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7:00 pm  5 mins | Yippiefesters Opening OPEN |  | |
7:05 pm 40 mins | Mike Felten Mike Felten BLUESMAN |  | Rock and roll story/song website |
7:45 pm 15 mins | Pete Wood Stray Cat Glut STORY |  | A dog person who never had a cat is conned into cat sitting gets transformed. |
8:00 pm 5 mins | Scott and Gabriel Scott and Gabriel CLOWN IMPROV |  | We are trying to combine improv clown and contact improv. Come judge how well we succeed |
8:05 pm 30 mins | Frogprov La Frog Royale IMPROV |  | Oyez, oyez! Chicago's favorite (and only!) French and English improv troupe is BACK at Yippie Fest for the second year in a row! Join them for an improvised visit to a French village in the 17th century. Half in English, half en français, entièrement hilarious. website |
8:35 pm 25 mins | Asher Stuhlman The Cynical Stage Magic of Asher Stuhlman MAGIC | | When I was young, I always wanted to know - if magicians had dominion over reality itself, why would they waste that on a deck of cards? Join me for a half hour (ish) of magic, where I will demonstrate only the most useless feats of wizardry |
9:00 pm 20 mins | Primitive Destruction of the Future Talkshow Plasmosis SINGING PUPPETS |  | Talkshow Plasmosis is a talk show where a lion named Astronomus interviews other animals and musicians. He also sings. website |
9:20 pm 10 mins | Pamela Schumacher Hey, Bladder Bladder! PLAY |  | Pam lands in couples therapy with her cranky bladder, Betty. Their bickering spirals until the therapist—who has seen it all—digs through the chaos and uncovers the true source of their intractable urinary troubles. website (WARNING: This production contains mature themes, questionable life choices, and one very opinionated bladder. Despite advice from the leading lady, we recommend using the restroom before the show.) |
9:30 pm 15 mins | Chelsea Snedden Divine Timing Comedy STAND-UP COMEDY |  | Divine Timing Comedy is bringing all the laughs from Valparaiso, IN! She brings relationship humor, love of basketball and dating as a tech worker to create Divine magic on stage. website (18+ humor) |
9:45 pm 10 mins | Monsieur Violin Monsieur Violin CLOWN & MUSIC | | Monsieur Violin is here to speak to you! And of course, he can only speak like a violin. He is, after all, Monsieur Violin. Please enjoy ten minutes of clown audience interaction and musical accompaniment. He will speak, but — will you understand? |
10:15 pm 15 mins | Ross Childs The Quarter-Hour Rock & Roll Blast MUSIC | | A super fun, high-energy, comedy music extravaganza! My aim is to get people laughing, singing, and dancing! My show is the perfect intersection of comedy, music, and imaginary explosions.
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4:40 pm  40 mins | Kate Prior Big 80s Hair STORYTELLING |  | Growing up in the 1980s was hard, but achieving the perfect, gravity-defying puffy hair was even harder. Big 80s Hair chronicles one adolescent’s desperate, sticky journey through clouds of hair spray, teenage angst, and questionable fashion choices in pursuit of the ultimate decade-defining look. |
5:30 pm 15 mins | Pete Wood Stray Cat Glut STORY | | A dog person who never had a cat is conned into cat sitting gets transformed. |
5:45 pm 25 mins | Cootie Club Cootie Club SKETCH |  | Cootie Club brings you flurry of brand new sketches, songs, and more. Join us as we explore vulnerability, the passage of time, and whether all cats get into heaven, too. website |
6:10 pm 30 mins | Samantha Garcia Samantha the Diva COMEDY |  | a hilarious half hour of mostly true tales that prove Samantha is a Diva. website (adult language for adults) |
6:40 pm 15 mins | the little politic the cure for cinderella LONG MONOLOGUE | | A nondescript soap box orator goes around selling a new cure for a new disease that has long plagued mankind: cinderella, the most terrible of all unbecoming maladies. The cure? RADIUM! Step right up and cure yourself of everything that ails, ... or your money back! website (No content warnings.) |
7:00 pm 30 mins | Minimalist Productions Sweatpants, Episode 4 SITCOM |  | Nate, Diane, Dodger, Crowbar, Dennis and all the rest are back for another episode of Sweatpants. |
7:30 pm 30 mins | Frogprov La Frog Royale IMPROV | | Oyez, oyez! Chicago's favorite (and only!) French and English improv troupe is BACK at Yippie Fest for the second year in a row! Join them for an improvised visit to a French village in the 17th century. Half in English, half en français, entièrement hilarious. website |
8:00 pm 35 mins | Collage Productions The Gospel According to Mark . . . Twain COMIC MONOLOGUE |  |
'The Gospel according to Mark . . . Twain' provides a perspective from the author of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 'regarding the deity that the usual commentators upon this topic have neglected to convey.'
(May not be appropriate for some narrow-minded viewers.) |
8:35 pm 45 mins | Famous In The Future Your Shit Parade SKETCH |  | Sketch comedy from Famous In The Future, 85.7% NEW! website (Poop jokes, dick jokes, self-harm.. You know..high-brow comedy) |
9:25 pm 20 mins | the little politic King Ubu SHORT PLAY | | Spurred on by Ma Ubu, Pa Ubu schemes his way to the throne of Baleshnik and finds out the 'finances' of power in this lightly puppetted rendition of Alfred Jarry's no-holds-barred classic, by Simon Stephens, translated by Kenneth McLeish. Shitters! And a great big hat! website (Contains some silly, salty language.) |
9:45 pm 35 mins | Judy Parker Mrs. Hitler Rides Again PLAY |  | A zany look at Eva Braun on the night before her wedding to her beloved Adolph.. |
10:20 pm 10 mins | Pamela Schumacher Hey, Bladder Bladder! PLAY | | Jane lands in couples therapy with her cranky bladder, Betty. Their bickering spirals until the therapist—who has seen it all—digs through the chaos and uncovers the true source of their intractable urinary troubles. website (WARNING: This production contains mature themes, questionable life choices, and one very opinionated bladder. Despite advice from the leading lady, we recommend using the restroom before the show.) |
10:30 pm 60 mins | RPG-13 RPG-13: A Role Playing & Improv Comedy Show IMPROV |  | Hello Travelers! Welcome to RPG-13, the comedy company from Chicago, IL, that combines role playing games with improvisation: where fate and funny collide! Roll a 20, a glorious success! Roll a 1, a hilarious disaster! Join us to create your adventure, where you have all the possibilities! website (PG-13) |
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3:00 pm  15 mins | El Bear Once Before, I Was The Best THEATRE |  | In the not too distant future, a has-been influencer is thrust into crisis when an overworked postal worker collapses in front of her Housing Pod.
They are set on a collision course to…friendship and understanding?
Witness the new World Premiere play from your friends at El Bear!
website (Violence, gore, foul language) |
3:15 pm 60 mins | Fat Theatre Project Little But Fierce PLAY* | | Solo Work Presentation website (talk of fatphobic experience, etc ) |
4:15 pm 20 mins | the little politic King Ubu SHORT PLAY | | Spurred on by Ma Ubu, Pa Ubu schemes his way to the throne of Baleshnik and finds out the 'finances' of power in this lightly puppetted rendition of Alfred Jarry's no-holds-barred classic, by Simon Stephens, translated by Kenneth McLeish. Shitters! And a great big hat! website (Contains some silly, salty language.) |
4:35 pm 15 mins | TG Jamroz Dress Code ONE PERSON SHOW | | TG Jamroz is back with an all new solo show monologues, live music, projected visuals website |
4:50 pm 35 mins | Collage Productions The Gospel According to Mark . . . Twain COMIC MONOLOGUE | |
'The Gospel according to Mark . . . Twain' provides a perspective from the author of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 'regarding the deity that the usual commentators upon this topic have neglected to convey.'
(May not be appropriate for some narrow-minded viewers.) |
5:25 pm 40 mins | Kate Prior Big 80s Hair STORYTELLING | | Growing up in the 1980s was hard, but achieving the perfect, gravity-defying puffy hair was even harder. Big 80s Hair chronicles one adolescent’s desperate, sticky journey through clouds of hair spray, teenage angst, and questionable fashion choices in pursuit of the ultimate decade-defining look. |
6:05 pm 20 mins | Kristin Schultes She's A Character SKETCH |  | She's quirky. She's a good time. Just don't catch her on a bad day cause-.she's a character! Kristin Schultes seamlessly presents a smorgasbord of over 12 unique original solo comedic character sketches that will tickle you in all the right places. website (No profanity. Just a Good time.) |
6:25 pm 20 mins | Industrial Gardens Show to be determined PROBABLY A PLAY | | Someakindachooseyourownstoryform website (If you know me, no you don’t) |
7:15 pm 30 mins | Taylor Layne The Poofoak STORYTELLING |  | An epic poem performance with musical accompaniment. website (descriptions of violence) |
7:45 pm 20 mins | Rob Speer Dr. Snyder's Patient EROTIC STANDUP | | Comedian Rob Speer invented jokes at age 10, introducing comedy to the world. Since then, he has written 14 new jokes, several of which will be featured at Yippie 2026, his second year back at the festival. website |
8:00 pm 15 mins | Shane Zimmer Improvised Collaborative Poetry IMPROV | | Taking a prompt from y'all (the spectators), I (the actor-spectacle) will compose a line or two of poetry, and together we'll write a 3-5 line poem in the moment (together becoming spec/actors). The poem will be ours. website |
8:15 pm 45 mins | Invite Us Over Bad Decisions Make Good Stories STORYTELLERS |  | We love sharing real-life stories about turning lemons into lemonade and pigs' ears into silk purses. We met at GeNarrations, the free storytelling program sponsored by the Goodman Theatre, and discovered we'd rather laugh than complain. Okay, we like to complain, too. |
9:00 pm 60 mins | RPG-13 RPG-13: A Role Playing & Improv Comedy Show IMPROV | | Hello Travelers! Welcome to RPG-13, the comedy company from Chicago, IL, that combines role playing games with improvisation: where fate and funny collide! Roll a 20, a glorious success! Roll a 1, a hilarious disaster! Join us to create your adventure, where you have all the possibilities! website (PG-13) |
10:00 pm 5 mins | Yippiefesters Closing video CLOSE | | |