Chicago Improv Festival

Shows take place all over the city. Visit chicagoimprovfestival.org for tickets and more information. Events are organized by time; all shows at the Lakeshore Theater are considered CIF mainstagers.

* Recommended or notable

Thursday 5
* Miller & Middleditch, with the Reckoning and SCRAM
Lakeshore Theater, 8pm, $20.

Friday 6
* Improvised Shakespeare Company
iO Del Close Theater, 5pm, free.
Irish Mutts with Little American Bastards
The Playground Theater, 7:30pm, $15.
* Ditka, with Razowsky and Clifford and Improsia
Lakeshore Theater, 8pm, $20.
Ay Diego with Caveat
The Playground Theater, 9pm, $15.
Baby Wants Candy
Apollo Theater, 10:30pm, $15.
* Drum Machine with the Mighty Stumps
The Playground Theater, 10:30pm, $15.
Coldtowne with Babies mit Bearden
The Playground Theater, midnight, $10.
* Pimprov with Code Duello
Annoyance Theatre, midnight, $10.
* 3 Square
iO Del Close Theater, midnight, $10.

Saturday 7
Improv Boston
Donny’s Skybox, 7pm, $15.
HUGE Improv with Holy Moly
The Playground Theater, 7:30pm, $15.
The 313 with Johnny Lunchpail and Gillett & Sutton
Lakeshore Theater, 7:30pm, $20.
* Election Show
Donny’s Skybox, 8pm, $15.
Big in Japan
Donny’s Skybox, 9pm, $15.
* 4 Track with Jackie
The Playground Theater, 9pm, $15.
Improv Cabaret
Donny’s Skybox, 10pm, $15.
* JTS Brown with Children of a Lesser God
Lakeshore Theater, 10:30pm, $25.
Seattle Neutrino with Hot Lawyer
The Playground Theater, 10:30pm, $15.
Barinholtz and Belushi
Donny’s Skybox, 11pm, $15.
The Hot Karl
ComedySportz, midnight, $10.
Planet Ant Improv Colony
Donny’s Skybox, midnight, $10.

Sunday 8
Sports Action Team with Mr. Pepper and Whirled News Tonight
Lakeshore Theater, 8pm, $20.
The Titanic Player’s Old Tom Jar with Georgia Pacific
Martyrs’, 9pm, $10.

Venues
Annoyance Theatre, 4830 N Broadway, 773-561-4665.
Apollo Theater, 2540 N Lincoln Ave, 773-935-6100.
ComedySportz, 929 W Belmont Ave, 773-549-8080.
Donny’s Skybox, 1608 N Wells St, 312-337-3992.
iO Del Close Theater, 3541 N Clark St, 773-880-0199.
Lakeshore Theater, 3175 N Broadway, 773-472-3492.
Martyrs’, 3855 N Lincoln Ave, 773-404-9494.
The Playground Theater, 3209 N Halsted St, 773-871-3793.

Read more about the Chicago Improv Festival, our look at out of town acts and the Snubfest schedule.