It seems fair to say that Cincinnatians are pretty big drinkers — booze is one of the main factors that raises our extended-family holiday gatherings to “not-that-bad” status. Bye Bye Liver: The Cincinnati Drinking Play aims to connect us all via this universal language, assuming Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year’s weren’t enough evidence of how much Cincinnatians can drink and how angry our relatives are about the streetcar. The local version of this regional collection of “drinking plays” (Bye Bye Liver performances are also put on in Chicago, Boston, Nashville, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and Milwaukee) combines sketch comedy and “social games” into a unique night of drinking in public while laughing at performers who will also be drinking. Warning: Shows do sell out, so check for tickets in advance.
8 p.m. Saturdays through Feb. 28. $15. Below Zero Lounge, 1122 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine, byebyeliver.com/cincinnati.
This article appears in Dec 24-30, 2014.