SHOWS
“The right mix of scrappy and chaotic...a leading house of improvisation.” - The New York Times
Come be unapologetically [insert non-white race here] and unapologetically goofy on stage with us on the 4th Friday of each month at 7pm at the BCC Pig Pen!
Free for BCC Students w/ suggested donation to Div. Scholarship!
The iconic improv group the clique is back from the dead!
Students from the Saturday Stand Up Level 1 Class, instructed by Sara Hennessey, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Onyi Okoli, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Legendary improv duo Mike Jest & John Randall do forty five minutes of the Chicago-style comedy!
Whatever your obsession, “Obsessed with Us” will interview you (or another audience member) about it — then do a fully improvised long-form show based on that interview!
We've heard your cries for MORE IMPROV. And we are thrilled to announce the Forever Jam, a jam open to current and past BCC improv students... because we're all students of commedia starting NOW and forever. Come get your reps done in an all-levels friendly space!
Free for BCC Students w/ suggested donation to Div. Scholarship!
These veteran improvisers and long time friends deliver fast-paced, wild style, Deep-Dish, Chicago Style Improv.
It’s a real-life Hunger Games out there, but BCC's 2025 Sketch Revue has the power to change all that!
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only. Each week a cast member gets to play team captain and decide what special rules for that show would make them laugh.
Opener: The Family Men
Students from the Clown Level 3 Class, instructed by Tallie Medel, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks! (Show 2 of 2)
Students from the Improv Level 3 Class, instructed by Julian Hernandez, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
A laugh-out-loud, knee-slapping, hour-long musical journey.
Students from the Clown Level 1 Class, instructed by Tallie Medel, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Witness literal stand-up, sketch, improv, and more under the watchful eye of the beautiful, female mouse Stacey Little.
Featuring: Anne Lim, Jack Bensinger, Bini Yamin, Dorian Debose
Don't worry we've made LAUGHING on SUNDAYS legal again!
Check into the White Lotus for an improvised musical full of glamour, intrigue, and murder!
on this holy festival day, we go to clint church, an improv happening so quick and so fun that by the end you will see god aka clint.
Pump Up: The Jam is a weekly improv mic hosted by William Banks, Maya Sharma, and Tej Khanna where anyone can put their name in and perform improv in a mash up group with other comedians.
Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.
Performers get 3 minute slots to try their material out with little pops from After School Special in between. Show off standup, sketch, a character, or even a little poem you've been working on. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR BIGOTED MATERIAL.
Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.
Students from the Sketch Level 1 Class, instructed by Devin Bockrath, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Come watch as Cooked Up performs their favorite sketches from the last 2 years, with a solo performance by Cory Snearowski.
Through improv, Jon and Anna will delve into the multiverse, exploring all the permutations of relationships between them that could be.
Breakfast Boys are a nice little improv duo who want to entertain you with a nice little show!
The Good Time is a fully improvised show based on one suggestion from the audience. The Good Time is a team made up of Chicago improv veterans who have performed at The Second City, iO Chicago, The Annoyance, Logan Square Improv.
Openers: Wet Seat
Swingers is an improv show featuring REAL improv power couples- how freakin cute is that?!
9 improvisers + 3 teams + 1 monoscene = a BRAND-NEW improv sensation!
What do you do when the world feels crazy? Turn to clown!
Descend. Join the freaks of the BCC for a night of mania. All new wild-ass improvised sketches every week. Welcome to hell, it’s a party.
“The right mix of scrappy and chaotic.” - The New York Times
Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.
Improv comedy from four lesbians and a guy named stephen, who hangs around bcc a lot.
Classes
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HIRE US
Applied improv classes and customized shows.

Comedy shows to delight and improv workshops to enhance communication, innovation, leadership, and trust among your team.
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