Events

Past Events

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Your Stories teams up with Lily Be's The Stoop, one of our favorite storytelling shows in the city, for a fantastic night of stories, music, and doing a little good. 

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Here's the second of our three-part tribute to Chicago historian Studs Terkel! This is for all the bosses out there.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


It's Shelby and Chris's first show as hosts, and they're starting with an old favorite!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


After seven years, Eric's hosting his last Your Stories. Come enjoy a night of music and storytellers curated by him...

Including new show hosts Chris Crotwell and Shelby Mongan!! :O :O :O

We'll also be throwing a little party in honor of the new class of Nerdologues and Nerdologues-adjacent podcasts from our mentorship program!

After 4 super fun playtest nights in the past, the logan Theatre's teaming up with The Nerdologues once again to bring you the 5th Playtest Party.

It's Mary Beth's final Nerd show in Chicago. Come celebrate at the Cards Against Humanity Theater!

For eight years we've been making silly, weirdly specific stuff to entertain all of you. Let's commemorate that! We put some of our favorite material -- both sketches and songs -- from our history into a feature-length greatest hits-style album because, well, why not? Now these laughs are immortalized forever... or at least until an EMP wipes out the whole internet. But, y'know, might as well enjoy this record until then!

We love the Chicago Podcast Festival and are super stoked to be part of their showcase series at one of our favorite haunts, the Beat Kitchen!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


One of our favorite performers (and emeritus Nerds), Andrew Bentley, is saying goodbye to Chicago. Come send him off with this double shot of shows!

American Writers Museum:

180 N Michigan Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60601


It's our third annual team-up with International Tom Hanks Day! And this time we're hanging at the super spiffy American Writers Museum!

Challengers Comics:

1845 N Western Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60647


We love comics, we love comedy, we love wrestling. Let's combine all three. 

We've been making podcasts a long dang time. Now we want to help you make yours!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


The Nerdologues are turning 8 this year, and to celebrate we made you a present -- a super-sweet recording of some of our favorite songs and sketches from our history as a group. Join us March 10th to hear it performed live in its entirety! Stick around for our anniversary party afterwards.

The Logan Theatre:

2646 N Milwaukee Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60647


For the sixth installment of our ever-popular Fanfiction February series, we're teaming up with the hilarious homegrown podcast Potterotica. This'll be fun. 

826CHI:

1276 N Milwaukee Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60622


Our year of pop-up shows begins with a fundraiser for one of the coolest storytelling spaces in Chicago!

The Beat Kitchen:

2100 W Belmont Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60618


It's our SIXTH ANNUAL year-end celebration featuring your favorite storytellers from the past 12 months, a full cover band on the main stage at the Beat Kitchen, and more!

The Beat Kitchen:

2100 W Belmont Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60618


Incredibly talented hip hop artist Rich Jones joins the Nerds for a night celebrating questionable adventuring decisions. 

Well, it's that time of year again. Get ready to get spooky. 

The Nerdologues' long-running live storytelling show teams up with the amazingly talented production crew of Muscular Clown to screen their new webseries The Street Wizard's Apprentice. Dwight's new rock & roll outfit, Gray Ghost, opens up!

The Beat Kitchen:

2100 W Belmont Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60618


This month, Your Stories celebrates the silver screen!

The Beat Kitchen:

2100 W Belmont Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60618


We're telling stories, we're singing songs, we're raising money for an org that helps encourage literacy in young kids by using dogs -- it's just the best. 

The Beat Kitchen:

2100 W Belmont Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60618


This month, Your Stories teams up with Bit Bash, some of the coolest people in the Chicago gaming scene!

Nomad World Pub:

501 Cedar Ave S,
Minneapolis,
MN, 55454


It's our final show of the tour! Plus, we've got a little Your Stories reunion cooking. 

Back us on Kickstarter!

Competition Kitchen is the new deliciously creative party game from The Nerdologues. Imagine if you could play "Chopped" at home; but instead of food, you have cards, and instead of pots and pans, you have your words and imagination. Three to seven players compete to emerge as the top chef at the table!

Wayward Coffeehouse:

6417 Roosevelt Way NE,
Seattle,
WA, 98115


Seattle, we're back for ya!

The Knockout:

3223 Mission St,
San Francisco,
CA, 94110


The Your Stories tour heads to the home of the Golden Gate Bridge, the countercultural revolution, and Rice-a-Roni (mmm). And we're recording at a sweet-ass rock & roll bar to boot.

Nerdmelt Showroom at Meltdown Comics:

7522 Sunset Blvd,
Los Angeles,
CA, 90046


The Your Stories tour hits LA. Come celebrate the release of our new podcast Let's Get It On, the brainchild of producer, writer, all-around great guy and special guest host for the evening Gary Lucy!

The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse:

1260 22nd Street,
Denver,
CO, 80205


The tour comes to Denver! We get to hang with a founding Nerdologues member and also other cool peeps!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Your Stories is heading out west for a two-week tour. Join us for a kickoff party in Chicago!

The Logan Theatre:

2646 N Milwaukee Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60647


Your Stories once again partners with International Tom Hanks Day, this time at the Logan Theatre. Cool!

Nerdmelt Showroom at Meltdown Comics:

7522 Sunset Blvd,
Los Angeles,
CA, 90046


Our second LA show brings our longest-running podcast (now in its *sixth year*) to the Nerdmelt Showroom at Meltdown Comics for a night full of stories and songs from some wonderful West Coasters. Full lineup announced soon!

UCB Franklin:

5919 Franklin Ave,
Los Angeles,
CA, 90028


The Nerds are hitting up the West Coast for a special one-night-only sketch show full of both new and classic material, and we're bringing some great LA comedians along to help!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


We're meeting the year head-on with the first Your Stories of 2017. We're also debuting our brand-new Your Stories house band!

The Hideout:

1354 W Wabansia Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Wow. Five years. That's a long time. Join the Nerdologues at one of Chicago's coolest music venues, The Hideout, for a celebration of our longest-running podcast. We'll be filling the night with some of your favorite storytellers from all across the show's history and bringing a full band along so we can finally rock like we were always destined to. 

Your Stories is a live storytelling show-turned-podcast hosted by the Nerdologues and generated by our wonderful audience! We’re kinda like the Moth, except instead of competition you’ll just hear a bunch of people earnestly geeking out about what they love and who they are.

HEY IT'S CLAIRE I'M TAKING OVER THE SHOW DESCRIPTION.

The 1700 Theatre at Steppenwolf:

1700 N Halsted,
Chicago,
IL, 60614


MBSing was asked to be a part of the inaugural Chicago Podcast Festival and was given a slot with two other fantastic shows, Tomefoolery and Chewing, on Saturday, September 19th at 2 PM.

The 1700 Theatre at Steppenwolf:

1700 N Halsted,
Chicago,
IL, 60614


Your Stories is incredibly proud to be a part of the inaugural Chicago Podcast Festival, and we've got a handful of absolute pros hitting the stage with us to celebrate. Tim Barnes! Mike Gifford! Eileen Tull!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Join the Nerdologues for some seasonally appropriate spooooky stories!

UCB Sunset:

5419 W Sunset Blvd,
Los Angeles,
CA, 90027


Eric's going to LA for vacation. Might as well get a show in!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Join the Nerdologues, plus the creators of the illustrated novel/Kickstarter sensation Taylor Swift: Girl Detective, PLUS a bunch of other wonderful storytellers, for a great night of stories and songs!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


The Your Stories crew teams up with a fantastic LGBT sports fundraiser for a great night of stories and songs!

The Nerds have been around for six years now, and we're looking to Take Things to the Next Level!! We can use your help doing that. 

iO Chicago:

1501 N Kingsbury St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Join the Cards Against Humanity late night writer’s room.  You’ll pitch your card ideas to the game creators, and the best suggestions will be acted out live by the Nerdologues and friends. The worst suggestions will be mercilessly ridiculed.

The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse:

1260 22nd Street,
Denver,
CO, 80205


No joke, we're going to Denver!

The Nerdologues are coming to town for Denver Comic Con 2016, and we wanted to bring some of our favorite sketches!  We'll pull some classic scenes, songs, and stories out of our vault to put together some of the tightest 45 minutes you've ever seen.  Our selections range from "Punchline: The Hero of a Thousand Laughs" to a song answering age-old question, "What is a Bitcoin?"

230 W. Huron St:

230 W. Huron St,
Chicago,
IL, 60654


We're teaming up with a couple great Chicago organizations for a very special night of stories!

Chicago Cultural Center:

78 E Washington St,
Chicago,
IL, 60602


Your Stories is coming to Chicago's 2016 LakeFX Expo + Summit, the Midwest's largest free gathering of creative talent!

Harold Washington Library:

400 S State St,
Chicago,
IL, 60605


We're teaming up with the Chicago Public Library's Maker Lab for a really special night of stories and songs!

May 7th - May 28th, Saturdays at 10:30pm

The Playground Theater:

3209 N Halsted,
Chicago,
IL


In this darkly comedic musical, the true life of Danny Tanner and is family is exposed; promises will be broken, sinister paths explored, lives may be lost, and yes, songs will be sung. Whether you’re a member of the Full House fan club or scoff in a superior fashion when you hear someone utter “Cut It Out”; you will find both a touch of nostalgia and an illuminating light shining brightly on the Tanners’ most clandestine realities. Come see the Tanners as you’ve never seen them before.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

Our special guest this month is our friend Scott Whitehair, a veteran Chicago storyteller and amazing guy! He's bringing some of his favorite new talent to the show, and we're bringing our friends, too!

iO Chicago:

1501 N Kingsbury St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Join the Cards Against Humanity late night writer’s room. You’ll pitch your card ideas to the game creators, and the best suggestions will be acted out live by the Nerdologues and friends.

The worst suggestions will be mercilessly ridiculed.

Begyle Brewing:

1800 W Cuyler Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast.

This is our fourth annual "Fanfiction February" episode. In the second half of the night, the Nerdologues are going to dramatize a He-Man script Eric wrote when he was 14. It's going to be amazing.

Chicago Design Museum:

108 N State St, Fl 3rd,
Chicago,
IL, 60602


Every month, the Nerdologues invite friends and nerds from the community to share stories. The night generally involves stand-up, sketches, or songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then, it's compiled into a podcast. This edition's theme is "beginnings". Tickets are $10 for the public, and $5 for students.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast.

Our special guests this month are our friends from the Campaign and One Shot Podcasts, fellow Chicago Podcast Coop shows!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast.

This month it's our fourth birthday! As in years past, we'll be inviting back some of your favorite speakers from the past year and also playing some of our favorite songs!

Here's the first five of our storytellers you helped pick! We'll announce the other half soon:

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


A few years ago in an iO theater that no longer exists, the Nerdologues put up a show that had a little fun with the epically terrible Star Wars Holiday Special. This year, on the eve of the Force Awakens release, we're doing it again!

Note this is an ALL-NEW COMEDY SHOW, just with a similar premise -- our hero, Joe, has to get home to Ohio to enjoy Life Day celebrations with the Gennaro family, but some malicious Force is trying to stop him.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

Our special guests this month are our friends in Improvised Star Trek! It's like Star Trek, but improvised! www.theimprovisedstartrek.com

The Arcade Comedy Theatre:

811 Liberty Ave,
Pittsburgh,
PA, 15222


The Nerdologues is coming to Pittsburgh’s Arcade Comedy Threatre for a one-night-only "greatest hits" sketch comedy show!

The Nerdologues is coming to Pittsburgh’s Arcade Comedy Theatre for a one-night-only "greatest hits" sketch comedy show!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Thanks to Your Stories' new weekly release schedule, we can FINALLY do a relevant Halloween episode! Our special guests this month hail from the Match 3 podcast, a show dedicated to exploring the cultural context of video games. 

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

Our special guests this month are some really great Chicago comedy producers, Peaches & Hot Sauce! 

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Hey friends! On Friday September 18th, we'll be hosting a pickup party for our game Fisticuffs! We'll also be remounting our most recent show, "We Got What We Want and its Not What We Wanted". 

6:30 - Doors open. 

6:30-8:00 - Hang out, drink, pickup games. 

8:30-9:15 - Nerdologues Sketch Show

9:15-Midnight-ish - Hang out, drink, play games. 

We'll have extra copies of Fisticuffs! on hand and for sale for $20. You could buy it before the show, after the show, or not at all.

August 28th - August 31st

We're heading out to Seattle at the end of the month! If you'll be at PAX -- be on the lookout. 

We'll be hanging out at the Cards Against Humanity experience at the ACT theater. 

Nightly shows of sketch and improv comedy. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

Daily play sessions of Fisticuffs! We'll have some copies on hand and will be selling them as well. 

Come be friends! 

August 22nd, 2015

We made a game! Fisticuffs! Come check us out at the Chicago Southland Mini Maker Faire.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The theme this month is "Authentic," as chosen by our friend/special guest curator for the night Shawn Smith!

Shawn's bringing some speakers, but you can speak, too! Email yourstories@nerdologues.com if you're interested in such a thing!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The theme this month is "Fans," as chosen by our friend/special guest curator for the night Mark Colomb, who's leaving us for Denver at the end of the month!

Adler Planetarium:

1300 S Lake Shore Drive,
Chicago,
IL, 60605


Adler After Dark is one of the coolest events in the city. This month they've invited us to hang out and tell some stories relating to the theme "Runt of the Litter" (just like Pluto)! If you've got a story you want to share, you can submit it via the Adler website - just click on the link to find out how!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


We’ve been rocking out as The Nerdologues for 5 years, so come HIGH-five us.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite friends and nerds from the community to share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then, it's compiled into a podcast.

In collaboration with the Chicago Design Museum for Design Week, this month's theme is "Discovery". Speakers include Jane Beachy, Philip Burton, Renata Graw, Tracie Hall, Mike Joosse, Joey Nakayama, Jessica Disu, Max Temkin, Matthew Terdich, and Kathryn Terrell. Learn more about the Chicago Design Museum here: http://chidm.com/

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


The Nerdologues, are launching a Kickstarter for their first game: Fisticuffs! There will be food, beer, and plenty of games of Fisticuffs! to play (plus some of our other favorite Kickstarted games). The party starts at 8pm, the Nerdologues will be on hand to provide color commentary and smiles.

Fisticuffs! is a free-for-brawl fighting card game that we made. Four to six players engage in head-to-head (-to-head-to-head) constant combat until the frenzy peaks and one player emerges victorious. We put it on Kickstarter in June, and we totally got funded: 132% of our goal.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast.

The theme this month is "Sound Idea," and we're featuring and celebrating the Chicago Podcast Coop, a really cool thing that's made podcasting in Chicago like a million times better.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Come on over to Some Office (1917 N Elston Ave) for a big barrel of MBSing fun!

I'll be MBSing with special guest Trin Garritano (Events Manager at Cards Against Humanity) about our mutual love of the best TV show of all time: Parks and Recreation! We WILL talk the final season, so catch up before attending if you don't want spoilers, fools.

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The theme this month is "Press Start," and we're featuring the folks behind Arcade Brewery, a great Chicago group that combines beer, comics, and video games - some of our favorite things! We'll also have other really great speakers... and one of them could be you!

We're really excited to hang out with Columbia Geek Culture Gala, CG2. And our friends at Improvised Star Trek will be there too!

Cards Against Humanity Theater:

1551 W Homer St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


HEY! We're moving to our new home, the theater at the Cards Against Humanity office! We're also featuring Cards as our special guest this month. Cool!

Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast.

The theme this month is "Pick a Card" - so, take your Cards Against Humanity cards, choose one, and use that as a writing prompt. You can probably come up with literally anything.

Threadless HQ:

1260 W Madison St,
Chicago,
IL, 60607


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

This month, we're coming back for our third year of FANFICTION FEBRUARY, and we're super stoked to record this bad boy at Threadless HQ, one of the coolest places in Chicago!

UCB Sunset:

5419 W Sunset Blvd,
Los Angeles,
CA, 90027


https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Nerdologues/103834046325834?ref=book…

We're heading to LA for a weekend! We'll be doing a show at UCB on the 6th at 10:30, and then a live recording of Your Stories at Dinosaur Coffee on the 7th at 7:00. Hope to see you there! 

iO Chicago:

1501 N Kingsbury St,
Chicago,
IL, 60642


We love our friends at Improvised Star Trek and we're performing with them again. It's our first show at iO's new space!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

This month, we're welcoming guests from The House Theatre of Chicago! Appropriately, our theme is "House Rules." 

Hilton Downtown Milwaukee City Center:

509 W Wisconsin Ave,
Milwaukee,
WI, 53203


Hey Nerds, we're taking a trip to Milwaukee for the 15th annual Midwinter Gaming Convention! Won't you join us?

In our sketch shows, the Nerdologues love to share personal stories about our lives growing up as nerds. In the Nerdologues' Your Stories, a live show-turned-biweekly podcast, it's your turn! Your Stories is completely created by our audience. Each month we prompt our storytellers with a theme and they craft a story, comedy bit, song, or whatever they like in response. We record them all and release a bunch to the Web.

Stage 773:

1225 W. Belmont,
Chicago,
IL


We're taking on the nation's largest sketch comedy festival with an all new show about the dark corners of the internet.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The Playground Theater:

3209 N Halsted,
Chicago,
IL


Come on out to hang out with us as we do a very rare improv show. 

For the past year Kevin has put together a weekly show at The Playground Theater that welcomes new improv groups. It's called, The New New Show. Anyways, we're commandeering that time-slot.

This Thanksgiving eve, there's no show following it, so we're going to hang out and get weird. Then, drink. 

The Playground is BYOB. So do that. 3209 N. Halsted (Boystown)

The show starts at 8pm, but we'll be hanging out well well afterwards. 

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast.

We've got two special guests this month!

The Logan Theatre:

2646 N Milwaukee Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60647


Mark your calendars for November 13th! We're teaming up with The Logan Theatre to bring you a night of early-stage game testing in our bar and lounge. If you enjoy playing games and supporting independent creatives, we'd love for you to be here.

Play games, win prizes, enjoy drink specials, and chat with local game makers!

Black Rock Pub & Kitchen:

3614 N Damen Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60618


--IMPORTANT: This month, Your Stories is NOT at the Public House Theatre. Due to some scheduling stuff, we're moving the fun to Black Rock Pub & Kitchen, which is a terrific place! And this is still free!--

Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Have you seen The Doubleclicks? They write and perform nerdy songs. We write and perform nerdy sketch comedy. Our paths were destined to cross. Thanks to our friends at Cards Against Humanity for making it happen.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

Our special guests this month are: Elliott Serrano (columnist extraordinare for the Red Eye) and some of the cast and crew behind Space Happens!

The Triple Door:

216 Union Street,
Seattle,
WA, 98101


We love working with Cards Against Humanity. Remember when we did that first Nerds Against Humanity Show? Or that gross video for 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit? We're doing another show with them at The Triple Door in Seattle.

August 21-23rd

The Den Theatre:

1333 N. Milwaukee Ave,
Chicago,
IL, 60622


At this year's Jangleheart we'll be doing a live recording of Your Stories as well as a sketch show.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people tell their tales. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

Our special guests this month come from Geek Bar Chicago, and we couldn't be more excited!

The theme of this month is "Bottoms Up"! Come share whatever that makes you think of!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The theme of this month is Fingers Crossed! Come share whatever that makes you think of!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Hey everybody! We're going to celebrate the past four years of all of our hard work?

How? By throwing a party at the Public House Theatre. It's totally free. There's a bar, and if you're interested, you can drop $20 for all you can drink from 9pm-12am. So, come hang out, celebrate with us. 

We might tell some stories, we might do some bits, we'll likely play some games, both board and video. 

Let's make it a potluck too, why not?

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The theme of this month is Circus, and we're spotlighting the awesome people from the Upstairs Gallery!

May 23rd - June 29th. Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


"When The Cubs win and Wrigleyville spreads, Chicago loses."

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

The theme of this month is Fellowship, which dovetails nicely with Lord of the Wrigley: The Fellowship of the Cubs! This month's special guests: some of the talent behind CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo! 

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


A few months ago the Nerdologues hosted a 32-person Magic: the Gathering draft and a good time was had by all, so we thought we’d do it again!

This time, we’re right on the heels of the release of Magic’s newest set, Journey into Nyx, and we’re giving away a whole box of that set!

Bring your friends and make a run for the box together! Or go rogue and claim the prize all for yourself. Either way, get a chance to spend an afternoon playing cards with some local comedians and good friends.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Just us, the Nerds of Chicago as we join together to watch the original trilogy and eat food.

It's a potluck so please RSVP using this eventbrite and let us know what food you are bringing. We've capped it at 100. It's totally free otherwise!

Doors open at 11am, films start at 12pm, 3pm, and 6pm.

There will be some fun trivia in between films!

Come see The Nerds and some special guest do a Your Stories storytelling event on the theme "conventionally speaking."

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast. And it's free!

This month's special guests: The Improvised X-Files
This month's theme: The Truth (Is Out There)

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Planning this month's game night, we started feeling a little super. Maybe that's because our friend James D'Amato (host of the fantastic One Shot Podcast) suggested we get together and rock some games that have sprung straight off the comics page - the miniature battle game Heroclix plus the Marvel and DC deck-building games!

Come hang out at the Public House Theatre to enjoy some free geeky game time with your friends in the Chicago nerd comedy community. We'll have people around to run all of these games, and it's totally free to attend!

Stage 773:

1225 W. Belmont,
Chicago,
IL


Stage 773:

1225 W. Belmont,
Chicago,
IL


The Nerdologues are so excited to be a part of this year's The Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival in not one, but two shows!

First up is this late night Your Stories edition. Haven't been to Your Stories? Well, every month the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast. 

For this special show we're featuring other performers from Nerdfest!

Be there for this free closer to an awesome night of nerd comedy.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

This month's special guests: the awesome skaters from Chicago Outfit Roller Derby!
 

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Nerdologues are bringing back game night - WITH A VENGEANCE.

In March, we're gonna play the game made famous on Doug Benson's podcast DOUG LOVES MOVIES. It's called The Leonard Maltin Game and it mixes movie trivia with Name That Tune-style mechanics. It's easy to pick up and perfect for any movie nerd!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Over the past year it’s come to our attention that a lot of folks in the Chicago comedy community enjoy the occasional MtG games, so we thought we’d do something about it - bring everyone together and host an awesome draft tournament!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, perform sketches, or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

The theme this month is FULL HEARTS! And we'll be joined by special guests and Public House favorites All of Our Feelings at Once!

Stage 773:

1225 W. Belmont,
Chicago,
IL


Our friends at Cards Against Humanity are sending out holiday gifts to 100,000 people over 12 days! We made a video to accompany day seven. It took a lot of effort to gross out the CAH guys but we did it!

The Your Stories podcast has been going for two years now. And just like last year, we thought we'd use this time to reflect back on the previous 12 months of stories, songs, bits and whatever else we've heard. We'd love it if you all could help us.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


This Sunday, the Nerdologues are teaming up with our friends in Improvised Star Trek and A Klingon Christmas Carol for a special Your Stories event!

We'll be raising money for Chicago Loot Drop as well!

As usual, come share stories with us about whatever the theme makes you think of. We'll also have some music, some comedy, and some very special guests.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Usually the first Sunday of the month would be reserved for a live show, but since you can see the fruits of our comedy labors THE FIRST FOUR FRIDAYS IN NOVEMBER, we thought we'd do something different this month.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


After years of planning, filmmaker George Lucas has unleashed his ultimate scheme: total control of "The Multiverse." With the go-to heroes on the ropes, the fate of all life falls into the unwitting hands of an average nerd named Joe. Digging deep to find his destiny, Joe goes on an adventure across space and time to stop Lucas and his evil plans - with the help of some unusual friends.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, do sketches, play music or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Nerdologues present an all-new sketch comedy show on the first Sunday of the month. This October the Nerds say "screw it."

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


That's right. We're back at it! A brand new sketch show dedicated to the 20th anniversary of everyone's favorite year: 1993!

The Sunday AFTER Labor Day.

The Triple Door:

216 Union Street,
Seattle,
WA, 98101


The Nerdologues are headed to Seattle to join the creators of Cards Against Humanity for another improv show ... this time at the The Triple Door Theater on the Sunday of PAX! Join us and other amazing Seattle improvisers in this supremely funny show.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Hey nerds, this is Alex Talavera's last Your Stories, so he's agreed to cohost the event and help us pick the theme and music played. So, to honor Alex's request, this month the theme is: BEST-LAID PLANS.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


We're saying goodbye to one of our own in a celebration of fancy and fun. The show will consist of some of our favorites, some new gems, and some big wet turds you have probably never seen and will NEVER see again. There'll be some members of the original cast of the Nerdologues joining us too!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, do sketches, play music or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Stage 773:

1225 W. Belmont,
Chicago,
IL


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, do sketches, play music or sing songs; a lot of people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Dweebutante Ball is a social gathering for geeks and nerds, dorks and dweebs. It’s a celebration of all things nerdy and embracing our inner geeks!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The excellent charity Chicago Loot Drop pairs with us for our monthly show in May. This time we're bringing an you an epic tale that will take The Nerdologues across the city.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


It's Plan 9 Burlesque's show on the last night of C2E2 and we are happy to be on their list of guest performers.

We're performing again at this year's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


We're doing another Nerds Against Humanity performance with the creators of Cards Against Humanity at the C2E2 After Party!

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Every month we produce a brand-new one-night-only sketch show.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


We're joining our friends at Improvised Star Trek to celebrate the inevitable extraterrestrial encounter.
The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


iO Chicago (Wrigleyville):

3541 N. Clark St,
Chicago,
IL


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


Back by popular demand! We had so much fun doing a show with the creators of Cards Against Humanity that we're doing it again.

The Public House Theatre:

3914 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL, 60613


The new year marks a lot of fun growth for us. We'll be moving Your Stories away from the Upstairs Gallery to a new home at the Public House Theater. It's located at corner of Byron and Clark just south of Irving Park.

iO Chicago (Wrigleyville):

3541 N. Clark St,
Chicago,
IL


This Friday at midnight, we're teaming up with the creators of CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY for a very special improvised show.
iO Chicago (Wrigleyville):

3541 N. Clark St,
Chicago,
IL


Upstairs Gallery:

5219 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, some people sing songs, some people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

Upstairs Gallery:

5219 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL


We've hit a year of doing Your Stories as a Podcast! In honor of this milestone the theme for November is "annual."

iO Chicago (Wrigleyville):

3541 N. Clark St,
Chicago,
IL


Fizz Bar / Pub Theater:

3220 N Lincoln Ave,
Chicago,
IL


We're teaming up with Plan 9 Burlesque to bring you a night of video game themed debauchery.

The Playground Theater:

3209 N Halsted,
Chicago,
IL


We're going to be hanging out at the Playground for a Halloween Parrrrrty after we wrap up a show there. Come by!

The Playground Theater:

3209 N Halsted,
Chicago,
IL


Upstairs Gallery:

5219 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, some people sing songs, some people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

A couple of members of the Nerdologues will be travelling to Kokomo, Indiana to teach some comedy workshops and talk to awesome nerds at Kokomocon!

iO Chicago (Wrigleyville):

3541 N. Clark St,
Chicago,
IL


Javits Center:

655 West 34th Street,
New York,
NY


We'll be in our nerdy element on the Variant stage at the East coast's biggest pop culture event!

The PIT:

123 E 24th Street,
New York,
NY


It's Nerds Take Manhattan as we travel to NYC for the PIT's sketch festival and New York Comic Con.

Fizz Bar / Pub Theater:

3220 N Lincoln Ave,
Chicago,
IL


There will be a full moon on September 30th. So, we're getting a bunch of people in a room to play Werewolf. It's a lot like Mafia if you have never played.

Upstairs Gallery:

5219 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL


Every month, the Nerdologues invite our friends and Nerds from the community to come and share their stories. Some people do stand-up, some people sing songs, some people share stories. Then we put it up on a podcast.

iO Chicago (Wrigleyville):

3541 N. Clark St,
Chicago,
IL


This Saturday we play iO's giant interactive Supershow.

Upstairs Gallery:

5219 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL


Upstairs Gallery:

5219 N Clark,
Chicago,
IL


The Playground Theater:

3209 N Halsted,
Chicago,
IL