The Backline
1618 Harney St.
Omaha NE 68102
All Shows 18+
(Unless otherwise specified, or with Parent/Guardian)
Level 1 Graduation Show (Improv)* Check out the latest group to go through the Level 1 Course. They spend 7 weeks learning improv and preparing to perform.
January 18 - March 15
Buy Tickets Date Night (Improv) A very special show of Date Night this month as we have special guests in town from all over the nation!
January 18
Buy Tickets National Arena (Improv Competition) For this very special Arena, we will be splitting up improvisers from around the nation to create 2 teams that are guaranteed to be phenomenal so no matter who loses you are sure to win.
January 18
Buy Tickets Interrogated (Improv) This very special Interrogated will feature improvisers from all across the country!
January 18
Buy Tickets 1st Night Summit Finale What better way to end the first night of the Basement Improv Summit than gathering up a bunch of awesome improvisers and letting them just have fun.
January 18
Buy Tickets Basement Improv Summit Top Lineup (1) The last night of the Basement Improv Summit featuring a whole bunch of amazing improvisers from all over the nation!
January 19
Buy Tickets Basement Improv Summit Top Lineup (2) These shows are going to be phenomenal!
January 19
Buy Tickets FREE Drop-In Workshop Have you wondered if taking an improv class would be the right move but not sure if it's worth a damn or you're worth a damn? Why not take this FREE WORKSHOP and then decide afterward!
January 22 - January 29
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Fast N Fresh (Standup)* This fast-paced show features both top local comedians and some of the best up-and-comers performing their freshest material in under an hour.
January 22 - January 29
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Open Mic (Standup)** The Backline hosts an Open Mic for standup every Tuesday at 9pm.
January 22 - January 29
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Test Kitchen (Improv)* Price and Cory’s Comedy Test Kitchen is an experiment in structure and technology.
January 24
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Do What You Want (Improv Jam)** You can do whatever you want in this jam. Want to do a solo piece for 3 minutes? Cool. Want to get a huge group of people on stage to all act like squirrels and they can't speak, whatever.
January 24
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ABOUT THE BACKLINE
The Backline is proud to be a home for all comedy in Omaha. While we are primarily a longform improv training center, any and all local comedians come through here to perform improv, standup, sketch, talk shows, etc. We keep our shows cheap and our beer cheap, with no drink minimum. We just want to help Omaha become one of the greatest cities for comedy in America.
We are also proud to ride that fine line between producing basically uncensored comedy but also being a safe place with zero tolerance for abuse and harassment.
Events marked with * denotes that it is free for Backline students and alumni
Events marked with ** denotes that it is free for everyone