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HEADLINER: Closing out the festival as always, welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show. Sit back, relax, and watch the chaos unfold.
HEADLINER: Closing out the festival as always, welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show. Sit back, relax, and watch the chaos unfold.
HEADLINER: Welcome to Shitzprobe, where a special Broadway Guest Star throws away the script and improvises a musical for their very first time!
HEADLINER: One the most celebrated comedy ensembles in the world, Baby Wants Candy ("Critics Pick! Truly Amazing!" New York Times, "Best Visiting Improv Comedy" TimeOut) returns to FAD for more dumb fun, musical improv style.
Katy Berry just found out her mom was horny for Poseidon in the 80s and she's an actual a Demi-goddess!! 5-stars at Edinburgh Fringe, this show should not be missed!
Known as the "Oscars of Longform Improv," The Yes-Andies celebrate the best of NYC improv over the last year! Community-decided winners will be highlighted throughout the show.
All girl lineup where everything has to pass the Bechdel test or else improvisHers will get slapped with a rubber chicken <3xoxo
THE TRASH KING is a contest and celebration of comedy that is dumb and high commitment!
Founded in 2008 in Chicago, Improvised Jane Austen is a comedic ensemble that creates unscripted performances using Regency-era tropes, themes, and language.
Birdlady is a house team from the legendary iO Chicago.
Get ready for an improvised episode of The Bachelor filled with rose ceremonies, limo-entrances, confessionals, ”can I steal him for a sec?"s, right reasons, wrong reasons, and so much more.
Due to ridiculous circumstances, the entire cast who rehearsed the musical you came to see can't make it. But don’t worry, The Understudies are here to fill in! You won't even know the difference. Now what was that musical called again?
A buncha anime lovers improvise an anime for all the weebs out there. Watch and kame hame hahaha your spirits out
4DX Improv Show is an improv show with the same components as a 4D experience. Seats shaking, surround sound, water sometimes spraying at your face, the full immersive improv experience.
Fishin' in the Dark is a musical improv show with country's top tunes.
The Brunch Buddies are back and up to their classic hijinks in the prestigious 11 AM Sunday brunch slot… and this time, they’re blindfolded.
HEADLINER: Watch some of the best improvisers in the world perform as two queens read their improv for filth! Lou Gonzalez (Sniffies) and Michael Hartney (a defunct Bear411 account) perform rainbow-color commentary over improv sets featuring some of New York’s best improvisers. Ever wonder what two queers think of an improv set as it’s happening? Well then Miss Show will let you have it and then some!
HEADLINER: Some coworkers from no place in particular perform some improv comedy for you
HEADLINER: Acclaimed comedy trio Business Casual will eat 100 deviled eggs over the course of 1 long form improv set.
HEADLINER: Tami Sagher and Ed Herbstman have performed together for over 25 years, way before Ed’s kids were born and Tami’s dog died (and the one after that too. New one looking good though!!) Ed’s been in numerous tv shows and films (Hustlers, Manifest, The Big Sick) and Tami has written and performed in stuff too (Orange is the New Black, 30 Rock, Search Party). Their two person improv style has been described as “indescribable” (according to Tami who is trying to describe it now and failing).
All your favorite comedians share their hottest takes! The catch? It’s improvised! This rapid-fire show gives comedians 60 seconds each to give an impassioned speech on a pop culture topic drawn from a hat. There’s no time to prep, only time to preach!!
You'll go go Gaga for this improvised musical - with original lyrics set to karaoke songs you know and love.
SWINGERS is an improv show featuring REAL improv couples. Our couples will perform in duos (some for the first time together!) and the show will culminate in a “swinging” group scene. Swingers. Real lovers. Real improv. Real laughs.
Visiting from Boston! SITMO is an all-star cagematch darling featuring Matt Pina, Sara Teague, and Devin Quinlan. Help us take the monoscene to new heights.
The 1992 Olympics USA Basketball "Dream Team," was considered the greatest team ever assembled...until now. Jams: a musical improv show features some of BCC's best improvisers combining their comedic and musical talents to create a fully improvised show unlike anything you've seen. Featuring original songs, lyrics, and music made up in real-time, this show is going for gold.
We perform an entirely improvised reality show and reunion episode based on an audience suggestion! Get ready for drama, confessionals, cheating, and unbridled fun!
Dungeons & Dragons, off the table and onto the stage! Our Dungeon Master and players will weave an epic fantasy tale, letting your suggestions and your (20-sided) dice rolls shape our improvised story. Prepare yourself for a night of swords and sorcery, where YOU create the heroes, YOU create the villains, and YOU cast the spells.
We perform an entirely improvised musical based on an audience suggestion!
CHIP SHANK has answered the question no other improv team has had the guts to ponder—how can we make a show with the framing and thematic qualities of Akira Kurasawa's 1950 classic RASHOMON. In this daring piece of comedic magic, CHIP SHANK will take you through a minor tragedy and explore the event through three equally ridiculous perspectives. By the end you won't know what to believe but your sides will be splitting!
Join us, Tiny Ann, Tiny Eva, and Tiny Hrannar, for some brunchtime improv! Come for laughs, goofs, and spoofs in a safe space where every idea is celebrated, as long as it’s a tiny idea.
Improvised Animation is a highly experimental, NEW type of comedy show that bridges the gap visual art & improv comedy. Witness the impossible as Brooklyn's bravest improvisers/artists create a brand new cartoon based off an audience suggestion!