Maria Bamford is here this week!/Photo by Robyn Von Swank
TICKET ALERTS:
Nov. 25-Jan. 1: Christmas Bingo It’s A Ho-Ho-Holy Night by Vicki Quade at Greenhouse Theater Center
Dec. 1-3: Mo Amer at The Den Theatre. Tickets almost gone. Sixth show just added!
Dec. 8: Bad Momz of Comedy Benefit for Gratitude Generation at ABL Group Design Center, Highwood
Dec. 10-11: Jane Lynch & Kate Flannery in A Swingin’ Little Christmas at The Raue Center, Crystal Lake
Dec. 11: Josh Sneed, Paul Farahvar & Joe Antonacci Stand Up for Parkinsons at Zanies Rosemont
Dec. 23: Brandon Wetherbee’s You, Me, Them, Everybody Live 14 Year Anniversary Show at Hungry Brain
THIS WEEK AT:
Riddles: Mike Bonner, Uncle Hank & Nephew Big Low Down, Skinbone, Mike Samp, Mo Good, Reko Osofunny & Friends
Zanies Chicago: That’s Messed Up, Super 6 Showcase, Mike Recine, Rene Vaca, Chad and JT, Jessimae Peluso & Carly Aquilino, Matt McCusker, Calvin Evans
Zanies Rosemont: The Nick D Podcast, New Material Night, Ron Funches, Jessimae Peluso & Carly Aquilino, Fritz Nothnagel Album Recording
The Improv: Bill Bellamy
PLUS THESE ONLY in Chicago shows. Please confirm all details before leaving home! I also have a Mega List of Chicago comedy shows here with a show every single night for the rest of the year plus a preview of what’s happening on New Year’s Eve.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Live Comedy at The Logan Theatre, 8:30 p.m. Lia Berman hosts this long-running top notch open mic. A great opportunity to see what Chicago comedians are working on and talking about.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Tight Five at Comedy Bar, 8:00 p.m. Comedians’ tightest five minutes.
Write Club Chicago: The Farm Upstate at Gman Tavern, 7:30 p.m. Special Guest Host Lily Be with Josh Zagoren Combatants: Veronica Arreola v Amy Eaton, Elana Elyce v Will Sonheim, Ricky Harris v Carly Lauren.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
Places I Can’t Return To at The Comedy Bar, 8:00 p.m. Hosted by Sean Flannery. His memoir here. Latest episode of The Blackout Diaries podcast here with Nick Vatterott.
CHIRP Radio Presents: The First Time at Martyrs, 7:30 p.m. Storytelling about a first time paired with a song. Anna Lucero, Keisa Reynolds, Josh Caterer, Josh Friedberg, Alicia Nesbary Moore, Joe Shanahan
Mortified Live at The Music Box, 8:00 p.m. “Everyday people reading aloud their most embarrassing, pathetic and private teenage diary entries, poems, love letters, lyrics and locker notes… in front of total strangers.” His comedy talks about growing up with Bolivian and Iranian heritage in the U.S.
Martin Amini at Lincoln Lodge, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Martin’s standup special Son of an Ice Cream Man was filmed at the Kennedy Center. His comedy touches on growing up with Bolivian and Iranian heritage in the U.S.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Maria Bamford at The Den Theatre, 7:15 p.m. Stephen Colbert said that she is his favorite comedian on earth. Through Saturday.
Mosque4Mosque at The Den Theatre, 7:30 p.m. “Ibrahim is an average 30-something queer Arab-American Muslim who is constantly being reminded how unmarried he is by his relentlessly caring immigrant mother … A comedy about a normal Muslim American family that asks us to wrestle with what we believe normal to be.” Previews: November 17-20. Then many show times through December 17. Follow link for all details.
Alex Moffat at The Comedy Vault, Batavia, 7:30 p.m. You can see this SNL alum through Saturday. Follow link for all show times.
Kevin Casey White at Lincoln Lodge, 9:00 p.m. Live album recording.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18
Back Room Comedy at aliveOne, 8:30 p.m. Colleen Brennan hosts Raghu Adibhatla (Dry Bar Comedy), Alexa Jaeger (Lincoln Lodge, Laugh Factory), Kimberly Marion (Zanies, Laugh Factory), Evan Hull (Zanies Laugh Factory), Lauren Hooberman (Back Room Comedy, Hot Dish! podcast), Lia Berman (Back Room Comedy, Logan Lounge).
Nick Gaza at CG’s Comedy Club, 8:00 p.m., Bolingbrook Tonight and Saturday night.
Stir Friday Night at iO, 8:00 p.m. Chicago’s longest-running Asian American comedy team.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Grown Folks Comedy at Copper Still Martini Bar, 6:30 p.m. Larro hosts Finch and Baldhead Phillips.
Patti Vasquez, Tok Moffat, Jayson Cross, Brian Roe at Salerno’s Pizza, Oak Park, 7:30 p.m. Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Show at 8:00 p.m.
Foil Arms & Fog at The Vic, 8:00 p.m. The sketch comedy group from Ireland.
Nowhere Comedy at Online, 9:00 p.m. The Unpresidential Debate with Chicago comedians Hal Sparks and Frangela with Chris Bonno and Eliza Skinner.
Punchlines Comedy Benefit Tour at Museum of Contemporary Art, 8:00 p.m. From the Penny Appeal USA and illMuslimsillarious series with Yasmin Elhady, Ahamed Weinberg, and Moses The Comic. “These comics represent diversity in the expression of faith, ethnicity, professional background, and identity.”
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20
It’s Giving Thanks at iO, 7:00 p.m. “Fall through the eye of Gen Z.”
Amir K at The Comedy Bar, 6:30 p.m. Friday thru Sunday.