One Liner Madness

One Liner Madness is a Time Out Critics' Pick comedy show that travels the country to find the nation's best joke writers. On Saturday, November 14th, dozens of Chicago comedians will go head-to-head in bracketed, March Madness style, single-elimination, one-liner joke contest. The fast-paced competition goes from 64 comics to a single winner in just 100 minutes. Audience applause determines which performers advance and who ultimately wins the trophy, cash prize, and title of 2026 ONE LINER MADNESS CHICAGO CHAMPION. Featuring: Mitchell Potts Connor O’Hara Gemini The Savage Eli Wilz James River Maxwell Tidey Evan Pratt Giancarlo Pascuzzi Syed Hasnain Tom Walma Bradley Ray Rose (formally Brad Griep) Josh Fred Cam Honeyager Erick Austin Alice Dihon Nick Mayer Joli Yang Jason Issac Natalia Sovero Preston O’ffill Kenzie Mackin Mike Mazzella fae lily Fee Basanavicius Keith Hernandez Robert Rule Cameron Cai Richard Bowen Lindy Tongol Natalie Whalen Evelyn Troutman Grey Dolan Keaton Ford Denise Medina Dan Bublitz Jr Gunvit Bhatia Orly K.G. Annie Russell Steven McCaskey Devin Flaherty Joe Medoff Zach Harley Vivian Burgett Tiel Pierce Heath Thornton Ray Roberts Brian Miklas Jamie Hawkins Mike Glab Ryan Hallam Zach Schneider Jason Issac Chris Starman Colin Jesse Sara Smola Preston O’ffill Prim Stonebraker Cody Ciminillo Tim Piotrkowski Mike Dwyer Kaylan Adams Forrest Wheeler Brandon Judd Katie Novotny Chris Calogero One Liner Madness was created in 2016 by TV writer and comedian Emily Winter and live show producer Larry Mancini, and has been recommended by NPR, Time Out, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, LAist, Albuquerque's Daily Lobo, Chicago's WGN and many more. Doors: 7pm Show: 8pm Runtime: Approx. 100 minutes