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88improv has been performing together since 2003 and is easily one of the best teams in Omaha. Their monthly show every 3rd Saturday of the month always consists of long-form and sometimes short-form improv. They also keep their material family friendly, so if you are looking for one of the few shows at Backline you know you kids and grandparents will enjoy, this is one not to miss.

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 closest thing to a party you've ever seen in an improv show!

SPECIAL GUESTS EACH SHOW!

A team of improvisers will each pick one card at a time, each card assigned to a different challenge. Whether they successfully achieved the goal is up to you and you decide if they go on to the next round. There will be audience participation by volunteer, but you don't technically have to be part of the show or even laugh. You could just sit there looking forward the whole show without evening smiling.*

*This is highly unlikely.


Tickets to this show 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).

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 $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 see Chad and a host of comedian friends pick apart cheesy old education films. They'll cover everything from sex, drugs, and even driving! Who knows, you might actually learn something. Every 4th Tuesday of the month!

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).

Starting July 18th, The Backline will host 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.

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).

Settle in kids, it's story time. Sit down criss-cross applesauce to hear your favorite stand ups and improvisors tell tales from their lives, and see those stories come to life. This Asssscat style show is hosted by the real life fairytale princess Delaney Sweet.

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).

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).

Every 4th Thursday anyone can hop up on stage and improvise with Backline alum and students. We'll do it kickball style and start with 3 team captains picking everyone who wants to participate into 3 teams, each getting about 10-15 minutes. This show is usually a bit chaotic, but always a lot of fun!

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).

**These shows are free for everyone

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 OEAA Comedian of the Year 2016 Rachel Ware.

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).

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, and if seats are available in the 11pm hour you can stick around at no additional cost.

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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 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).

Nationally Touring Comedian Aubree Sweeney is thrilled to bring Aubree Sweeney & Friends to the best comedy club in Omaha, The Backline! This show is not to be missed! You never know who’s going to drop in; touring comics, big name celebs, local up and comers, spoken word artists, you may even catch some musical comedy. We keep telling Aubree to leave her Mandolin at home.

When Aubree’s not on the road, she splits her time between Nebraska, where her family still lives, and Southern California, where she headlines in esteemed clubs such as Flappers and the Ice House. She has become known for her engaging, high-energy, storytelling style that relates her observations and life experiences. Between shows, Sweeney is a tireless animal advocate. She’s also proud to support the men and women who serve or who have served in the U.S. military, and is thrilled to announce that a “Thank a Veteran” leg has been added to her “Scenic Route” Tour. To keep up with Aubree, and see who’s dropping in, find her on Facebook or Instagram.

Be sure to arrive early, this is going to be a packed house!

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).

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.

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).

Kansas City's 2017 Best of Fringe winners Bird in the Middle LLC will be presenting their second full length film, "Kickball: An Improvised Movie". It's a tale of two rival bars annual kickball game to determine who has bragging rights for the next year. If you like Christopher Guest movies, improv, or kickball, you will love this film.

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).

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!

From sarcastic one-liners to well-placed puns, from dead-on impressions of New York City pimps, nine-year-old spelling bee contestants and Nancy Grace, to ideas for game shows only he would like, Matt Champagne's frantic energy and clever comic mind combine witty wordplay with unabashed goofiness. You'll laugh against your will.

He's performed at the Ontario, Irvine, Hollywood and Denver Improvs, Laugh Factory, World Famous Comedy Store, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Acme Comedy Theatre, Ice House, Comedy Union, Rooster T. Feathers, San Francisco Punchline, and the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. He's appeared with national headliners like Nick Swardson, Christopher Titus, Jon Reep, Tom Rhodes. Jamie Kennedy and Natasha Leggero.

Matt's also made his living acting in various TV shows, movies and commercials: TV stuff like "Get Shorty," "Providence," "Will and Grace," "Working," "The Tick," "Angel," "Monk," "CSI Miami," "NCIS," "Boston Legal," "The Ghost Whisperer," "'Til Death," "Numbers," "Retired at 35," and "Miss Match" with Alicia Silverstone who--Matt has convinced himself--had a crush on him; movie stuff like "The Continued Adventures of Reptile Man," "The Pentagon Wars" (almost typed "Pentagon Warts"), "The Specials," "For Christ’s Sake," and "Crime and Punishment in Suburbia." He played Piper Perabo’s husband in the Diane Keaton film "Because I Said So," something for which THEY paid HIM. His commercial work includes ads for Home Depot, McDonald’s, Jack-in-the Box, IHOP, PODS, Dell Computer, Sprint, IMAX, AT&T, IBM, Chrysler and Progressive Insurance.

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).

Taught by Dylan Rohde

Whether you've never written anything in your life or you just want some new insight, this 7 week class will go over the basics of sketch writing, working with a group, focusing your ideas, and thinking outside the box. This class is also structured for very minimal work outside of class so you don't have homework each week!

Class starts May 12th (No class May 26th) and lasts for 7 weeks, from 12pm-2:30pm. (Make sure to bring paper/pen or charged laptop.)

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

No Refunds

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).

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 $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).