iO Theater

Upcoming Events

Improvised Jane Austen
Improv, Literary Adaptation
Runs May 10 – Sep 27, 2025
Come for the humor, stay for the heart!
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Improvised Shakespeare Chicago
Improv
Runs Aug 15 – Oct 31, 2025
Critically-acclaimed improvised comedy featuring the language and themes of William Shakespeare.
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Whirled News Tonight
Comedy, Improv, Open Run
Runs Jan 11 – Oct 25, 2025

Every Saturday at 7:30pm. Twenty years running! The audience provides inspiration by picking their top stories from the day’s news. From these journalistic suggestions, a team of experienced …

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Fun Control!
Comedy
Runs Sep 05 – Oct 10, 2025

Joystick presents Fun Control! a fast, fearless sketch comedy revue. Joystick is iO’s premier sketch ensemble, made up of some of the theater’s sharpest writers and performers. Since …

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Phony Award Winning Musical
Comedy, Improv, Musical
Runs Jun 19 – Oct 02, 2025
Phony Award Winning features Chicago’s best musical improvisers.
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1501 N Kingsbury St, Chicago, IL 60642
www.ioimprov.com/
(312) 300-3350
The iO Theater is the birthplace of longform improv and is home to the best comedy shows in the country.

Considered to be the Mecca of improvisation, the iO Theater (formerly known as The ImprovOlympic) boasts a full training center based on the teachings of our co-founder and improv guru, Del Close, and his partner and iO owner, Charna Halpern, that has helped train and develop the talents of an entire generation of America’s best and brightest comedic entertainers for over 35 years.