SHOWS
“If you've ever wanted to see the future of comedy—head to the BCC.” - Time Out New York
Students from Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Molly Ledbetter, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Enjoy a comedy spectacular before everyone you know heads home for the holidays, from our family to yours.
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!
Students from the Level Class, instructed by Riley Soloner , 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: TBA
Rainbow Riot celebrates the joys of Blackness and Queerness in Comedy.
Students from the Tuesday Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Taylor Gonzalez, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Thursday Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Taylor Gonzalez, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Students from the Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Onyi Okoli, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Tip Your Landlord has yet to perform improv comedy and receive a single genuine laugh from an audience member. That’s why we ask that you come with a positive attitude. It would mean the world to us.
Come celebrate the Holidays at the only talk show set in purgatory!
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 John Randall, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
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 2 Class, instructed by Maya Sharma, 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 the Improv Level 3 Class, instructed by Maria Randazzo, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
No one makes things up like frat boyz. Come reunite with your college besties at improv night at the BCC Frat Haus.
Opener: Zero Improv
Students from the 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, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. Show #3 of 3!
Join Paul Bearers for our annual White Elephant, where we'll give each other gifts that we HAVE to use onstage
Students from the Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Miranda Rozas, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Students from the Sketch Level 1 Class, instructed by Devin Bockrath, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
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: Caitlin Hollis & Hannah Rehak, The worlds most interesting sisters
Students from the Clown Level 1 Class, instructed by Tallie Medel, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Students from the Stand Up Level 1 Class, instructed by Shalewa Sharpe, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
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.
Students from the Sketch Level 2 Class, instructed by Alise Morales, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Santa Claus is coming to the BCC Mainstage in this clown show where you’ll discover the true meaning of Christmas.
“The right mix of scrappy and chaotic...a leading house of improvisation.” - The New York Times
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