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CHICAGO'S PREMIER VENUE FOR IMPROV COMEDY AND TRAINING

WE'RE NOT JUST A COMEDY THEATER, WE'RE ALSO A TRAINING CENTER!

IMPROV

Develop your skills in the wonderful world of improv with some of the greatest teachers, innovators, and mentors in the art of improvisation of the past 30 years!
Whether you have experience in improv or are a comedy noob, our improvisation training classes will give you new insight into improv and how it can enhance your comedy career and interpersonal skills! …or at least make you more fun at parties.

WRITING CLASSES

Taught by experienced instructors in their field, our TV Comedy Writing classes will teach you the essential skills needed to write for various TV formats like The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, Sitcoms, and more!

COMEDY WORKSHOPS

Register for one of our improv comedy workshops and get the opportunity to pick the brains of our expert instructors in a variety of unique comedy workshops throughout the year that focus on improv, acting, writing, and more!

BUSINESS IMPROV TRAINING

At The HOME Theater, our improv training for business flips the switch by igniting creativity and out-of-the-box thinking not found in most other stuffy corporate training programs.
Armed with decades-long experience in the field of corporate training and working with some of the most elite business schools in the world, our instructors  will meet your business team where they work, at a corporate event, or in our newly minted theater in East Lakeview that’s second to none. Education houses in the world.

ABOUT US

The HOME Comedy Theater is Chicago’s newest comedy venue featuring the best improv comedy shows in the city. Located in Chicago’s East Lakeview neighborhood, our theater boasts an 80-seat theater with a bar and kitchen, a full restaurant menu, a training center, and a separate full-service bar open seven days a week.

Our Training Center specializes in the teaching of “Long From” improvisation and “The Harold”, a Chicago-born signature long-form structure. We also offer a TV Writing program, comedy/improv workshops, and more!

Our instructors are some of the best and most influential teachers and performers in the field of improvisation of the past three decades and their contribution to the art of improvisation helped Chicago be recognized as the Mecca of improvisational studies and performances around the world.

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LOCATION2843 N. HALSTED ST.

(312) 488-9528

The Home Comedy Theater is within a short walking distance from the Halsted bus stop (Bus #8), the Diversey Brown & Purple line, the Wellington Brown & Purple line, and the Belmont Red, Brown, & Purple line train stops.

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Chicago’s premier venue for improv comedy and training.

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