Hump Night!

Hump Night is a comedy variety show on Wednesday nights. We are on break right now, but we will return on September 18 at the Apollo Studio Theater in Chicago.

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We were lucky to have a young singer named LA at Hump Night. You're lucky cause we got it on video. Only 1 more Hump Night left @ the Apollo Studio Theater!

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Abbaria performs this week at Hump Night!

http://undertheguntheater.com/performances/hump-main-event-april-16-2014/

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Wow, I have an awesome lineup for Mullaney Chain this week. I’m psyched. SNL writer Katie Rich will be in town and she is my first guest. She invited Tim Sniffen a member of numerous great improv groups like Baby Wants Candy and the Improvised Shakespeare Company (ISC). He invited Colleen Doyle from iO’s hit duo, Dummy. She invited the founder of ISC and one of the most fun people to play with in Chicago, Blaine Swen.

I can’t wait to play with them on Wednesday.

The 9pm show is at the Apollo Studio Theater on Lincoln in Chicago and it only costs $10:

http://undertheguntheater.com/performances/hump-main-event-april-16-2014/

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What makes Hump Night Teams different? Hump Night Team Team Somewhere Else Choose the people you want on your team. Get put on a team with people you don’t know. No auditions! Audition with 100s of…

I have put together a package deal for coaching though my new theater company, Under the Gun Theater, which I think is a terrific deal. It’s called the Hump Night House Team Project.

Instead of us holding auditions and choosing the teams, I’d like teams to form themselves and come to us. You sign up as a team in 8 week blocks. Each person on the team pays $100 and that covers all the costs for 8 two-hour rehearsals (coaching and space). You also will get up to 4 shows at the Hump Night Pregrame show (and for each show you get a free complimentary ticket to give out to a friend). 

The more I’ve dealt with team systems over the years, the more I’ve felt that teams deserve to have as much autonomy as they can. Those are the teams that are more likely to have chemistry, to get along, and on average get better over time. If you want to add someone to the team, you can. If you want to take a break and come back after a few months, you can. 

This is a meant to be a learning experience, a way for you to get better and have fun. No one is watching the shows, trying to decide who to cut from your team. If your team wants to stay together and we can find time to schedule rehearsals, you won’t get cut. It doesn’t work like.

I’m hoping that this will be the kind of project where performers and students grow and get better. Check out the site and let me know what you think.

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We have a great lineup tonight for Hump Night. She’s Crafty’s, Chicago’s all-female Beastie Boys cover band will be there. Jeff Hansen is going to be doing some standup and storyteller David Boyle will be there too. 

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Adal Rafai, Emma Pope, Walt Delaney & Dan White are my guests in Mullaney Chain!

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We are super excited to have Candy Lawrence is our guest standup tonight at Hump Night! @comedylawrence More info here: http://goo.gl/5b5DDX

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I always like it when Candy performs at Hump Night.

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Tomorrow night at Hump Night!

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Hump Night – Main Event

September 18, 2013 9:00 pm

$10

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The first half of the Hump Night Main Event is a variety show featuring guest performances by some of Chicago’s best storytellers, standups, sketch groups and musical acts. The second half is Mullaney Chain, where Kevin Mullaney improvises with some of Chicago finest improvisors. Each week he invites a guest to perform with him. That guest invites a third player of their choice, who invites a fourth who invites a fifth. This once in a lifetime team weaves an original set of improv comedy from a single suggestion.

This week marks the return of Hump Night after our summer break. This week’s host will be Kevin Mullaney.

Apollo Studio Theater

2540 N Lincoln Ave Chicago 773.935.6100 See Map

Featured Guests This Week:

Liza Treyger Standup

Lily Be Storyteller

The Fruit Flies Musical Guest

This week in Mullaney Chain:

Kevin Mullaney

Paul Grondy

Bob Skupien

Brendan Gardiner

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Pictures for last week's Hump Night! Tonight is the last Hump Night of the summer. Hope to see you there!

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Last Hump Night of the Summer!

This is the last Hump Night of the summer. We won’t be back until September so be sure to come down and check us out. Thanks!

Hump Night returns this week with another great lineup of standup, improv, music, and storytelling.

7:30 – The Improv Hour

The improv hour features teams of players coached by Kevin Mullaney

Pancakes Tonight! with Will Meinen, Oopey Mason, David Prouty, Danielle Bluford, Shana Weinstein and Alex Frenkel

Richard and the Kids with Richard Scruggs, Jude Tedmori, Kyle Reinhard, Alex Hanpeter, Bethanie John, Matt Pina

Delicately Seasoned with Grant Grieshaber, Sara Cardon, Caitlin Wilson, Alex Romero, Jeff Jackel, Phil Caron, Dan de Dios

8:30 – The Variety Hour

Standup, storytelling, music, sketch and occasionally some improv.

Stand Up by Collin Bullock

Storytelling by Don Hall

Solo Performance by Amrita Dhaliwal

Musical Guest Sad Banana

Solo Performance by Lindsay Williams

9:45 – Mullaney Chain

Kevin invites a great improvisor to play, who invites a third, who invites a fourth who invites one more. This week’s guests:

Colleen Doyle

Alison Gates

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Hump Night, July 17th

Hump Night returns this week with another great lineup of standup, improv, music, and storytelling.

7:30 – The Improv Hour

The improv hour features teams of players coached by Kevin Mullaney

Pancakes Tonght! with Will Meinen, Oopey Mason, David Prouty, Danielle Bluford, Shana Weinstein and Alex Frenkel

Richard and the Kids with Richard Scruggs, Jude Tedmori, Kyle Reinhard, Alex Hanpeter, Bethanie John, Matt Pina

Delicately Seasoned with Grant Grieshaber, Sara Cardon, Caitlin Wilson, Alex Romero, Jeff Jackel, Phil Caron, Dan de Dios

8:30 – The Variety Hour

Standup, storytelling, music, sketch and occasionally some improv.

Stand Up by Marz Timms

Solo Performance by Claire Friedman

Storytelling by Angie McMahon

Storytelling by Shannon Cason

Music by Plucky Rosenthal

9:45 – Mullaney Chain

Kevin invites a great improvisor to play, who invites a third, who invites a fourth who invites one more.

Chris Witaske

Tim Stoltenberg

Beth Melewski

Tim Mason

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Hump Night Joke of the Week for July 10th, 2013

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Hump Night, July 10th

Hump Night returns this week with another great lineup of standup, improv, music, and storytelling.

7:30 - The Improv Hour

The improv hour features teams of players coached by Kevin Mullaney:

Pancakes Tonght! with Will Meinen, Oopey Mason, David Prouty, Danielle Bluford, Shana Weinstein and Alex Frenkel

Richard and the Kids with Richard Scruggs, Jude Tedmori, Kyle Reinhard, Alex Hanpeter, Bethanie John, Matt Pina

Delicately Seasoned with Grant Grieshaber, Sara Cardon, Caitlin Wilson, Alex Romero, Jeff Jackel, Phil Caron, Dan de Dios, & Grant Simon

8:30 - The Variety Hour

Standup, storytelling, music, sketch and occasionally some improv.

Stand Up by Kristin Clifford

Storytelling by Amrita Dhaliwal

Stand Up by Josh Johnson

Sketch Comedy by Troupe Jeremy

Music by Cover Stories

9:45 - Mullaney Chain

Kevin invites a great improvisor to play, who invites a third, who invites a fourth who invites one more. This week's guests include:

Peter Gwinn (Baby Wants Candy, writer for The Colbert Report)

Alison Banowsky

Jason Shotts (Dummy)

Jamie Young

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Hump Night returns this week with another great lineup of standup, improv, music, and storytelling.

@ Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL

7:30 – The Improv Hour The improv hour features teams of players coached by Kevin Mullaney * Pancakes Tonght! with Will Meinen, Oopey Mason, David Prouty, Danielle Bluford, Shana Weinstein and Alex Frenkel * Richard and the Kids with Richard Scruggs, Jude Tedmori, Kyle Reinhard, Alex Hanpeter, Bethanie John, Matt Pina * Delicately Seasoned with Grant Grieshaber, Sara Cardon, Caitlin Wilson, Alex Romero, Jeff Jackel, Phil Caron, Dan de Dios 8:30 – The Variety Hour Standup, storytelling, music, sketch and occasionally some improv. * Stand Up by Kristin Clifford * Storytelling by Amrita Dhaliwal * Stand Up by Josh Johnson  * Sketch Comedy by Troupe Jeremy  * Music by Cover Stories 9:45 – Mullaney Chain Kevin invites a great improvisor to play, who invites a third, who invites a fourth who invites one more. This weeks guests include: * Very Special Super Secret Guest!!!

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Tonight host Kevin Mullaney will kick off the show with a joke YOU help write. Finish this joke: A professor at Northwestern University is quitting his...

Help us finish this joke. Provide the winning the punchline and we'll read it at Hump Night. 

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Saurin Choksi will be at Hump night tomorrow night. 

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This is the winning punchline from last week's joke writing contest. Thanks to everyone who contributed a punchline. We'll have another one tomorrow on the Hump Night facebook page.