About the show

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Part clowning, part surreal social experiment, part connection-forging alchemy, Julia Masli’s award-winning solo phenomenon ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (a New York Times Top Pick of the Year) arrives in Chicago for four weeks following a string of critically acclaimed runs at The Public Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Performer Julia Masli creates a hilarious yet moving and unpredictable live experience at the intersection of comedy and performance. What begins as playful improvisation evolves into a collective ritual of vulnerability, care, and unexpected humor. Masli explores the subtle boundary between a laugh and a tear, proving that one lies very close to the other.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha transforms Steppenwolf's Ensemble Theater into a playground of spontaneity, outlandish hilarity and surprising poignancy, all shaped in real time by the audience. Anarchic. Side-splitting. Unexpectedly tender. 

Top Pick of the Year | The New York Times
★★★★★ | The Guardian
★★★★★ | Time Out
★★★★★ | The Telegraph