SHOWS
“The right mix of scrappy and chaotic...a leading house of improvisation.” - The New York Times
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!
You know what sucks? Climate change. You know what doesn't suck? Some of New York’s hottest comics helping us laugh our way through the apocalypse.
These veteran improvisers and long time friends deliver fast-paced, wild style, Deep-Dish, Chicago Style Improv.
Sebastian, Pearl, and Maya welcome all queer identifying improvisers to BCC’s new monthly queer improv jam
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. Sit back, relax, and watch the chaos unfold.
Opener: Blurt Reynolds
This joyous variety show, hosted by Philip 'Sparkle,' features his favorite queers taking the stage with stand-up, song, dance, and surprises galore in a cynicism-free space. Leave the irony at the door, honey. It's Gay Church!
Featuring: Erik Martinez , Lou Gonzalez, Michael John Ciszewski, Sami Schwaeber
No one makes things up like frat boyz. Come pledge at improv night in the Deep Space of the legendary “BCC fraternity.”
Opener: Skip Skip
Barely Legal is a sketch show about what it means to be an 18 year old girl from the perspective of two queer people in their mid 20s.
The children of Meisner, Adler, Strasberg, Atlantic, and any expensive acting-conservatory come together for one-night to give the performance of a lifetime.
With Special Guests: Ceara O'Sullivan, Jimmy Fowlie
Dearly Beloved, we gather at the BCC to honor the memory of your butt...because you’re about to laugh it off your body!
Go ahead and eat food and buy a tv and blast off!!!! We’ll see you in December (the winter’s month).
God's favorite improv team is harboring a ticklish comedian!
Join New York's hottest improvisers for a funny, festive holiday show celebrating Most Wonderful, the new queer Christmas romcom by acclaimed author, Georgia Clark.
Featuring: Georgia Clark, Carly Ciarocchi, Molly Gaebe, Philip Markle, Dan Fox
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.
Pump Up: The Jam is a weekly improv mic hosted by William Banks 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.
Laughs so good the Neuralink in your stupid monkey brain will explode!
We're doing a BAT... improv...in the dark.
There will be nuts, songs, jokes, puppets, sketches, standup and more!!
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: TBA
What do you do when the world feels crazy? Turn to clown!
Featuring: Jack Walz, John Robles, Sonya Sobieski, Allison Villaseñor, Mike Weiss
Students from the Improv Level 4 Class, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. Show #1 of 3!
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.
Hooper hosts a night of three person improv teams – where freaks and gods alike take the stage to form new Holy Trinities. This is The Power of Three.
Catch The Slaysian’s improv/sketch variety hour before they catch you in their traps!
A comedy cabaret of the music you know and love from Wicked, performed by an immensely talented queer cast.
Come be unapologetically [insert non-white race here] and unapologetically goofy on stage with us on the 1st Friday of each month at 8:30pm at the BCC Pig Pen!
Free for BCC Students w/ suggested donation to Div. Scholarship!
High energy twoprov from primos Julian Hernandez (Cubano) y Taylor Gonzalez (Boriqueño y Salvadoreño) and some select special guests. Salsa music, yelling over each other, and deeply personal Latine comedy coming your way.
Not Like Other Girls combines the improv forms you know and love with the hysterics of a middle school sleepover to create an unforgettable comedy experience!
A comedy cabaret of the music you know and love from Wicked, performed by an immensely talented queer cast.
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. Sit back, relax, and watch the chaos unfold.
Opener: Smalltown Anarchy Misfits
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