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.

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Jam

Jul 21

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up, Open Mic

Eiffel Tower Mic

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up, Open Mic

Bonjour chosen family! Come join hosts Audrey Garrett, Ben Jenkins and Jack Walz to try out three minutes of just about anything: stand-up, character, clown, music?!? Ooo, someone should bring a guitar.

There is a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR BIGOTED MATERIAL.

Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up, Open Mic

Jul 22

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Chicken Big

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jul 22

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Solo Show

@Jenna

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Solo Show

A one-woman show about how Pam from The Office was Winnie Stack's gay awakening at age 11. Catch this show before it heads to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Solo Show

Jul 22

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Sketch

Cooked Up Comedy

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Sketch

An improvised sketch and characters show!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Sketch

Jul 23

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

The Good Time

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

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: GLAC and Suite Tooth

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jul 23

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

The Third Ball and Friends' Sketch Show

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Brooklyn based pinball team, Third Ball, is back from Nationals, but the work doesn't stop now. Join them and their friends in a new sketch show as they raise money for a van to get them to California for the Grand Pinball Championship.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Jul 23

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Jam

The Forever Jam Show

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Jam

The Saturday jammers go live!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Jam

Jul 23

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Sketch, Improv

Demon Time

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Sketch, Improv

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

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Sketch, Improv

Jul 24

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

TGIF with Duchovny & Olestra

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

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!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jul 24

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Jam

The Spice Rack Jam

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Jam

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!

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Jam

Jul 24

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

J.I.M.M.Y. presents: "D.E.N.N.I.S."

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

We can't wait to share the night with you and generously share the night with each other. Generosity is a virtue.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jul 24

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

The Letdown Goes Long

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Legendary improv duo Mike Jest & John Randall do forty five minutes of the Chicago-style comedy!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jul 24

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

I Love My White Girlfriend

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

We all have had white girlfriends which is very rare, and we want to share improv based on microaggressions they've made against us.

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jul 24

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Obsessed With Us

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

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!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jul 25

6:00 PM – 8:15 PM18:00 – 20:156:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Comedy

The Forever Jam

6:00 PM – 8:15 PM18:00 – 20:156:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Comedy

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!

6:00 PM – 8:15 PM18:00 – 20:156:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Comedy

Jul 25

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Corey Does Too! Have Friends

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Corey Caldwell and guests perform long form improv as an ensemble for the very first time live onstage!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jul 25

7:00 PM – 9:30 PM19:00 – 21:307:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Play, Sketch

Babe’s in Space

7:00 PM – 9:30 PM19:00 – 21:307:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Play, Sketch

After reaching the peak of his career Babe Ruth seeks higher heights and shoots for the moon.

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7:00 PM – 9:30 PM19:00 – 21:307:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Play, Sketch

Jul 25

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

I Clint I Have Mono

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Two titans of improv team up together for a tour-de-force!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jul 25

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

What Makes [You] Laugh?

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.

Opener: Tupperware Party

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jul 26

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Read to Filth presents: The Hobbit

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Four incredible comedians have read J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy classic The Hobbit and are ready to share their unexpected journey.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Jul 26

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

BABES

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

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: Good Hair Day and Horse Girls

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jul 26

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Krisaygon Presents: Eat Improv Love

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Award-winning Nuyorican comedian and director, Krisaygon, brings sketch, improv, and original music.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Jul 26

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Old Yorkers

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Old Yorkers takes your wildly specific, only-in-New-York stories and turns them into a completely improvised show!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jul 26

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Musical Improv

Scrunchies' Double Dutch

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Musical Improv

A night of holding two things in your head at once, two things in your hand at once, and two improvisers in your heart at once.

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Musical Improv

Jul 26

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

Faculty Lounge

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!

Featuring: Sydney Davenport, Claire Mooney, Angela Sawyer, Josh Blume

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

Jul 28

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Home Teams

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

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: HAPPY TO BE HERE, CANDLE AND LANTERN, IMPROVISED COLUMBO

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jul 28

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Musical Improv

It was a Dark and Stormy Night

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Musical Improv

A fully improvised film noir musical—Watch your back, you never know who anyone REALLY is.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Musical Improv

Monthly & Weekly Shows

Full Schedule

Classes

Discover your voice, hone your craft, find your people.

IMPROV

MUSICAL IMPROV

SKETCH/CHARACTER

STAND-UP

CLOWN

ELECTIVES/WRITING

All CLASSES

HIRE US

Applied improv classes and customized shows.

Corporate

PRIVATE EVENTS

TESTIMONIALS

Nice words from BCC peeps.

"There's a vital type of alternative comedy that's cheap and grimy and accessible and countercultural. BCC is keeping that style of comedy alive in New York City."

Chris Gethard (THE CHRIS GETHARD SHOW / BEAUTIFUL ANONYMOUS

"Nowadays when people ask me where they should go to see new, cool, cutting edge comedy - I say the BCC. It is the most surprising and innovative place for comedy in New York."

Kyle Gordon (THE SIMPSONS, COMEDY CENTRAL)

"I love BCC! A very welcoming space to develop the show of your dreamy dreams. Take advantage of your own backyard before it's sold for condos!"

Maria Bamford (LADY DYNAMITE, “The Funniest Woman in the World" - Judd Apatow).

"The BCC fosters an incredible sense of community. It really feels like home base. It's not only one of my favorite places to perform in NYC, but my favorite place to hang with friends."

Dylan Adler (THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN)

"It feels like the community at the BCC has tripled. I think everyone's like wow this is becoming an institution now."

Chloe Troast (SNL)

“BCC taught me everything I know about comedy. I credit the teachers and the community with helping me hone my voice and trust myself as a comedian! Plus, it's the best place to hang out.”

Sophie Zucker (THE DAILY SHOW)

Britt Lower (Emmy Winner, SEVERANCE) shouts out her show @ BCC on Late Night w/ Seth Meyers.

ABOUT THE BCC

Since its debut in March 2018, the BCC has produced over 2000 shows featuring fearless and irreverent comedy from both up-and-coming, and top comedic talent. Notably, the BCC was the first major NYC comedy theater to pay its performers a significant cut of the box office, distinguishing them as a playground where experimentation and ingenuity are valued. The BCC survived and thrived during COVID, continuing to pay performers for online shows, and now produces 30 shows a week between two venues in East Williamsburg: Eris Evolution (167 Graham Ave, Brooklyn), a two theater space, and the BCC Pig Pen (144 Boerum St). Annually, the BCC produces the "Fun & Dumb Festival," one of the largest improv festivals in the world, which the New York Times has made the #1 pick of things to do in July in NYC for multiple years, and which hosted 600+ performers and 150+ shows over 4-days. From 2021-2024, the BCC has featured over 50 shows as part of the NY Comedy Festival, and produced two iterations of Pitchfest" - featuring 12 ready for development pilots, some of which sold to major comedy networks. The BCC offers a wide array of classes in improv, sketch, stand-up and more - available year-round - as well as corporate shows and workshops teaching the skills of improvisation to businesses and organizations of all sizes.

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