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Drinking Play 'Bye Bye Liver' Celebrates 10-Year Run Saturday

By Jessica Cabe | September 29, 2017 5:44am
 Left to right: Actors Aaron Ellsworth, Mike Barton, Jeff Strickland and Sasha Hatfield.
Left to right: Actors Aaron Ellsworth, Mike Barton, Jeff Strickland and Sasha Hatfield. "Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play" is celebrating its 10-year anniversary at 8 p.m. on Saturday with a performance and party.
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LAKEVIEW — What does Chicago love more than laughing and drinking?

So it might not be surprising that "Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play" has run every weekend for the past 10 years.

The audience of the performance at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Public House Theatre, 3914 N. Clark St., can celebrate the play's 10th birthday with a party right after the show. Tickets range from $25-$50.


Left to right: Actors Mike Maloney, Mark Rosenthal, Maddie Daviss, Allison Petrillo and Devan Pruitt. "Bye Bye Liver: The Chicago Drinking Play" is celebrating its 10-year anniversary at 8 p.m. Saturday with a performance and party. [Provided/Byron Hatfield]

"Bye Bye Liver" touches on situations any Chicago partygoer would be all too familiar with, like embarrassing dating mishaps or suddenly becoming the star of a rap battle.

(Maybe not every situation is familiar.)

Throughout the show, actors and audience members take part in interactive social games, like "Would You Rather" and "Name That Tune."

Immediately after Saturday's performance, ticket holders will be able to enjoy a birthday party featuring drinks, hors d’oeuvres, photos with the cast and a dance party that will last until midnight.

When "Bye Bye Liver" had its debut in 2007, it was only slated to run for three weeks. But after selling out, it was extended, then extended again. 

Over the course of the past decade, the show has been seen by hundreds of thousands of people in cities including Boston, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Nashville, Toronto and Key West (among others), with Omaha and New Orleans set to open next year.