Laugh for a Good Cause A key rule of improv is agreeing with the situation your fellow improvisers present. In light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, this Friday, The Playground Theater is putting on a benefit show with no disagreements or fighting allowed on stage. Please join in on promoting the peace this weekend as The Playground hosts Keeping the Peace: An Improv Benefit.
NEWS: Improv Benefit for Ferguson @ The Playground Theater
August 20, 2014
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NEWS: Under the Gun Theater Announces New Space
August 19, 2014
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Another Chicago Theater gets a new home Add one more to the list of Chicago comedy theaters on the move. Under the Gun Theater owners Angie McMahon and Kevin Mullaney have just announced their theater will be relocating to the historic Links Hall Building at 956 W Newport in Chicago. McMahon and Mullaney will be working with the firm Webster Powell and the theatrical design team at Crosstown Scenic to renovate the space and create 100 seat auditorium and bar. … →
NEWS: Support Trailer Premiere
Listen. Apologize. Sympathize. Apologize. Most people work at least one job in their life that they can’t stand. For Jessie Stegner, that was being a customer service representative. The only way that Jessie was able to get through the day was by writing down the outrageous things that clients said to her over the phone. While she did not enjoy her job, she did enjoy looking back at all the ridiculous things customers said. This became the inspiration for Support, a show … →
NEWS: National Sketch Writing Month Comes to Chicago
August 7, 2014
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30 Days of Funny Get your funniest material ready, folks because September is National Sketch Writing Month (NaSkeWriMo). It is an offshoot of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWrMo), which is a 30 day challenge to help writers get their creative juices flowing. NaSkeWriMo is similiar, but the goal here is to write 30 sketches in 30 days. The idea to bring NaSkeWriMo to Chicago comes from Angie McMahon of Under the Gun Theater. She heard of a group of writers at … →
VIDEO: Les Mannequins
August 5, 2014
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Wonderfully Weird We’re finding more and more Chicago comedy on Funny or Die and we love it. You can now check out Tim Soszko and Micah Philbrook of the tim & micah project on the comedy website. Funny or Die now features their video Les Mannequins, a darkly comedic look at the life of a mannequin couple.
