot takes, and requests for advice on slips, drop them in the buckets—then sit back. At showtime, our comics...
10:00 PM · Improv$15–$30
The final bell just rang! You better get out of the classroom and get your ass to the iO Theater for After School Special brought to you by iO's first all-POC house team, D.A.R.E. Dropouts. This show brings you something new every week, featuring...
11:00 PM · Improv$7
Come watch new teams perform iO's signature form, The Harold! Saturdays at 11pm January 10th - February 28th
6:00 PM · Musical Improv$15
Musical theatre and improv collide as Marquee presents you with an hour of fully improvised musical comedy, spontaneously creating entire scenes, songs, and stories based off of audience suggestions. This show features live accompaniment and a rot...
6:00 PM · Improv$10
Welcome to Expo League, where competition and exhibition meet to make an entertaining and interactive experience you'll never forget! Like the Savannah Bananas and Harlem Globetrotters, the Expo League knows how to work hard and play hard. Join us...
7:30 PM · Improv$12
Each week, the talented teams of iO come together to create characters, discover alternate realities, and play hilarious bits all inspired by one word from you, the audience! Using the Harold, an improvised story-telling format, iO's elite house t...
7:30 PM · Improv$15–$30
Come and watch as your favorite TV executives try to save their failing network by finding their next hit show. See brand new pilot episodes improvised every week and with a cross over episode with your favorite characters to end every night. It’s...
8:00 PM · Improv$10
Dive into the nostalgia of Disney Channel Original Movies with the cast of Improvised DCOM! This All Star cast is bringing screen to stage with classic 90's & 2000's references, bits, and musical nods. Grab some popcorn, set the DVR, and remember—...
8:00 PM · Improv$12
Chicago's longest-running Harold team returns to iO to bring their unique blend of chaos and creativity to iO's signature form The Harold melding games, songs, and scenes for singular, edge-of-your-seat improv comedy. Formed in 1996 Deep Schwa h...
9:00 PM · Improv$10
All the cool kids stay out late on a school night! Join new teams as they deliver a short and sweet show filled with laughter and improvised comedy in this new incubator for comedy's rising stars. You can catch brand new kickstart team's Nose Gose...
7:30 PM · Improv
***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 Writers for May: Oreoluwa Onasanya & Grace Warner Lydia House & Ryan Hultman SA Ellis & Isa...
7:30 PM · Improv$15–$30
OK, Computer - it’s time to rewind to 1997, the year of tamagotchis, JNCOs, and dial up internet. On June 3rd, a bittersweet symphony of Chicago’s finest singers, dancers, storytellers, and comedians take on the biggest hits of that year. Come ...
9:00 PM · Improv
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...
9:30 PM · Improv$5–$15
The Orbit is Chicago’s only improv show performed in the round. This 45-minute avant-garde experience takes the audience on a full-circle journey, showcasing a bold new form designed for 360-degree play. Rooted in classic iO techniques yet pushing...
10:00 PM · Improv$12
Join iO house team Fizz for Chicago's most carbonated improv show. Wednesdays at 10 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 Fi...
7:30 PM · Improv$7.5–$15
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...
7:30 PM · Sketch$5–$10
Follow 4 Follow is a Sketch Comedy show presented by Horsehort, the Comedy Arts BFA 1 students at DePaul. The students will fight for followers through sketches involving all the ways humans can be cringe. We hope that this show can inspire you al...
9:30 PM · Improv$15–$30
The Improvised Housewives are pumped, plucked, and primed with a brand new look and brand new wives set to shake the table, and maybe even flip it! When these beauty queens throw down, it ain’t gonna be pretty. Catch Season 6 of the Improvised Hou...
9:30 PM · Sketch$17
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
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$22
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 Har...
9:00 PM · Improv$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 · Improv$12
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$11–$19
Step into a world where fairytales meet forbidden fruit and destiny is written in real-time. Whether it’s fated mates bound by ancient prophecy, a brooding "shadow daddy" with a tragic past, or an enemies-to-lovers triangle so spicy it could ignit...
10:00 PM · Improv$10–$15
Mud City Improv Festival is a Chicago-based improv festival that connects college improv teams to the Chicago improv community. This year’s festival will take place June 4th-6th at various venues in Chicago, with three nights of performances, work...
11:00 PM · Improv$5
Every Friday at 11pm, come see veteran performers doing late night Harolds for the love of the art form!
6:00 PM · Improv$20–$35
"Outta This World!" is an absurd comedic play about two aliens who land in mid-century Chicago after running out of fuel. In our story, the Chicago Cubs are in danger of being removed from the league after a 99 game losing streak, and recruit some...
6:00 PM · Improv$20–$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...