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 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 (Angi Sada, Patty Fanciullo, Quionez Berry, Tyler Walsh) rotate each time creating Omaha's most diverse weekly standup show (and sometimes featuring special guests!) This show is anything but boring, which says a lot for Tuesdays at 8pm.

Tickets are $3 per person
(Or FREE if you also attend the FREE Improv Workshop at 6:30pm)
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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).

Welcome to the Test Kitchen.

Price and Cory’s Comedy Test Kitchen is an experiment in structure and technology. Every month Price Comstock and Cory Starman hop into the laboratory to concoct new ways to present improv, stand-up, and sketchy comedy based around the theme of the month. They blend in new technology and audience participation to invent shows never seen before at the Backline. Will they create a masterpiece worth keeping around? Or will their shows go the way of the hoverboard - overhyped with explosive consequences? Come out to the Backline to find out.

Tickets are $3 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).

Omaha has an incredible amount of talented improvisers and once a month we're going to bring them together for a late night of improv the way improv was meant to be- a group of great minds getting on stage and performing the best damn improv show you've ever seen.

We'll have groups that practice often and also bring together folks from local improv veterans to some of the top up-and-coming talent. Plus, we're going to end the show with a "Do What You Want" Improv Jam where folks can try out new ideas and anyone in the audience can volunteer to be part.

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).

Do you love Homeward Bound: An Incredible Journey? How about the game Oregon Trail? If you're a fan of trial and tribulation, join Yammy for a journey-themed hour of improv! This hour features an audience-driven choose-your-own adventure, as well as some of Backline's featured alum.

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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).

Easily one of the biggest challenges we've taken on, a crew of dedicated writers, actors, and camera crew will create an entire 40 minute movie in less than 24 hours. They will get suggestions from the audience at Backline the night before, then use those suggestions to inspire the entire film. See it on the big screen at Backline the next night (1st Saturdays at 7pm!)

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).

"When Janet Met _______" features a new group of local improvisers each month who will vie for Janet's heart and perform scenes inspired by game show-style dating questions.

JUST JANET, comprised of Chris Bottum, Nolan Denker, Maggie Hinrichs, Daniel Stokes and Juli Wians, will take the stage for the second half of the show. Their show opens with a made up first and last name provided by the audience. JUST JANET will discuss the characteristics, backstory, and world view that the name inspires. Then, hold on—you’re entering that person's world. The whole cast uses the world created to do a fast-paced and hilarious long-form improv piece.

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).

Double Feature makes its popular return to the Backline. Every 4th Saturday of the month at 10PM, a rotating cast of Backline's favorite veteran improvisers and promising newcomers hit the stage. The concept is simple. Each month two new genre's are decided on. The audience gives the player the inspiration in the form of 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. Stick around to see the featured team of the evening, closing out the night.

Begins at 10:00, with no intermission, and runs approximately 75 minutes.

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).

*Free for students and alumni of Backline

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).

Come watch as "Science the Dispersing" disperses their own brand of wacky, weird, nerdy humor! This experimental hour features the usual "Science The Dispersing" format, plus additional, experimental, nerd based show! If you enjoy Game of Thrones, Marvel, or other geekery like that, come on down!

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).

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).

BROAD PERSPECTIVE is a new show that invites all women, womyn, female-identifying, and gender-queer folks to ban together for a monthly night of hilarity, silliness, comedy, and a great time. Two (dude-less) teams hit the stage, with an inclusivity jam in-between, where audience members can hop up to join along in the fun.

BROAD PERSPECTIVE is comprised of two teams: The Carol Brunettes and NBA (No Boys Allowed).

The Carol Brunettes: Charlsie Bastian, Annalise Anderson, Angela Lapin, Lindsey Theis, and Ashley Laverty

NBA (No Boys Allowed): Brooke Barsell, Delaney Sweet, Emily Worthing, Melissa Nissen, Michelle Yeaman, Stacey Lynn Stark, Stephanie Finklea

Leave your misogyny at the door and settle in for some lolz!

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).

You could say that all improv is just structured chaos, and you'd be correct, so we double down on that this Thursday at 9:30pm!

We mix together a healthy portion of Backline students from various levels, to get together for sometimes the first time ever to perform 3 different shows in one hour! And these aren't just regular shows either. Each are given different forms, whether trusted forms from here or other cities, or something all brand new imagined right here in Omaha.

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).

Big Canvas presents Extended Play! New twists on Long Form improv. Join us the second Friday of every month at Backline for a 45 minute set that will turn the tables on comedy.

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).

Join us the 2nd Friday of each month at 8pm!

Dad Jokes (featuring Michael Johnson, Michael Smith, Cory Starman, Justin Edmonds, and Kalee Olson) is a great improv team you won't want to miss! They don't tell 'jokes' and they aren't your dad, but you'll love them just the same. PLUS a special guest team 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).

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).

This show lines up some of the areas best comedians to each do quick sets of their best material. If you want to see really great standup comedy, this is the show to watch! (Packed show, so buy in advance or show up early)

This show is hosted by 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).

Backline's staple show Holes in the Wall is back, with a new sexy name! Dive Bar is the only show where you can watch improvisers get actively drunk on stage as they perform for your amusement! Each month will include a featured team of improvisers. This show is different from any other you will ever see, don't miss it!

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).