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The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together 2 improv teams to find out which Omaha team is the best. Each competition is followed by previous Champions that get their own weekly slot until someone beats their record! As an added bonus, the show will start off with a set from previous Champions!

Whichever team wins the votes of the audience comes back the next week to face a new Challenging team, each getting 20 minutes to win over your votes. The #1 team "4 Average People" has won 16 weeks in a row! Will a team ever beat that record? You decide!

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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Dad Jokes (featuring Michael Johnson, Michael Smith, Justin Edmonds, Kalee Olson, and Taylor Grote) has been voted as one of the best improv shows at The Backline. They don't tell 'jokes' and they aren't your dad, but you'll love them just the same. Their show is some of the best longform improv comedy you can find in Omaha!

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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Babes in JOYland is a standup show hosted and produced by Brooke Barsell. It features a great mix of local and traveling comedians. This show has a lot of positive energy and is a lot of fun to watch.

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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Brooke Barsell hosts The Backline Open Mic (standup) every Tuesday at 7pm. Each comedian will be allowed 4 minutes, and names will be drawn from a hat for those who show up before 7pm, people who show up afterward will be added to a 2nd list. 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?

Since names are pulled at random, comics are encouraged to sit and watch everyone else, creating a fun and encouraging audience. 5 seconds of grace period before music plays you off. Prepare accordingly.

This show is FREE for everyone!

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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

INTERROGATED is easily one of the best improv shows in Omaha and features Backline's top improvisers (sometimes featuring special guests too!) This fast-paced and very much 'adult-friendly' improv where we'll ask you, the audience, to confess true stories from a time where you got away with something. Maybe you stole a brownie from a roommate, or spun cookies in a football field, either way we'll take them! Our performers will create scenes based off these stories in a structured 'game-based' style of improv you'll only see similar to in LA and NYC.

If you haven't been here and want a great introduction to what we do best, see this show!

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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Hosted by Ali Kareem, and featuring a mix of great up-and-coming talent along with a great headliner. The theater is set up for social distancing so plenty of room for laughter.


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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

It's the show that takes the narcissism inherent in comedy to its logical conclusion - WILL DOUGHERTY LOVES COMPANY!

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.

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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Biscuits is layered with many of Omaha's funniest improvisers and ready to butter you up for a hot show. Often fast-paced and never flaky, Biscuits will always rise to the occasion! Improv like your grandma definitely didn't used to make. (Each show also features a guest team opening for them!)


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We are currently still asking everyone to please wear a mask. Please do not show up if you are experiencing symptoms. No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together 2 improv teams to find out which Omaha team is the best. Each competition is followed by previous Champions that get their own weekly slot until someone beats their record! As an added bonus, the show will start off with a set from previous Champions!

Whichever team wins the votes of the audience comes back the next week to face a new Challenging team, each getting 20 minutes to win over your votes. The #1 team "4 Average People" has won 16 weeks in a row! Will a team ever beat that record? You decide!

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No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Pandemic! @ the Disco! (aka the artists formerly known as PanNick! @ the Disco aka the artists formerly known as PanNick) are Omaha’s premiere (and only!) two person musical improv team. This duo performs the hero's journey, taking suggestions from the audience to define the hero, portrayed by Matt Johnson. We then watch as that hero goes on a journey meeting less-than-helpful supporters, silly antagonists, and bewildered bystanders- all portrayed by Musical Director and accompanist Robyn Helwig.

Pandemic! @ the Disco is a top performer on the Backline’s arena board, having won a streak of 14 weeks, and is also the only team to have made it on the board twice (having won 8 consecutive weeks in 2019 as PanNick! @the Disco).

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No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Come join a chill experience where you get to hang out and enjoy a great evening of standup comedy. The Black Iowa Streams crew will showcase some of Iowa's funniest black comedians (including Dante Powell) every month here at The Backline (plus a couple local guests!)

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No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

This show is Rated R for graphic language, adult situations and possible nudity* (*not likely, but who knows!!)

The edgiest standup show at Backline, make sure not to come if adult humor rubs you the wrong way. We line up Omaha's top local comedians and give them a chance to perform some stuff they can't do at a typical show. If this sounds like you something you would like, then you definitely will. If this sounds disgusting to you, we have other shows you should check out.

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No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Hosted by Ali Kareem, this standup show often brings in standups from nearby cities alongside some real solid local talent and always a good headliner.

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No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Aubree Sweeney is thrilled to be back in Nebraska and even more thrilled to perform at her favorite comedy club in Omaha, The Backline!

Aubree is a nationally touring comedian. She spends a good part of the year traveling the country in her RV with her furry faced pride and joys; She-Ra, Paco and Atlas. Aubree is based in Los Angeles, but loves to come home to Nebraska where she was honored to have received an OEAA Best Comedian Award in 2019. Aubree was also named a 2018 Woman of Distinction.

She has become known for her engaging, high-energy, storytelling style that relates her observations and life experiences. You can catch Aubree anywhere from a local pop-up show, to an arena, to an intimate club and everywhere in-between. Aubree is a tireless animal advocate and is ecstatic that her Aubree Sweeney Collection Pup Bandannas have been a huge hit. A portion of sales goes to help animals in need and are available at www.luvthatdog.com.

Aubree’s growing theatre resume now includes her one woman show, “Campfire Tales”. She is part of several television commercials currently on air. Her podcast, “Comedy and Camping with Aubree Sweeney” is available just about everywhere and her album Campfire Covers will be out exclusively on Spotify this fall. To keep up with Aubree, find her on Instagram and Facebook.

Join Aubree for an evening of comedy, music and storytelling. You never know who might drop by!
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No Drink Minimum. 18+ (or under with parent or guardian.)

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given. Parking available on the street (metered until 9pm).