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Improv comedy is an incredibly useful tool for both comedians and non-performers alike! Through games that tickle the brain and the funny bone, you'll learn to think quickly on your feet, find humor in reality, and expand your overall range and comfort in any occasion. Every week focuses on a different facet of improv, and the entire series culminates in a student showcase on the BABS stage! Or feel free to drop in to any single class for only $25!

Week 1: Improv Basics (8/13/25) 

Week 2: Finding the Game of the Scene (8/20/25) 

Week 3: Building Characters (8/27/25) 

Week 4: Relationship Scenes (9/3/25) 

Week 5: Physical Movement/Object work/Scene building (9/10/25) 

Week 6: Genres, Emotional exploration (9/17/25) 

Week 7: Short form games, One-liner games, X-factor (9/24/25) 

Week 8: Music improv (10/1/25) Emily & Dave

Week 9: Improv Showcase Rehearsal- *only included with 8 class package purchase (10/8/25)

Week 10: Improv Showcase- *only included with 8 class package purchase (Sunday 10/12/25 @6pm)

Ready to laugh, play, and maybe surprise yourself?

Join us at 8PM for our FREE Improv Comedy Jam! Whether you’re jumping on stage or just kicking back with a drink, it’s always a good time. 🍻✨

🎭 Open to all skill levels
🎲 Short-form & long-form improv games led by a BABS house team player
🍷 Bar open with beers, wines, cocktails & more
😂 Free to play or watch — just bring good vibes!

Every Wednesday at BABS. No need to reserve a spot, just walk right in!

Wanna learn how to make people laugh? BABS Comedy Club offers a unique way to learn comedy writing, with every week focusing on different elements, forms, and structures. You can even stay after class and try your new material out in front of an audience at our FREE standup open mic, Thursdays @8. Best of all, the entire series culminates in a student showcase where your best writing is performed on the BABS stage! Take the whole program OR simply drop in to any single class for only $25!

Week 1: Generating unlimited material and brainstorming techniques (8/14/25) 

Week 2: The anatomy of a joke (8/21/25)

Week 3: Standup writing and performing; crowd work (8/28/25) 

Week 4: Sketch writing structure and improvising to create a sketch (9/4/25)

Week 5: Sketch writing formats Part 1 (9/11/25) 

Week 6: Sketch Writing formats Part 2 (9/18/25) 

Week 7: Writing Desk Pieces and Monologues for TV (9/25/25)

Week 8: Comedic Song writing (10/2/25) Emily & Dave

Week 9: Comedy Showcase Rehearsal (10/9/25) Emily & Dave

Week 10: Student Comedy Showcase on the BABS Stage! (Sunday 10/12/25 @6pm)

Watch comedians from novices to experts work out their new material in front of YOU, our live audience.  

* FREE Admission!

* 3-4 minute Standup sets, depending on list length

* Doors Open / Signups at 7:30pm

*List caps at 35 people

Every week, catch a different lineup of your favorite comedians from all over Chicago, Chicagoland, and beyond! Enjoy a night of laughter while you watch the most iconic rising stars of comedy right in your neighborhood! 

Bring the kiddos out to our high-energy, interactive improv comedy show! Watch as our comedians create hilarious scenes and songs based on YOUR suggestions and creating a choose-your-own-comedy-adventure show where your kiddos call the shots! No two shows are the same, so you can come back again and again! And best of all, parents can enjoy the show with an adult libation from our bar featuring beer, wine, ready-to-drink cocktails, and more! Highly recommended for kids ages 4-12. 

Some light is used at this show that may be disruptive to people who are sensitive to light.

**BIRTHDAY ADD-ON AVAILABLE!**

Would your kiddo like to celebrate their birthday at a Kid-Prov show?! Select the “Birthday Bash” add-on at check-out for only $50 more and you’ll get:

-A table set up just for your kiddo’s gifts and cake/outside food (That’s right: all of our shows have the option to Bring-Your-Own-Food!)

-The Kid-Prov! Cast will lead the whole audience in singing Happy Birthday to your little one

-The Kid-Prov! Cast will make your little one a comedy star for the day by bringing them ON STAGE during the show to participate in one of our hilarious improv games! 

Get ready to laugh on the spot! 🎉

Join the BABS Babes, our powerhouse rotating cast of Chicago improv comedy veterans, for a night of fast-paced, high-energy short-form improv — the kind of quick-witted hilarity you’ve seen on Whose Line Is It Anyway?... but live and up close!

Every show is completely unscripted, totally unpredictable, and 100% made up based on YOUR suggestions. From rapid-fire games and hilarious made-up musical comedy to outrageous characters and off-the-wall scenes, it's the kind of night that flies by — because you're too busy laughing.

🔥 No two shows are ever the same
🎤 Featuring the BABS Babes, a team of seasoned performers from the heart of the Chicago improv scene
🍕 No drink minimum and feel free to bring your own food!
🎟️ Only $20 – affordable, unforgettable comedy

Whether you're a die-hard improv fan or just looking for a fun, unique Saturday night out, BABS Babes Improv is your ticket to non-stop laughs in a cozy, intimate club setting.

👉 Grab your tickets now and come be part of the comedy — you might even end up in the show!

Show run time is approximately 90 minutes with an intermission. Recommended for ages 16+, under 18 must be accompanied by a guardian. 

🎭 AFTER DARK IMPROV is BACK! 🌙
Every First Saturday @ 10PM
Starting Saturday, Sept 6th
Only at BABS Comedy Club

Get ready to get naughty with laughter! 😈 The BABS Babes—our house team of quick-witted, dirty-minded, seasoned improvisors—are back for a night of outrageous, no-holds-barred comedy. It's like "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"... if they weren’t allowed on network TV.

💋 18+ ONLY
🍸 NO drink minimum
🎉 Perfect for date nights, wild nights out with friends, birthdays, and bachelor/bachelorette parties.

Unscripted. Unfiltered. Unapologetically hilarious.
Don’t miss the return of Forest Park’s favorite late-night comedy ritual.

🔥 Reserve your spot now before it sells out!

Show run time is approximately 90 minutes.

BABS Comedy Club is thrilled to collaborate with celebrated Hispanic comedians Uzi Acosta, Jose Alfredo, Adrian Ayala, and Dave Ramos to bring you a brand new monthly standup comedy showcase en español y spanglish! Catch Chicago’s top Latino/a/e comedians in your new favorite comedy club!

Celebrate 50 years of Forest Park history with the Historical Society of Forest Park! Since 1975, HSFP has been dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of our community, now it’s time to raise a glass to the past and look forward to the future. Join us on Sunday, November 16th, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at BABS Comedy Club, 7316 Madison St., for an evening of light refreshments, a cash bar, and our Chronology of Forest Park History game where you can win prizes for your historical smarts! Take a chance on our raffle for even more fun prizes. This event is free and open to all, but donations are warmly welcomed to help HSFP continue keeping Forest Park’s history alive for the next 50 years and beyond.