Welcome to BABES! An improv show featuring students & grads of the BCC training center. Catch some of the best rising teams from the BCC. It’s time for the community to fuck around, mess around, and be a god-damn lunatics. By that, we mean do improv.
Featuring: Scrunchies and Exposure Therapy with Board Certified Therapists
Cam and Jay are back with another episode of everyone's favorite semi-improvised late night talk-show.
A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!
Featuring: Blake Wexler
This is the That's So Sweet Life of Hannah Montana of improv shows.
Welcome to our weekly house improv show where a rotating cast of 6 primo indie teams do some of the most GOATED improv you've ever seen!
THIS WEEK IT’S DOG TEAMS: MIDWIVES, FORMER CHILD, I CAN’T I HAVE MONO
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, 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.
Students from the Improv Level 4 Class on Thursdays, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. Show #1 of 3!
Join us for a chaotic night filled with insane characters, live music, buckets of face paint, puppets and so much more nonsense.
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
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: TBD
It’s like if The Tonight Show and Inside the NBA were combined into one show, and instead of being hosted by Jimmy Fallon and former NBA stars, it’s hosted by two comedians who can’t make a left-hand layup.
As featured in the The New York Times….come 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.
Tickets: FREE
WARNING: ground-shaking experimental comedy inbound.
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
2023 CBS showcase girlies and certified freaks Alise Morales and Jetta Juriansz invite you to present your weirdest 3 minutes of characters at this bucket open mic. Seriously - the weirder the better. Just don't be racist.
FREE
Sketches and stand up to make you say “YO WTF?”
School's in session! Come watch BCC teachers fuck up everything they teach in this wild-style improv show, followed by an improv jam featuring anyone who wants to play onstage with our teachers! Feat. a post-show improv jam with the teachers!
You tell us the title of a movie, and we will teleport you to a cinematic world the likes of which you’ve never experienced before.
Baby Wants Candy is one of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Sign up promptly at 6:15 pm to snag a spot and your hosts, Katy and Ali, will match you with your perfect partners to perform scenes-into songs with a special prompt.
Free for BCC Students w/ suggested donation to Div. Scholarship!
Your favorite improv teams Go Dummy and Full of Bones combine forces for a night of laugh-out-loud improv comedy.
Our annual flagship sketch revue! Come join the cast of the BCC's 2026 Residency to make the most meaningful memory of all: a night of sketch comedy.
Come experience the life of the most interesting person on the planet.
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.
Opener: Big Little Guys
Scream your heart out at BOB, an improv show based on the Lifetime horror reality series, Dance Moms.
Welcome to BABES! An improv show featuring students & grads of the BCC training center. Catch some of the best rising teams from the BCC. It’s time for the community to fuck around, mess around, and be a god-damn lunatics. By that, we mean do improv.
Featuring: Scrunchies, Exposure Therapy with Board Certified Therapists, Freshly Squeezed
Rainbow Riot celebrates the joys of Blackness and Queerness in Comedy.
A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!
Featuring: Cherith Fuller, Corey Popowski, and Sam Wiles!
Malcolm in the Middle is back! Here's our window to talk about and celebrate the beloved 2000s sitcom!
Students from the Improv Level 4 Class on Sundays, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. #1 of 3!
Welcome to our weekly house improv show where a rotating cast of 6 primo indie teams do some of the most GOATED improv you've ever seen!
THIS WEEK IT’S PIG TEAMS: THE PARTY, 2 AND A HALF ROOMMATES, GRANNY FULLY LOADED
Students from the Musical Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Katy Berry, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
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.
No one makes things up like frat boyz. Come reunite with your college besties at improv night at the BCC Frat Haus.
Students from the Improv Level 4 Class on Thursdays, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. Show #2 of 3!
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
A very special guest & Blaine Swen take the stage for one-night only! You don't want to miss this!
Students from the Clown Level 1 Class on Mondays, instructed by Jeff Seal, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Stand-up Level 1 Class, instructed by JoAnn Schinderle, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
As featured in the The New York Times….come 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.
Tickets: FREE
Students from Improv Level 1 Class on Mondays, instructed by Molly Ledbetter, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
Students from the Musical Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Ali Reed, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Students from the Improv Level 1 Class on Tuesdays, instructed by Onyi Okoli, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
The best improv team in the world is back this month for an unforgettable improv experience.
Students from the Clown Level 2 Class, instructed by Chris Manley, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
We've heard your cries for MORE IMPROV. Come to the Forever Jam, a jam open to current and past BCC improv students... because we're all students of commedia forever. Come get your reps done in an all-levels friendly space!
For one night only 3 captains put together their dream team of favorite improvisers.
Students from the Song Structure Elective, instructed by Ali Reed, show off their hard work from the last 3 sessions.
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.
Opener: Punk Onion
Students from the Clown Level 3 Class, instructed by Jeff Seal, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks! (Show 1 of 2)
Students from the Improv Level 3 Class, instructed by Colin Rourke, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Students from the Sketch Level 1 Class, instructed by Jared Bronen, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Miranda Rozas, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!
Featuring: Shenba Vairavan and John Rosenburger
Students from the Stand Up Level 2 Class, instructed by JoAnn Schinderle, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 4 Class on Sundays, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. #2 of 3!
Students from the Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Taylor Gonzalez, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Micah Sterenberg, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Students from the Wednesday Stand Up Level 1 Class, instructed by Sara Hennessey, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 4 Class on Thursdays, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. Show #3 of 3!
Students from the Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Devin Bockrath, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 3 Class, instructed by Tej Khanna, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
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 Friday Level 1 Class, instructed by Hannah Mitchell, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
This show invites audiences to learn and laugh about how we see pop culture in our everyday life!
Students from the Saturday Section of Improv Level 1, instructed by Onyi Okoli, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Cast members bring ideas from improv sets previously performed, and rehearse, refine, and crystallize them into their sketch form to ensure maximum energy and vulgarity.
Students from Improv Level 1, instructed by Molly Ledbetter, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
Students from the Clown Level 1 Class, instructed by Riley Soloner , show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Maya Sharma, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Students from the Stand-Up Level 2 Class, instructed by Shalewa Sharpe, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks! Show #1 of 2!
Students from the Improv Level 3 Class, instructed by John Randall, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
As featured in the The New York Times….come 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.
Tickets: FREE
Students from the Stand Up Level 2 Class, instructed by Shalewa Sharpe, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks! Show #2 of 2!
Students from the Stand Up Level 1 Class on Sundays, instructed by Sara Hennessey, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
JOIN ME is a show about how to pay attention while the world is ending.
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!
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
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!
Students from the Clown Level 1 Class on Sundays, instructed by Jeff Seal, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
We've heard your cries for MORE IMPROV. Come to the Forever Jam, a jam open to current and past BCC improv students... because we're all students of commedia forever. Come get your reps done in an all-levels friendly space!
Students from the Improv Level 4 Class on Sundays, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. Show #3 of 3!
Our annual flagship sketch revue! Come join the cast of the BCC's 2026 Residency to make the most meaningful memory of all: a night of sketch comedy.
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.
Opener: Freshly Squeezed
A sex toy company conducts a comedy showcase of the weirdest amalgamation of women comedians you've ever seen.
Students from the Clown Level 3 Class, instructed by Jeff Seal, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks! (Show 2 of 2)
A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!
Featuring: Michael Terry and Ian Lockwood
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, 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.
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
Historically, sketch comedy has been a two-dimensional medium—Clarice challenges these tired conventions.
As featured in the The New York Times….come 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.
Tickets: FREE
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
Meet and connect with LGBTQ+ professionals working in Entertainment, Production, Business & Management, and Comedy
¿Qué? is a Spanish-speaking improv team with one white guy who doesn’t speak any Spanish. It’s comedy anyone can understand!
If you’re looking for a beefy, juicy improv night, this is the show for you.
We've heard your cries for MORE IMPROV. Come to the Forever Jam, a jam open to current and past BCC improv students... because we're all students of commedia forever. Come get your reps done in an all-levels friendly space!
New York's funniest comedians will make you laugh with hilarious material they usually save for their besties.
Our annual flagship sketch revue! Come join the cast of the BCC's 2026 Residency to make the most meaningful memory of all: a night of sketch comedy.
Students from the Sketch Level 1 Class, instructed by Micah Sterenberg, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Sunday Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Devin Bockrath, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
You love Gay Guy Improv….. and now it’s monthly….. and now imagine us with a special guest each month!
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
As featured in the The New York Times….come 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.
Tickets: FREE
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
2023 CBS showcase girlies and certified freaks Alise Morales and Jetta Juriansz invite you to present your weirdest 3 minutes of characters at this bucket open mic. Seriously - the weirder the better. Just don't be racist.
FREE
School's in session! Come watch BCC teachers fuck up everything they teach in this wild-style improv show, followed by an improv jam featuring anyone who wants to play onstage with our teachers! Feat. a post-show improv jam with the teachers!
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!
Your favorite improv teams Go Dummy and Full of Bones combine forces for a night of laugh-out-loud improv comedy.
Baby Wants Candy is one of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Rainbow Riot celebrates the joys of Blackness and Queerness in Comedy.
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
The best improv team in the world is back this month for an unforgettable improv experience.
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!
MEGASQUIRT is splashing down into the Pig Pen with new music and sketch, featuring some of their funniest friends from #squirtnation.
No one makes things up like frat boyz. Come reunite with your college besties at improv night at the BCC Frat Haus.
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
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!
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!
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
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 love Gay Guy Improv….. and now it’s monthly….. and now imagine us with a special guest each month!
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
Maya and Pearl welcome all queer identifying improvisers to BCC’s monthly queer improv jam
If you’re looking for a beefy, juicy improv night, this is the show for you.
¿Qué? is a Spanish-speaking improv team with one white guy who doesn’t speak any Spanish. It’s comedy anyone can understand!
New York's funniest comedians will make you laugh with hilarious material they usually save for their besties.
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
2023 CBS showcase girlies and certified freaks Alise Morales and Jetta Juriansz invite you to present your weirdest 3 minutes of characters at this bucket open mic. Seriously - the weirder the better. Just don't be racist.
FREE
School's in session! Come watch BCC teachers fuck up everything they teach in this wild-style improv show, followed by an improv jam featuring anyone who wants to play onstage with our teachers! Feat. a post-show improv jam with the teachers!
Your favorite improv teams Go Dummy and Full of Bones combine forces for a night of laugh-out-loud improv comedy.
Baby Wants Candy is one of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Rainbow Riot celebrates the joys of Blackness and Queerness in Comedy.
No one makes things up like frat boyz. Come reunite with your college besties at improv night at the BCC Frat Haus.
The best improv team in the world is back this month for an unforgettable improv experience.
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!
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.
Opener: Blumpkin
What do you do when the world feels crazy? Turn to clown!
Our annual flagship sketch revue. Come join the cast of the BCC's 2026 Residency to make the most meaningful memory of all: a night of sketch comedy.
New York's funniest comedians will make you laugh with hilarious material they usually save for their besties.
We've heard your cries for MORE IMPROV. Come to the Forever Jam, a jam open to current and past BCC improv students... because we're all students of commedia forever. Come get your reps done in an all-levels friendly space!
If you’re looking for a beefy, juicy improv night, this is the show for you.
The Award-winning improv team Bad Magicians have been sent to this Earth to make humans feel again through the art that is improvisational comedy.
¿Qué? is a Spanish-speaking improv team with one white guy who doesn’t speak any Spanish. It’s comedy anyone can understand!
Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!
As us theater kids know all too well, sometimes the biggest drama happens after curtains close.
Maya and Pearl welcome all queer identifying improvisers to BCC’s monthly queer improv jam
As featured in the The New York Times….come 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.
Tickets: FREE
She's a hot divorcee who unpacks her filipino heritage, delusional ideas of love, and how she became an accidental political popstar.
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: TBD
A comedy show where best friends (and divas) bravely attempt to do what no gay guys have done before: put on wigs, perform sketch, and improvise.
As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!
You love Gay Guy Improv….. and now it’s monthly….. and now imagine us with a special guest each month!
Wow. Megan and Andrea are going to do Abbott and Costello's famous Who's on First routine from memory.
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 Physical Storytelling 101 Class, instructed by Broken Box Mime Theater, show off their hard work from the last 5 weeks!
Welcome to our weekly house improv show where a rotating cast of 6 primo indie teams do some of the most GOATED improv you've ever seen!
THIS WEEK IT’S PIG TEAMS: THE PARTY, 2 AND A HALF ROOMMATES, GRANNY FULLY LOADED
Season Never Finale is the improv show that refuses to let good Black TV die.
A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!
Featuring: Alistair Ogden, Sarah Parsons, Sydney Davenport
Students from BCC's Character Workshop class, instructed by Jamie Linn Watson, show off their hard work from the last 5 weeks.
It’s time for the community to sing it up, mess around, and be god-damn lunatics. By that, we mean do musical improv.
Hosted by Katy Berry and Ali Reed
Teams: Insert Song Name Here and Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Singing
What happens when an obnoxiously tall gay and moderately short gay come together to make sketch comedy? They accidentally go viral!
MEGASQUIRT is splashing down into the Pig Pen with new music and sketch, featuring some of their funniest friends from #squirtnation.
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.
Opener: Course Not!
Our annual flagship sketch revue! Come join the cast of the BCC's 2026 Residency to make the most meaningful memory of all: a night of sketch comedy.
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