The Backline
1618 Harney St.
Omaha NE 68102
All Shows 18+
(Unless otherwise specified, or with Parent/Guardian)
Backline House Teams (Improv)* Two new teams are formed every 6 months, so don't miss them while they are here!
November 21 - December 19
Buy Tickets WOW! That's What I Call Improv Vol. 2 (Improv)* This show will feature 3 great Omaha improv teams every 3rd Thursday at 9:30pm!
November 21
Buy Tickets The 2019 3-Person Improv Competition This annual competition finds out which 3-person improv team is the best in Omaha!
November 22 - December 13
Buy Tickets Biscuits (Improv) This bad-ass group of seven improviser started of as a Backline House Harold team and graduated into on of the funniest teams in Omaha.
November 22
Buy Tickets Interrogated (Improv)* INTERROGATED is a fast-paced and adult-friendly improv where we'll ask you, the audience, to confess stories from a time where you got away with something.
November 22 - December 27
Buy Tickets The Arena (Improv)* The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together two improv teams!
November 22 - December 27
Buy Tickets Brooke Barsell Presents: Babes In Joyland This month we will feature Xavier Jones, Yual Mohammed, Derek Pavelka with headliner Haley Raven.
November 23
Buy Tickets The 2019 2-Person Improv Competition This year's 2-Person Improv Competition will start off with 20 teams all competing to be the top 2-person team in Omaha!
November 23 - November 30
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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.
November 26 - December 17
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Open Mic (Standup)** The Backline hosts an Open Mic for standup every Tuesday at 9pm.
November 26 - December 17
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Big Canvas (Short-Form) Looking for the kind of improv you see on Whose Line Is It Anyway? Big Canvas performs the only short-form improv at Backline every 2nd Saturday of the month.
November 30
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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