Upcoming Events

The Backline has been training improvisers for over 8 years and has become one of the best improv theatres in the midwest. Come see our two newest House teams! Two new teams are formed every 6 months, so don't miss them while they are here!

Tickets are $5 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

This show will feature 3 great Omaha improv teams every 3rd Thursday at 9:30pm!

This show is a chance for practicing improv teams to show their stuff on the Backline stage. Featuring both well-seasoned and newly-formed teams, and a mix of veteran and somewhat newer performers, so you won't want to miss WTWICIV2!

Tickets are $5 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

This annual competition finds out which 3-person improv team is the best in Omaha!

Comprising of 4 separate nights with 4 teams each night, and no performer is allowed to be on two teams. This means 48 of Omaha's top improvisers finding out which trio works best together, performing longform improv sets in 2 total rounds. This means only one champion each night moves on to the final 4 teams.

Fri, Nov 22nd - 7pm
Sat, Nov 23rd - 10pm
Fri, Nov 29th - 7pm
Thu, Dec 5th - 9:30pm

FINALS -
Fri, Dec 13th - 7pm

Tickets are $5 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

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. They now perform something called a Slacker, and if that means nothing to you, just know it is fast-paced and super fun. Expect a great guest team to open for them each month!

Tickets are $5 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AT 9PM!!!!
See Backline's top show every week for only $5!!!

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. Maybe you stole a brownie from a roommate, or spun cookies in a football field, either way we'll take them as long as they are true. Then Backline's top improvisers create scenes based off those stories.

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

Tickets are $5 per person.
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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

The ARENA is Omaha's #1 Improv Competition pitting together two improv teams!

The Champions come 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!

Tickets are $5

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Join us Saturday November 23rd at 7pm at the Backline for Brooke Barsell Presents: Babes in Joyland! 3 brand new to the scene comics will join the stage with one local or even perhaps an out of town headliner. This month we will feature Xavier Jones, Yual Mohammed, Derek Pavelka with headliner Haley Raven. Doors open at 6:30, show starts at 7.

Tickets are $7 per person
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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

This year's 2-Person Improv Competition will start off with 20 teams all competing to be the top 2-person team in Omaha, 5 teams in each hour with the top 4 competing in the finals. The first 20 teams each get 7-8 minutes, with the final 4 each getting 10-12.

You're guaranteed to see amazing talent each night, and we challenge some of you to come see each show in this competition! (But understand if you can only see one!)

10/29 - Tuesday 8pm - 5 Teams

11/7 - Thursday 9:30pm - 5 Teams

11/8 - Friday 7pm - 5 Teams

11/23 - Saturday 8:30pm - 5 Teams

11/30 (Final) - Saturday 9pm - 4 Teams

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

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.

A team of four great hosts rotate each time creating Omaha's most diverse weekly standup show (and sometimes special guests might dip in unexpectedly.) This show is anything but boring, which says a lot for Tuesdays at 8pm.


Tickets are $5 per person.

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

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?

The 1st 20 names put into the hat will be pulled at random until all 20 have gone and each will receive the full 4 minutes, after them you will go up in the order you submitted and possibly lose 1-2 minutes depending on overall turnout. 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.

The show rotates hosts each week (Andrew Morton, Carmela Anderson, Stephanie Finklea)

This show is FREE for everyone!

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

No Shows on Thanksgiving this year!

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.

Big Canvas is a local non-profit short-form improv performance and training organization. These shows are also some of the very few that are ALL AGES, meaning feel free to bring your kids. Backline also now has a selection of sodas for those under 21.

Tickets are $7 per person.

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

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. Developed in the alley of a dive bar, founders Katie Anderson, Serenity Dougherty, and Angi Sada rallied a small band of comics to create a show that’s welcoming, safe and fucking hilarious. Join us at The Backline on the fifth Saturdays in March and June.

Tickets are $7 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

An incredible and fast-paced improv competition featuring Omaha's best improvisers competing to be Omaha's top Improviser Of The Year (1 winner from each month!)


STRUCTURE:

Improvisers will each pick one card at a time, each card assigned to a different challenge. They will get a chance to succeed with this challenge and advance to the next round. You can play drinking games from the audience or even participate in the show yourself. Audience participation by volunteering only, so no worries if you want to be left alone.

Tickets are $5 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Like musical improv? This show features the only musical teams in Omaha and you can see them both in the same hour!

Zip-Zopera the improvised Hip-Hopera performs an entire hip-hopera based off an audience member's childhood dreams. It's all made up on the spot, including their beats. This team has won 9 consecutive wins in The Arena, an improv competition where they are tied for 2nd place of all-time! (Dylan Rohde, Ashley Laverty, Jon Herman, Matt Johnson, and Adam Brownell)

Less Mis creates a more typical musical with a live accompanist performing with them. This show also had quite a run on The Arena and you do not want to miss them! (Fred Lenza, Robyn Helwig, Ashley Laverty, Matt Johnson)

Tickets are $5 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

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. Featuring some of the best stand up comics in the midwest and beyond, The BMCH is a professionally run stand up show that will have you coming back for more month after month.

Tickets are $7 per person

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

New Stuff is a stand up comedy show where comedian Brad Stewart brings together some of his favorite local and touring comedians and they all perform their best new material. Comedy doesn't get any fresher than this. The Backline definitely encourages you to check this show out!

Tickets are $7 per person.

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also 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.

Tickets are $7

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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Allan Fuks (pronounced Fyooks/Fooks) has been called "the ultimate multi-cultural comedian" (born in Belgium to Russian-Ukrainian parents, raised in the Bronx, then the Jersey suburbs, and living now in Astoria, Queens - the most diverse city in the U.S.). Mr. Fuks is able to relate to audiences all across the spectrum - no matter the age or background.

Credits include The Wendy Williams Show, NPR Morning Edition, and two national TV commercials (for The Knot and Biz2Credit which have aired on CNN, ESPN, FOX, CNBC, and MSNBC). He is a regular Sirius XM radio personality on the show Tell Me Everything and he performs at comedy clubs including Carolines, Greenwich Village Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, New York Comedy Club, Stand-Up New York, the Funny Bone, the Improv, as well as countless others. He has performed at large corporate events for companies such as ADP, Cure Auto Insurance, Yelp, and many more. Colleges throughout the country have booked Allan for his stand-up including Baruch College, Arcadia University, Columbia University, Alfred University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New Jersey City University, and Connecticut College. He has performed for many benefits including TAMRF (Trans-Atlantic Medical Relief Fund) and Sarah Speaks Up - Voices for Victims.

Tickets are $7 per person
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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

Hosted by Ali Kareem, this diverse lineup of comics get right to it. Up close and personal, be ready to laugh at anything.

Featuring
Alex Preston

Rashod Vaughn

Brooke Barsell

Patty Fanciullo

Rome Dailey

Tickets are $7 per person
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We've got 19 beers, ciders, and hard sodas!

Please arrive no later than 5 minutes prior to showtime. Tickets may be released for resale at that time, no refunds will be given.

Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).