Upcoming Events

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!

The workshop is first come, first served, but if we fill up, we can allow others to observe from the audience too. (Also free parking in the MUD lots after 5:30pm.)

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Free parking available 1/2 a block away at 17th and Harney after 5:30pm. Parking also available on the street (metered until 9pm).

This fast-paced show features 8 comedians performing their freshest material in a total of 45 minutes.

Whether you are looking for the best up-and-comers in town or some of Nebraska's most veteran standups, you will find them here. Occasional guests from out of town might appear, sometimes we'll get the word out and sometimes they might dip in unexpectedly. This show is anything but boring, which says a lot for Tuesdays at 8pm.

Tickets are $3 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?

Comedians all submit their name by 9pm and get their names thrown in a hat. Since names are pulled at random, comics are encouraged to sit and watch everyone else, creating a fun and encouraging audience. Everyone will get 4 minutes and 5 seconds before music plays you off. Prepare accordingly.

(After the first 25 comedians, each comedian will only get 2 minutes)

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).

Twice a month, see Backline's only House Harold teams perform with a great opening act! They will be performing the 'Harold' which is the basic longform improv structure taught at all major schools across the nation. These structures are just a skeletal structure encouraging callbacks and connecting ideas.

TBA- Chloe Langford, Amy Berger, Annalise Anderson, Brittany Mascio, Chris Bottum, Chris Chocolaad, Stephen Alloy, Joe O'Hearn

Tickets are $3 per person

ONLY $3

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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 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 WTWICIV1!

Tickets are $3 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).

Deuces Wild is a 2-person improv jam that pulls two volunteered audience names at random from a hat at a time to perform one or more improv scenes for about 3-5 minutes. The audience gives a round of applause when they believe their set is over with. No matter if we have Omaha's top performers or a person trying it out for their first time, these are always fun, and far less weird than any larger improv jam.

FREE SHOW = no tickets available in advance

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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 free for everyone

Date Night is here. Gather up your special someone (or any someone) and come see three great two-person teams improvising their little hearts out. Whether you actually bring a date, this show will be just as fun to watch alone or with some friends. Who knows, maybe you'll meet a future date here.

Kalee Olson and Michael Johnson host as the duo Swipe Right, and always bringing up only the best 2-person teams Omaha has to offer.

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).

*Backline students and alumni get into these shows for free.

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 15 minutes to win over your votes. The best team so far has won 13 weeks in a row, if you have a team you think can beat that, please submit.

Tickets are $3

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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 10PM!!!!

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. 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 finest 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 each.

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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 closest thing to a party that you've ever seen out of an improv show!

A team of 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 if they fail, they have to take a drink. There will be audience participation by volunteer, but you don't technically have to be part of the show or drink or even laugh, but you likely will.

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).

GOT NOTHING GOING ON SATURDAY?? COME JOIN US FOR A SHOWCASE AS 8 OF OMAHA'S TOP LOCAL AND TOURING TALENT, AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL STAND-UP COMEDIANS COMBINE THEIR DIVERSE COMEDY CULTURES UNDER ONE ROOF TO BRING THE FULL FORCE OF FUNNY!!!

CHOCOLATE III SATURDAES COMEDY SHOWCASE @ BACKLINE IMPROV THEATER EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH @ 9PM!!

DOOR COVER IS ONLY $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).

LATE NIGHT at the BACKLINE w/ CAMERON LOGSDON !

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! Every month we'll bring in new musicians, stand up comedians, improvisers, comedy writers, and live interviews with the most interesting people in the city of Omaha and beyond all hosted by Cameron Logsdon.

Cameron is a comedian & writer from Omaha. He likes it here, but travels often. In 2016, he was selected to write for the NBC Late Night Writer’s Workshop, was nominated Best Comedian in Omaha, is an actor/writer in the televised sketch show Omaha Live, he's a Communication Studies professor at UNO, & he gave TEDtalk about teen dads. He cool.

Tickets are $8 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).

Do you like funny, weird, and mysterious stories from history?

Watch this cast of wonderful performers improvise what's happened since we've learned how to write things down, but with a fun new twist. The cast ranges from veteran improvisers plus some of the best up-and-coming talent Omaha has to offer.

Hosted by Cory Starman.

Tickets are $3 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).

Do you love comedy and Instagram? Then this is the show for you!

Some of Backline's finest improvisers will bring audience members up to share their Instagram page for the whole audience to see. We'll scroll through the pics and comments, then do scenes based off that info. Even if you don't have Instagram, you can sit back and watch others go up!

Tickets are $3 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).

You can do whatever you want in this jam. Want to do a solo piece for 3 minutes? Cool. Want to get a huge group of people on stage to all act like squirrels and they can't speak, whatever. The most fun ideas that can fit in 40 minutes will get picked, and anyone can participate.

This show is completely FREE!!

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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).

Omaha's #1 live sketch comedy show is back this October 27th ft special guest Matt Geiler and musical guest The Shineys! TWO SHOWS - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

LIVE! @ The Backline uses a similar layout to SNL (typically with a guest host) and musical guest and includes over 20 of Omaha's top sketch actors and writers. With past guests like Late Night w/ Seth Meyer's Amber Ruffin and the internet's Maddox and musical guests like All Young Girls Are Machine Guns and Rothsteen, believe that this show is going to be amazing. After all, these are the best shows to see at Backline all year!

There are 2 shows, one at 7:00pm and one at 9:30pm, $12 each.

Executive Producer:

Dylan Rohde

Producers:

Jon Herman/Matt Johnson

Writers/Actors:

Adam Brownell, Cameron Logsdon, Dylan Rohde, Haley Greenstreet, Jon Herman, Matt Johnson, Robyn Helwig, Chloe Langford, Chris Bottum, Stephanie Finklea, Tay Melone, Juli Wians, Maggie Hinrichs, Daniel Stokes,Christopher Bridges, Aida Goitom, Nolan Denker.

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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 highlight the 4 form taught in the most recent Level 4A Improv Class. You don't need to be friends to watch this class show, these are definitely going to be great shows to watch.

These performers will be working on 4 forms, with the first show on Friday, Sept 28th showcasing the Monoscene and Slacker forms. The Monoscene is one longer scene where characters stay in one location the whole show. The Slacker is a very fast-paced show constantly moving on to the next character.

The last two forms are the Documentary and the Sitcom with a performance on October 26th. The Documentary will be like most Christopher Guest movies you have seen and the Sitcom, just like your favorite classic sitcom.

Tickets are $3 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 7th Annual 2-Person Improv Competition will start off with 20 teams all competing to be the top 2-person improv 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.

11/8 - Thursday 9pm - 5 Teams

11/10 - Saturday 10:30pm - 5 Teams

11/29 - Thursday 8pm - 5 Teams

11/29 - Thursday 10pm - 5 Teams

11/30 (Final) - Friday 8pm - 4 Teams

To submit, both persons can not be on another team. You must be available to perform in one of the nights. Please indicate your preference AND if you have any nights you can not make. Email your submissions to backlineimprov@gmail.com

Champions get a 30 minute set on Dec 8th at 10:30pm and submitted into The Arena. 2nd place gets a 20 minute set opening for the Champions.

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).

Check out the latest group to go through the Level 1 Course. They spend 7 weeks learning improv and preparing to perform. These shows are always great to watch whether family, friend, or stranger!

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 3 separate nights with 4 teams each night, and no performer is allowed to be on two teams. This means 36 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 3 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).

The 7th Annual 2-Person Improv Competition started with 20 teams all competing to be the top 2-person improv team in Omaha! Out of 40 improvisers in 20 teams, only the top 4 teams have moved on to finals. Come check out an incredible hour of the city's top 2-person improv teams!

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 top two 2-person improv teams will be performing back-to-back for one night only! They made it through 40 improvisers to be the best, so you will not want to miss this show.

This will be one Saturday night of comedy you will not want to miss.

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).