The Chicago Puntathlon

06/12/2022

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06/01/2022

👀⏰Tonight's the night!!🤩🤩 Call Bar 1547 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Door tickets $20! Presale still available!

Chicago's ONLY Pun Competition Returns! Who will take home the glory of $100 and crowned "Dad of the Year"? Anyone can enter to win!

06/01/2022

We are listed in the Tribune's Top Things to Do this week! Do you have your tickets??????? Tonight's the night! Pre-sale ends at 6!

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-things-to-do-aretha-rising-20220527-3pi42kwnxfelva2q7qju5b2j7y-story.html

05/31/2022

One more day til Puns! Don't forget Round 3 is the audience participation round, so if you plan on competing, bring your friends to cheer you on!!

05/30/2022

Happy Memorial Day! We are sad to announce that Nikki Hartung will not be performing due to a Covid diagnosis, but the amazing Marty Pants will be covering! Get your tickets before they go up in price! $15 presale, $20 at the door! Just two days away! Who will be crowned Dad of the Year?! It’s anyone’s game!

05/30/2022

Last but not least, our Host with the Most, Thee Ricky Harris! Thee Ricky Harris, The host with the most is happy to be back on the Puntathlon stage. Thee Ricky has been staying busy checking out Chicago's latest and greatest shows. Follow Thee Ricky on instagram to stay in the know!

Tickets still available: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-chicago-puntathlon-redux-tickets-326718442657

05/27/2022

Hold onto your puns, Chicago! We're got not one, but TWO performers for next weeks PUNtathlon! Meet Nikki Hartung and Johnathan Koller!

Nikki Hartung is an actor, clown, comedian and voice over artist hailing from the wild, southwest state of Florida. Her previous work includes her one-woman first show You, Me & Astrology (dir. by Erin Keif). Buddy the Elf is Dead (iO Theatre) and Clara in The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque (2019). Other credits include Chicago Fire and Kora in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Nintendo). Her *new* upcoming solo show, Love? Tonight! Avec Pierre, will debut in June and July in Chicago so follow her on IG and come watch! You can also see her clowning around the city or doing improv sporadically with Gas Station Chili.

Johnathan Koller Originally hailing from West Allis Wisconsin, Johnathan Koller is an actor and magician who has called Chicago home for the past 10 years. Johnathan started his acting career in 1997 and has been performing around southeastern Wisconsin and Chicago ever since. Johnathan has compiled an extensive resume in Film, Commercials, Stage, and Radio Theater Podcasts and had
performed at venues including the Pabst Theater, The Milwaukee Rep Theatre, BMO Harris Bradley Center, and Stage 773.

Along with acting Johnathan has been practicing and performing magic since 2009 and entertaining audiences at corporate parties, fairs, festivals, and other entertainment venues. Johnathan has been an active member of The Society of American Magicians for the past 5 years. Notable venues that Johnathan has performed at before include: the Bristol Renaissance Faire, SafeHouse Chicago, and the Chicago Magic Lounge

Tickets still available: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-chicago-puntathlon-redux-tickets-326718442657

05/25/2022

We are just ONE WEEK AWAY from the return of The Chicago Puntathlon! Let's meet our next celebrity guest judge!

Marcus Banks is a stand up comedian based in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Boston University in 2017 and running out of couches to hop on in LA, Marcus decided to give stand up comedy a try and hasn’t turned back. He’s performed at all the major clubs around Chicago. In March of 2019, he was chosen to be a contestant in the Kenan Thompson Ultimate Experience Road to NYC competition. Marcus produces My Best Friend is Black at The Lincoln Lodge and a show at Revolution Brewing!

Tickets still available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-chicago-puntathlon-redux-tickets-326718442657

05/24/2022

Let’s meet another one of our celebrity guest judges! Plucky Rosenthal is a comedian and musician, and has been with The Chicago Puntathlon since the beginning! A semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Award, credits include the Twin Cities Jewish Humor Festival, the Chicago Women's Funny Festival, the Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers (CLLAW) and weekly as a cabaret act at The Drifter Chicago.

She keeps a spreadsheet of her favorite puns, and they all Excel.

Don’t miss her June 1st at The Call Bar! Tickets available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/326718442657

05/20/2022

We're just TWO WEEKS AWAY from The Chicago Puntathlon! Get those tickets! Ticket link in comments!

Time to introduce our first CELEBRITY GUEST JUDGE! Jessica Mance!!

Jessica Mance is a Chicago-based comic originally from Northern California. Jessica's humor draws from her life as a high functioning hot mess recklessly navigating life. She is a producer of SASHAY: a q***r comedy show at the Laugh Factory: Chicago on the last Friday of every month and Fourplay Fridays at Output Wrigleyville every other Friday.

See her judge some painful puns June 1st at Call Bar!

04/28/2022

Tickets now on sale! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/326718442657