SHOWS + TICKETS

A faculty and student collaboration to bring the people what they want, their teachers doing improv!

A mainstage showcase consisting of 5- minute standup, character, or other bits from a handful of talented performers! 

Music. Horses. Birth. Death. Love. WITNESS COMEDY BABY: THE BFA1 COMEDY ARTS VARIETY SHOW.

A fresh start preceded by an atrocious ending. NEW YEARS is an improvised house party where the audience chooses what year we’re saying good riddance too.

They're back...

A multi-media stand-up show where presenters will share slideshows based on their niche areas of interest -- no citations required.

Going to university for a BFA is an experience we all share. We also all share the experience of having a classmate or two who already knows everything. Why do they know everything? Because they went to a performing arts school.   Performing Arts School is a Variety sketch/standup show about the absurdity of the performing arts high school experience. 

A night of standup comedy & fashion. Out with the old, in with the bold. 

A three act revue displaying the beauties and intricacies of musical improv, devised improv, and the whimsical stylings of dog eats god.

STOP SHAVING NOW!! BUSH is a sketch show made by lesbians for lesbians (and those that hold them dear). BUSH explores how the lesbian identity stretches beyond sexuality and into gender, politics, and haircut.

A sketch show directed by Faculty Member Eunji Kim.

Jules Astaire’s Variety Hour (JAVH) began in 2023 in response to the need for more under-21 drag shows. JAVH is a space for more unique forms of drag aside from lipsyncing including stand up comedy, clowning, live music, and more! It is a safe space where new-to-drag audiences and performers alike can interact with drag in a welcoming environment. JAVH also aims to highlight and uplift drag that isn’t always “traditional.” We are a space designed for the future of drag. ‘Polish’ is not a key term at JAVH, instead we focus on talent, drive, and motivation. JAVH has been produced at the iO Theater and The Annoyance, with the latest iteration going up this January as part of the MessFest Comedy Festival. 

This year's 10 Minutes to Laugh will showcase three new plays, and alternating casts on different nights! Read further to see who will be featured, as we have two performances:  

I Would Never Not Dance Again 

Written and Directed by Ally Hyman  

The Narcissist, the Drunk, the Pushover (and Everybody Else)  Written by Henry Hipp, Directed by Ollie Grishaber  

The Antichrist Play

Written by Natalia Montaño, Directed by Ollie Grishaber 

 TONIGHT'S CAST

Kellyn Tuttle, Lucy Holan, Patrick Healy, Lilah Collins, Esmé Chin-Parker, Aidan Hanlon Smith, Cadence Barreda, Hope Wager, Bea McNabb, Riley Martin, Nate Page  

It's Aidan Bieger, y'all.

A series of monologues that blend the magic of fanfiction with comedic performance. The only thing worse than an ex boyfriend is an ex boyfriend who's more famous than you.

The BFA Comedy Arts graduating class each perform five minutes of comedy.

The Pussy Cats is an all-femme sketch show!

A play about a coven of witches and warlocks vs a wedding in Vegas. 

MEOSNOW delivers what the people want: old-fashioned improvisational comedy. This fantasmic duo will take your ideas, build them from the ground up, filter them through their noggin’, and spit them right back at you in comedy that can only be described as MEOSNOW!

Jules Astaire’s Variety Hour (JAVH) began in 2023 in response to the need for more under-21 drag shows. JAVH is a space for more unique forms of drag aside from lipsyncing including stand up comedy, clowning, live music, and more! It is a safe space where new-to-drag audiences and performers alike can interact with drag in a welcoming environment. JAVH also aims to highlight and uplift drag that isn’t always “traditional.” We are a space designed for the future of drag. ‘Polish’ is not a key term at JAVH, instead we focus on talent, drive, and motivation. JAVH has been produced at the iO Theater and The Annoyance, with the latest iteration going up this January as part of the MessFest Comedy Festival. 

From the mind of Ryan Murphy comes the Mind of Orrie Rindal. Jocks meet Drama kids in Sports!: The Musical, but will they be able to successfully play for the same team? 

A troubled young man, Rocco Meo, becomes obsessed with raising a baby surfing legend to deal with his lack of purpose, roping in his friend, Li Angorola, on a mayonnaise quest of artistry. When Rocco begins to spiral, he has to confront his lies and what it means to grow older.

FOUR audience members will be selected to join this immersive dip into the world of the Hunger Games, complete with lively commentary, original characters, and a few pop culture faves. 

May the odds be ever in your favor.

Saturday Morning collaborates sketch comedians, animators, voice actors and sound designers to bring hilarious comedy sketches to life through BRILLIANT CARTOONS! 

A show centered around the experiences of multiple generations of Black people in America to promote unitary and forward movement as well as finding humor in traumatic experiences.

A sketch show directed by Faculty Member Eunji Kim.

It’s just me tombert.

Upbeat music experience featuring multiple acts as well as some headliner acts. Comedians should do music more often!

Laugh will showcase three new plays, and alternating casts on different nights! Read further to see who will be featured, as we have two performances:  

I Would Never Not Dance Again 

Written and Directed by Ally Hyman  

The Narcissist, the Drunk, the Pushover (and Everybody Else)  Written by Henry Hipp, Directed by Ollie Grishaber  

The Antichrist Play

Written by Natalia Montaño, Directed by Ollie Grishaber 

 TONIGHT'S CAST

Kellyn Tuttle, Lucy Holan, Patrick Healy, Lilah Collins, Esmé Chin-Parker, Adam Cox, Aidan Hanlon Smith, Will LaMaster, Olivia Trippeer, Marley Saunderson 

This solo show explores the journey of a cowboy, who's ride on the open road has left him changed. In this autobiographical story, revered performer and certified badass Peyton Baisden reflects on what he lost on the road and how that changed his path. There are also deep reflections on why Bon Jovi is so frickin cool. 

A multimedia comedy experience about Chicago's bean statute and Henry Hipp’s unlikely love for it. The show takes a deep dive into the history of the statue as well as explores why Henry is so fascinated by it.