The Backline
1618 Harney St.
Omaha NE 68102
All Shows 18+
(Unless otherwise specified, or with Parent/Guardian)
Date Night (Improv)* Check out three of the best 2-person improv teams Omaha has to offer every 3rd Friday at 8pm!
October 19
Buy Tickets The Arena (Improv)* The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together two improv teams!
October 19 - October 26
Buy Tickets Interrogated (Improv)* INTERROGATED is a fast-paced and adult-friendly improv show where we'll ask you, the audience, to confess stories from a time where you got away with something.
October 19 - October 26
Buy Tickets Cards of Destiny (Improv)* The closest thing to a party that you've ever seen out of an improv show!
October 19 - October 26
Buy Tickets Improv Extravanganza (Improv)* This show is going to be packed with some of Omaha's top improv talent, plus Omaha native Delaney Sweet from NYC will be joining us!
October 20
Buy Tickets Chocolate III Saturdaes (Standup) A SHOWCASE OF 8 OF OMAHA'S TOP LOCAL AND TOURING TALENT, AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL STAND-UP COMEDIANS.
October 20
Buy Tickets Late Night at The Backline (Variety) Featuring stand up comedy, sketch comedy, improv, live music, and whatever else we can fit on stage at the Backline, this hour-long show is guaranteed to entertain you for better or for worse!
October 20
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!
October 23 - November 13
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Fast N' Fresh (Standup)* This fast-paced show features 8 comedians performing their freshest material in a total of 45 minutes.
October 23 - November 13
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Open Mic (Standup)** The Backline hosts an Open Mic for standup every Tuesday at 9pm. Each comedian will be allowed 4 minutes, and names will be drawn from a hat for those who show up before 9pm, people who show up after will be added at the end. Whether it's your first time or you perform weekly, why not try out your material in front of a great crowd at one of the best standup venues in town?
October 23 - November 13
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Test Kitchen (Improv)* Price and Cory’s Comedy Test Kitchen is an experiment in structure and technology.
October 25
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Instaprov (Improv)* Some of Backline's finest improvisers will bring audience members up to share their Instagram page for the whole audience to see.
October 25
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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