This class is limited to 16 students.

Structure (Gather Your Ingredients)

Musical improv classes at BCC are taught at an accelerated pace compared to other schools. You will be performing a fully fledged musical by the end of level 1.

You already know how to improvise, but to music? YES YOU CAN! This class will introduce improvisers with at least 1 level of experience how to create fully formed narrative musicals on the spot. We will begin each class with various rhythmic, rhyming, and listening, exercises, then delve deep into each element of narrative structure. Students will learn how to create strong protagonists, antagonists, charm scenes, and finales, while building a toolbox of musical techniques including fugues, and of course classic chorus-verse structures. Strong singing voices are not required! Just a willingness to unleash your inner diva in a joyful and supportive atmosphere.

This class culminates in a performance for the public.

Prerequisite: Completion of BCC Level 1 Improv OR students who have taken at least one full-length course at a major comedy theater (UCB, PIT, Magnet, Squirrel, Second City, iO, Annoyance, etc.) or have similar prior training can begin at this level. Please write your prior experience in the form when registering.

Note: BCC’s Musical Improv 1 culminates in a full-length Improvised Musical so we require a prerequisite of a full-length Improv 1 class. Our musical improv classes move at a faster pace compared to most other theaters' programs. This is an advanced class, so we do not allow skipping to Musical Improv 2. Trust us, you will be challenged :)

7-Week Class: Tuesdays, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, July 14th - August 25th, 2026

• Please note: This class may end between 9:30 - 10:00 PM depending on the number of enrollments.

You will receive a welcome email with your room assignment. Our classes meet at BCC Pig Pen or BCC DogHouse in East Williamsburg.

Class Show: Thursday, August 27th. 7:00pm. Eris MainStage.

Teacher: Daniel Tepper

Accompanist: TBD

Bio:

Daniel Tepper is an actor and musical comedian based in New York City. He has a background in long form and musical improvisation, and is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, piano, electric bass, and ukulele). 

As a musical comedian and improviser he’s toured the country with the companies Baby Wants Candy,Broadway's Next Hit Musical and This Is Your Life: The Musical, is a part of the long-running musical improv group Vern (The People's Improv Theater), and is the co-creator/co-star of the show What Town? The Musical.  Recently, he was seen in the Off-Broadway workshop The Greatest Musical Never Written (prod. Robyn Goodman).

His favorite theater credits include shows at the Atlantic Theater Company, NYC Fringe Festival Encores Series, Williamstown Theater Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and Once at TheatreSquared. 

His voice can be heard singing funny songs on multiple Audible productions, including Funny Amazon Reviews (featuring Jane Lynch) and A Very Improvised Holiday Musical (featuring Laura Benanti).  He also created and hosted the podcast Daniel Sings The News.

Daniel has a BFA from NYU Tisch School of Drama, and has trained with some awesome teachers at the Upright Citizens Brigade, PIT, and Magnet Theaters.