Open to current, former, and prospective students, The Annoyance Improv Games Jam is an opportunity to get on stage and put what you’ve been learning in class into action!

This jam will focus on game-based (short form) improv. Hear the rules or the description of the game and jump in! Make quick choices and find the funny fast!

Mondays 8pm FREE

No ticket required

Any money collected will be considered a donation to The Annoyance’s Scholarship Funds

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 before the show. Comics get 4 minutes of stage time (and a lifetime of memories.) While all are welcome, the room prioritizes BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Femme comics. Come laugh with us!

Open to current, former, and prospective students, The Annoyance Musical Improv Jam is the perfect opportunity to practice what you’ve been learning in class, or experiment and try something new!

Tuesdays 7:00pm FREE

No ticket required

Any money collected will be considered a donation to The Annoyance’s Scholarship Funds

The Annoyance’s very own musical ensembles. They sing funny songs. Off the top of their heads. Every Tuesday at 8.

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!

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!

The Hail Marys are back and they are bringing Church to The Annoyance. Join Ellie, Mary, Declan, Isabella, and Maryrose for an 8 o’clock mass like you’ve never seen before. There will be openers, featured saints, and of course improv. Come and repent sinners!

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!

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

When you see Cryptic, you get the full scoop behind a mysterious paranormal event. Our cast creates a fully improvised documentary, complete with interviews, theories, accusations, and revelations to show you the relationships and intrigue behind this definitely real mystery. From urban legends to cryptid sightings, from abductions to encounters – if you love true crime and tall tales, you’ll love Cryptic (a Time Onion production).

New forms. New Players. Big Laughs. Every week.

Step into the one glamorous but now lovingly frayed Blue Velvet Lounge, where the only thing not improvised are the jazz standards crooned by lounge singer Seth Lowry. As Seth’s velvet voice fades, the ensemble sweeps in, spinning spontaneous scenes inspired directly by the songs just performed. One moment, you’re eavesdropping on the eccentric regulars tucked into the lounge’s candlelit corners; the next, you’re whisked far beyond the club to follow the unexpected lives of the characters you just met—bartenders with secret ambitions, mysterious strangers with tangled pasts, and dreamers who stepped into the Blue Velvet for reasons they can’t quite explain. Playful, surprising, and steeped in a retro-cool vibe, this show blends live music and improvised storytelling into a one-of-a-kind night where every note inspires a new twist—and every visit to the Blue Velvet reveals something you’ve never seen before.

A lgbtqia+ themed variety show featuring some of Chicago’s strongest and most diversely hilarious voices!

A Chicago based improv comedy show and drinking game based on the works of Alfred Hitchcock.

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.

Mentalism meets improv comedy in the entirely unique form created by Annoyance founder Mick Napier. There is truly nothing else like it.