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!
March 26 - April 30
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.
March 26 - April 30
Buy Tickets Open Mic (Standup)** The Backline hosts an Open Mic for standup every Tuesday at 9pm.
March 26 - April 16
Buy Tickets Ultimate Cards of Destiny (Improv) This is our 2nd year piling a number of Omaha's top improv teams together for one night of the most wild improv competition you have ever seen!
March 29
Buy Tickets Ultimate Arena (Improv) This is your one chance to see some of the best teams that have ever competed on Backline's stage!
March 29
Buy Tickets 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.
March 30 - April 13
Buy Tickets Preston Tompkins (Standup) Preston Tompkins is a comedian and Arby's enthusiast originally from Omaha, Nebraska.
March 30
Buy Tickets FLOcase (Standup) The only all femme comedy showcase in the Omaha-Lincoln area, the FLOcase is designed to bring femme comics to the front and center of Omaha comedy.
March 30
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Backline House Teams (Improv)* Two new teams are formed every 6 months, so don't miss them while they are here!
April 04 - April 18
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Cards of Destiny (Improv)* An incredible and fast-paced improv competition featuring Omaha's best improvisers competing to be Omaha's top Improviser Of The Year!
April 05
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Less Mis/Zip-Zopera (Improv)* Like musical improv? This show features the only musical teams in Omaha and you can see them both in the same hour!
April 05
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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.
April 05 - April 26
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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