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!
October 15 - October 29
Buy Tickets 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.
October 15 - October 22
Buy Tickets Open Mic (Standup)** The Backline hosts an Open Mic for standup every Tuesday at 9pm.
October 15 - October 29
Buy Tickets 3 Class Shows In 1 (Improv/Sketch) For the first time in Backline history you can catch three different class shows all in the same hour! This is going to be wild!!
October 17
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!
October 17
Buy Tickets Double Feature (Improv)* Each month two new genre's are decided on. The audience gives the player the inspiration in the form or a title, topic, or word. From there you get to see a mini movie, play, or tv episode created in the moment. This month what will it be? Slasher? Rom Com? Musical.
October 18
Buy Tickets Date Night (Improv)* Check out three of the best 2-person improv teams Omaha has to offer every 3rd Friday at 8pm!
October 18
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.
October 18 - October 25
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The Arena (Improv)* The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together two improv teams!
October 18 - October 25
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88improv (Improv) 88improv has been performing together since 2003 and is easily one of the best teams in Omaha. Family Friendly.
October 19
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Chocolate III Saturdaes (Standup) A SHOWCASE OF 8 OF OMAHA'S TOP LOCAL AND TOURING TALENT, AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL STAND-UP COMEDIANS.
October 19
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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 19
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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