The Backline
1618 Harney St.
Omaha NE 68102
All Shows 18+
(Unless otherwise specified, or with Parent/Guardian)
Brooke Barsell Presents: Babes In Joyland Join us every 3rd Tuesday at 8pm at the Backline for Brooke Barsell Presents: Babes in Joyland!
January 21
Buy Tickets Open Mic (Standup)** The Backline hosts an Open Mic for standup every Tuesday at 9pm.
January 21 - January 28
Buy Tickets WOW! That's What I Call Improv Vol. 2* This show will feature improv teams in Omaha that are specifically dedicated to their talents and practice together regularly.
January 23
Buy Tickets Thirsty Thursdays (Standup) A spanking-hot new monthly comedy showcase fresh-off-the-press featuring the Midwest’s funniest!
January 23
Buy Tickets The Arena (Improv)* The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together 2 improv teams to find out which Omaha team is the best.
January 24 - January 31
Buy Tickets Biscuits (Improv)* This bad-ass group of seven improviser started of as a Backline House Harold team and graduated into one of the funniest teams in Omaha.
January 24
Buy Tickets Interrogated (Improv)* INTERROGATED is the #1 improv show in Omaha and feature's Backline's top improvisers (sometimes featuring special guests!)
January 24 - January 31
Buy Tickets Kareem In Your Face (Standup) Hosted by Ali Kareem, this diverse lineup of comics get right to it. Up close and personal, be ready to laugh at anything.
January 25
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The Broken Magic Comedy Hour (Standup) The Broken Magic Comedy Hour is a new comedy series brought to you by founding OK Party Member and national touring stand up comic Zach Peterson.
February 01
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Level 1 Improv Show Come check out the latest group of improvisers in this graduation show from the latest Level 1 Improv Class!
February 13
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Late Night at The Backline (Standup) Featuring stand up comedy, sketch comedy, improv, live music, and whatever else we can fit on stage.
February 15
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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