Name: An Oddyssey
Start: 2026-01-26T02:30:00Z
Location: Judy's Beat Lounge - Chicago

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<p>An Oddyssey: Double Feature is a two-night comedy event about being sad, single, hopeful, and a little unhinged. Featuring Chicago’s funniest comics, each show explores heartbreak, bad decisions, dating disasters, and the search for love. Come for one night or catch both for the full emotional ride.</p>


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These non-Second City productions are original works created and produced by guest performers and ensembles. With limited runs, these performances allow for complete creative freedom and may feature artists of any experience level.

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An always popular form in which a comedian performs their unique brand of comedy, usually with nothing more than a mic and their own courage. If you enjoy a rapid-fire night of jokes and stories, a stand-up show might be the perfect fit.

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This show features performers telling stories crafted from their own experiences.

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<p>The Second City’s 113th Mainstage Revue <em>This Too Shall Slap</em> is a wild sketch comedy show that spins the familiar into the absurd&#8230; and makes the absurd feel oddly familiar. Performed by a hilarious six-person ensemble who specialize in chaos, charm, and comedic whiplash, this show will keep you laughing, guessing, and possibly questioning your entire reality. Join us for a night where nothing is what it seems. Except the laughter. That’s real.<strong>  </strong></p>
<p><strong>Group of 16 or more? We’ll make it easy: <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/group-events" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Contact Us for Group Events</a></strong></p>


This Too Shall Slap

<p>After getting a single suggestion, the cast of six professional comedians asks the audience to choose a detective. Enjoy as they invent a tale of crime, secrets, and scandals right before your eyes. The performers will keep track of facts, follow leads, and conclude who is the murderer, all while you take in a comedy experience unlike any you’ve seen before. During the show, they’ll employ the tropes, character archetypes, and influences of Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Nick and Nora Charles, Encyclopedia Brown, and just a dash of Scooby-Doo.</p>


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<div class="ewa-rteLine">Baby Wants Candy is a completely improvised, full band musical! Having performed over 3,000 improvised musicals to thousands of fans from Chicago to New York to Singapore to Scotland, this group not only performs in Chicago, New York, and LA but also tours internationally, including multiple sold-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival!</div>
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<div class="ewa-rteLine">BWC cast &amp; alumni include Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live), Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Peter Gwinn (Colbert Report), Thomas Middleditch (HBO&#8217;s Silicon Valley), Lauren Conlan Adams (Kimmy Schmidt), Jessica McKenna (Party Over Here), Nicole Parker (Elephaba in Wickedon Broadway) and many more. Hailed as &#8220;Critic&#8217;s Pick&#8221; from the New York Times and &#8220;Best Improv Ensemble&#8221; from the Chicago Magazine, this is one improv show you don&#8217;t want to miss!</div>


Baby Wants Candy, the Completely Improvised Full-Band Musical!

<p>Chill AF Presents the best comedians Chicago has to offer, plus special drop-ins from prominent name comedians you’ve seen on SNL, Comedy Central, and Netflix</p>


Chill AF Presents

<p><span style="color: #191919;">Find out for yourself why The Second City has been the first name in laughter for over sixty years! From the stages that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell and more comes the next generation of comedy superstars.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #191919;">The Best of The Second City features some of the best sketch comedy and songs from our comedy vaults updated for the modern era, as well as some of our newest classics and our trademark improvisation performed by The Second City Touring Company’s best and brightest…and funniest!</span></p>


Best of The Second City

<p>New Year! New Show! Welcome to 2026 where the laughter runs hot and the jokes run cheap. Every week is a brand new sketch show, motivated by audiences suggestions from the week before. So yes, basically like a certain late-night New York show.</p>
<p>This talented cast whips up new material weekly for audiences to come roaring back to. Maybe there will be musical numbers, or audience involvement, or anything in between. Who knows?! We certainly don&#8217;t! New Year, New Show employs some of the most talented performers this side of North Ave. So come on down to see history made where every evening is opening and closing night at the same time.</p>


New Year New Show

<p>Millennials take on Generation X in a battle to see which generation is funnier. The audience votes at the end of the show. Featuring some of the best comics in Chicago, Hosted by Todd Glover</p>


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