This class is limited to 16 students.

In Musical Improv 301, we’ll spend the first 5 classes continuing our skill-building including narrative moves, interview-based songs, finding humor in difficult content, improving harmonies and musicality, walk-ons, and rap battles. The next 3 classes will give students an opportunity to perform live, free shows for invited friends, followed by director notes and class-driven analysis to help diagnose issues, ask questions, and strengthen our collective instincts. The class will culminate with a Mainstage show, for which students will be expected to come up with a show title, theme/hook, poster, and marketing plan to prepare them for producing their own original shows going forward!

This class culminates in two in-class workshop performance and a final, ticketed performance for the public.

Prerequisite: Completion of BCC Level 2 Musical Improv OR students who have taken at least two full-length Musical Improv course at a major comedy theater (UCB, PIT, Magnet, Squirrel, Second City, iO, Annoyance, etc.). Please write your prior Musical Improv experience in the form when registering.

7-Week Class: Tuesdays, 7:00 - 10:00 PM, January 7th - February 25th

• Please note: This class may end between 9:30 - 10:00 PM depending on the number of enrollments.

Skips February 18th for scheduling reasons.

Where: BCC Pig Pen (144 Boerum Street)

Class Shows:

Tuesday, February 11th @ 7:00pm @ BCC Pig Pen (144 Boerum Street)
Tuesday, February 25th @ 7:00pm @ BCC Pig Pen (144 Boerum Street)
Friday, February 28th @ 8:30pm @ Eris MainStage (167 Graham Ave)

Teacher: Katy Berry

Accompanist: TBD

Katy’s Bio:

Katy Berry is a New York based comedian, writer, teacher, and musical improviser. Her screenplay POPCORN earned her a place in the 2020 Black List X Women in Film Feature Residency and is now being produced by Gunpowder & Sky and packaged by ICM, along with her second feature, CLICK CLICK PLAY.

As a musical comedian, Katy has traveled the world performing at venues including The Kennedy Center and multiple sold out Edinburgh Fringe Fest runs, and was featured in Time Out New York and the New York Times for her improvised cabaret show, Electric Bitch. Her original writing and videos have been featured in Vulture, Studio360, Bustle, Reductress, NYC Web Fest, Chain Film Festival and more. She currently teaches screenwriting and improv at the New York Film Academy and you can catch her performing musical improv in venues around NYC with Baby Wants Candy.

Testimonials:

Katy Berry is so funny, just her teaching the class will make you laugh more than some actual comedy shows. Every week as soon as I walked out the door, I couldn't wait for next time. Literally the most fun class I have ever taken, comedy or otherwise!

This class is SO challenging and SO much fun. I knew every week I was going to come to class and laugh until I cried at least once. You really get tossed off the deep end and are surprised when you are able to swim as a group so quickly.