The Show Below

The Show Below Wicker Park's longest running Friday night comedy showcase! Currently on hiatus.
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For performance inquiries or booking info:
Email Us at [email protected]

(In the email, please give us your team name, whether you are sketch/improv/other, number of members, and a list of dates you'd like to perform, ordered by preference.) Check out the house team at http://facebook.com/TheCrocodilePlayers

PRESS:

“Free Dinner and a show? That’s the cheapest date in town!”
-RealDealC

hicago.com

"A Little Pizza and a Lot of Laughs"
-Robert Levy (Yahoo! Featured Contributor)

“Our picks for fun… ‘The Show Below’ & ‘That New Show’”
-Wicker Park / Bucktown Insider’s Guide

“The pizza is fresh and cheesy, while the show rouses a few chuckles”
-Red Eye Chicago (Metromix)
( #1 Choice For Saturday Nights on a Budget - 2011)

“Funny is free.”
-CenterStageChicago.com

['The Show Below' has also been mentioned on Vocalo Radio (89.5 FM), 'Rye Bread Radio', ‘The Poor Choices Show’, ‘Wood Sugars Podcast', Chicago Reader "Member Picks" and ‘Save Big Money With Mainard: Pick of the Week'!]

02/13/2017
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(via Undark Magazine)

09/25/2015

Tonight is our Sixth Anniversary which is the "Iron" anniversary. Which translates to swords. Bring us swords. 9pm. Crocodile. Still Free (seriously).

08/28/2015

You know there's a show in the basement tonight, right? 9pm with all fees waived! 1540 N Milwaukee.

08/21/2015

Back in the basement tonight at nine! Free for you. You're friends are cool too.

07/28/2015

We had some teams cancel for this week's show. If you're interested (or want to tag someone who might be), email us at [email protected]

07/10/2015

Show tonight! In the basement! Nine pm! All the fun! For free!

06/12/2015

We're back tonight at nine in the depths of The Crocodile with surprises in store for human eyes to gaze upon.

05/27/2015

Looking for a team to fill in this Friday, 6/29. Shoot us an email at [email protected] and we'll get you in immediately.

05/15/2015

You guys. Tonight's show is nuts. Like, crazy nuts. Sugar, The Fun Fun Boys and Starving are gettin weird in the basement. 9pm at The Crocodile. Free if you have a corporeal form.

05/08/2015

Back in the basement tonight with acts from Birds!, Starving and music from Shameless Unplug. 9pm at Crocodile (1540 N. Milwaukee) Free with proof of existence.

05/01/2015

It's Friday. That means basement show! Tonight, Popcorn Mellencamp, Soup of the Day and Baby Teeth! 9pm! Crocodile (1540 n Milwaukee)! Free for humans and sentient robots!

04/17/2015

Is it is Friday again? That means SB in the basement of The Crocodile! Tonight features Alterboyz (with a Z), Popcorn Mellancamp (This is a group of people) and some solo stuff from our good friend Derek Shoemaker. 9pm. Free admission for humans of Earth and neighboring planets.

04/10/2015

Due to a number of cancellations, tonight's show is cancelled. We'll be back next week.

04/03/2015

It's tonight again! "Houndstooth" closes out their run with "Soup of the day" and some solo stuff from Blair Britt. Music from Chris DeSalvo! 9pm. Free for humans.

03/27/2015

Show Tonight. The Crocodile basement. Houndstooth, Work Wife, music from De La Thwazz. 9pm. Free entry for the first all of you.

03/20/2015
Houndstooth

Houndstooth

We'll be hunking it up at The Show Below tonight! WILL YOU BE WATCHING??

03/20/2015

Tonight's show is stacked. "Houndstooth" continues their residency, "Mansy" delights, the sweet boys of "Sugar" return to rot your teeth and our musical guest "Da La Thwazz" will be playing music. 9pm. Free.

03/16/2015

Exciting: starting in April we will be featuring Solo performance and Musical guests! If you are one of these and want to grab a slot, shoot us an email at [email protected]

03/13/2015

Tonight's show features the musical stylings of Wilem "Hurricane" Simmons, a mysterious team known as "Hot Rat" and the beginning of Houndstooth's month long residency. Also a surprise. A good surprise. Not like that last surprise. 9pm. Always free.

03/06/2015

Tonight, on a very special Show Below: Sad Luchador thinks What's Her Name is cute, but will his addiction lead to a fallout with Business Fish? Plus a special guest cameo from the Town Hall Citizens! The Crocodile. 9 pm. Free.

02/27/2015

Tonight's lineup is pretty spectacular: "The George Drake Players" and "Old Smuggler" bring the yucks and a new challenger emerges in the form of a group know only as "Call of the Void". Crocodile. 9pm. Always Free.

02/13/2015

It's Friday which mean there's a Show Below! Tonight at 9 at Crocodile. Got some weird stuff in store. Cheap as free!

02/10/2015

Just had a last minute cancellation for this week's show. Any teams want some time? [email protected]

02/06/2015

Tonight's show is specially curated to be extra weird. "Pistil and Stamen" are joined by "With eyes closed" and that group of hooligans know as "Wet Hot American Sniper". 9pm. Crocodile. Freeeeeeeee.

01/23/2015

Tonight's show is a fever dream. Join us in the basement with Business Fish, Sugar and Houndstooth for an evening of mirth and delight. 9 pm. The Crocodile. Free Forever.

01/16/2015

Tonight! We're back from the holidays and ready to party with Houndstooth, and Muck! 9pm at The Crocodile. Freefreefree

01/09/2015

Due to a myriad of circumstances there will be no Show Below tonight. Stay warm and we'll be back next week.

01/06/2015

We have slots available all this month (including one this week)! Email [email protected] to grab one!

12/20/2014

Last show of 2k14 tonight. Maybe stop by Crocodile at nine? Cool.

12/13/2014

Show tonight. Much fun. So free. Gonna be nutsnutsnuts. 9pm. Crocodile.

11/21/2014

Tonight! It's a Show! It's below! It's the Show Below! We've got The George Drake Players, The Ambassadors, and Remember the Titans! 9:00! FREE! You get a pizza with your drinks! WHAT? I KNOW!

11/14/2014

Logan here: I don't usually do the show update but s**t, tonight's show is crazy good. Muck makes their Show Below debut. Sugar will be in the basement makin things sticky and weird. And perennial favorites Universal Death Ray threaten our very existence. And I'm hosting alone, so I could use some company. The Crocodile. 9pm. Cheap as free.

11/07/2014

Tonight! Show Below! Crocodile on Milwaukee! 9 o'clock! Free! Free pizza! BIG FIRE Improv! Hijack! Comedy! Laughs! You go!

11/04/2014

Had a last minute cancellation for this weeks show. [email protected] if interested.

10/17/2014

Tonight! Future Hero! Brad Rickert! Artisanal Cheeses provided by The Fun Fun Boys Catering! 8:45 doors open! Buy your drinks downstairs. Free Pizza! Free Show! The Crocodile! YOU GO NOW!

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