SHOWS
“If you've ever wanted to see the future of comedy—head to the BCC.” - Time Out New York
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: TBA
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!
Featuring: Chang, Lucy Sandwick, Mike Rubin, Shareef Taher, Tiffany Bowman, Elisa Liu
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 Stand Up Level 2 Class, instructed by Shalewa Sharpe, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks! Show #2 of 2!
Featuring: Jenna Caire, Ines Bellina, Claire Bolger, Carly Moss, Alex Beige, Brooke Flint
That’s right: it's tarot cards, it's Brooklyn, it's improv — it's the moment.
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!
Students from the Stand-up Level 1 Class, instructed by Maggie Crane, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
Join the Passive Income victory lap! After two successful performances of our sketch revue at BCC and UCB, we are putting this specific conference to bed.
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 Sketch Level 1 Class, instructed by Devin Bockrath, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!
These veteran improvisers and long time friends deliver fast-paced, wild style, Deep-Dish, Chicago Style Improv.
In Amelia Earhart Lands the Plane, everyone’s favorite aviatrix fills us in on where she's REALLY been all this time.
Musical comedians Ashley Blair & Jordan Wilson present a night of comedy songs virtually hosted by American Idol Season 4 Runner-up Bo Bice!
Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.
Opener: Happy Baby Face Shop
Laughs, shrieks, and screams will abound this Saturday when these performs float across the stage!!
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)
Students from the Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Maya Sharma, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
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: holy shiz, ZERO, 2 1/2 Roommates
A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!
Featuring: TBA
Students from the Improv Level 3 Class, instructed by John Randall, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
A live table read of a screenplay written in five hours, based on audience suggestions.
Students from the Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Miranda Rozas, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks.
Students from the Monday Improv Level 1 Class, instructed by Taylor Gonzalez, show off their hard work from the last 7 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: Boy Basement, Mercy Santos, The Twinkle Brothers
Students from the Sketch Level 2 Class, instructed by Alise Morales, 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.
Saddle up for Southern Comfort, a stand-up show featuring comedians from the South and Midwest who have made Brooklyn their new home.
Brooklyn's premier improvised horror squad returns for an hour-long Halloween Spectacular.
“The right mix of scrappy and chaotic...a leading house of improvisation.” - The New York Times
Classes
Discover your voice, hone your craft, find your people.
HIRE US
Applied improv classes and customized shows.
Comedy shows to delight and improv workshops to enhance communication, innovation, leadership, and trust among your team.
TESTIMONIALS
Nice words from BCC peeps.
COMMUNITY
Come join the fam at these free community events.
FUN AND DUMB IMPROV FESTIVAL
Thank you to everyone who attended Fad’25 and our nearly 800 performers!!
See you next year July 9-12, 2026!
RENTALS
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MERCH
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GIFT CARDS
There’s no gift like comedy.
This gift card can be applied toward any class or merch at the BCC.
This gift card can be used for tix to any of our shows via Eventbrite.
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