- This event has passed.
The Nosy Bitch: A Live Advice Show
February 12 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Freeare you a queer and/or trans in chicago with oodles of issues that your friends are tired of hearing about? has your therapist given up on you? is posting on lex proving to be just yelling into the void? baby, the nosy bitch himself, mitch mitchell, host extraordinaire, and a special guest are here to save the day!
we tackle issues of all sorts! beefing with your roomie sock who refuses to do the dishes? are your thirteen cats just not getting along? is the ex of your ex’s ex-sister telling your current partner’s nesting partner’s bf that one time you stole five dollars out of xir purse at super sapphic? do you just want to see how messy the queer community of chicago is because you’re also a nosy bitch? THE NOSY BITCH is the show for you!
submit your queer-y here or ask live at the show!
Tickets are pay-what-you-can at the door~
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
Other Events
FEM/THEM Comedy Open Mic at The Understudy
July 22 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage, this is your night diva! Hosted by Preeti Thaker and Jordan Levene Preeti & Jordan present: A Comedy Open Mic for Women + Non-Binary Comics! If you identify as funny and not-a-dude-onstage, this is your night diva! WHAT’S THE PLAN? • 7:30 PM — arrive responsibly early, wonder what the vibe is gonna be like. Support the space by buying a drink! • 8:00 PM — the mic starts, the chaos begins…
FEM/THEM Comedy Open Mic at The Understudy
July 22 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Love Detectives
July 24 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Band Practice combines a real live dating show with a real live clown detective show to find out the true nature of this so-called "love". Drat! LOVE has been ripping up the streets leaving people wounded, broken, confused, and perhaps with a bad haircut and useless evidence of its nefarious behavior. You are invited to join the investigation to find love and catch it once and for all. Band Practice combines a real live dating show with a real live…
Love Detectives
July 24 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
IN THE NEXT ROOM by Sarah Ruhl
July 27 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A play reading of In the Next Room (or, The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl produced by Exit, Pursued by a Play Reading. In the Next Room or the vibrator play is a comedy about marriage, intimacy and electricity. Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to treat “hysterical” women (and some men), the play centers on a doctor and his wife and how…
IN THE NEXT ROOM by Sarah Ruhl
July 27 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
I Can’t … I Have Trivia: An evening of Theatre Trivia at The Understudy
August 3 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Come join us for a night full of theatre trivia and fabulous prizes! Hosted by Patrick Zakem and Ben Kaye Aaaaand we are back with another round of trivia at 7:30 on October 13th with new categories, spoopy drinks and fabulous prizes! Hosted by our friend Patrick Zakem, each round will test your knowledge of. A different facet of theatre history, current events, or culture. Think you’ve got what it takes? Come through✨ We recommend playing with a team of…
I Can’t … I Have Trivia: An evening of Theatre Trivia at The Understudy
August 3 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Instrumental Theatre Presents: Chicago Theatre Composers Club
August 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A cabaret featuring short pieces from composers, lyricists and other Chicago musical artists. Hosted by Instrumental Theatre. Instrumental Theatre, in collaboration with The Understudy, is proud to introduce the Chicago Theatre Composers Club or CTCC! This cabaret show will feature short pieces from composers, lyricists, and other musical artists, to shine a spotlight and rock out to their tremendous work. Tickets are $10 or PWYC. You can purchase a PWYC Ticket through the donation page~ Interested in showing new work?…