The Backline
1618 Harney St.
Omaha NE 68102
All Shows 18+
(Unless otherwise specified, or with Parent/Guardian)
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!
July 24 - August 28
Buy Tickets Fast N' Fresh (Standup)* This fast-paced show features 8 comedians performing their freshest material in a total of 45 minutes.
July 24 - August 28
Buy Tickets 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?
July 24 - August 28
Buy Tickets Sweet Story Time (Improv)* Settle in kids, it's story time. Sit down criss-cross applesauce to hear your favorite stand ups and improvisors tell tales from their lives, and see those stories come to life.
July 26
Buy Tickets Sketch Writing Class Grad Show Come check out staged readings from the latest Level 1 Sketch Grad Show! This show will be free and also featuring a few extras for good fun! Don't miss out!
July 26
Buy Tickets Kickball-Style Jam (Improv)** Every 4th Thursday anyone can hop up on stage and improvise with Backline alum and students.
July 26
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.
July 27
Buy Tickets The Arena (Improv)* The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together two improv teams!
July 27 - August 31
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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.
July 27 - August 31
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Cards of Destiny (Improv)* The closest thing to a party that you've ever seen out of an improv show!
July 27 - August 31
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Aubree Sweeney & Friends (Standup) Nationally Touring Comedian Aubree Sweeney is thrilled to bring Aubree Sweeney & Friends to the best comedy club in Omaha, The Backline!
July 28
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Will Dougherty Loves Company (Standup) Join me, your eponymous host Will Dougherty, as I invite some fantastic comedians to do sets while I stay on stage to riff, banter, and derail things for the amusement of all.
July 28
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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