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.  As a musical improviser, he has performed all over New York, toured the country, and performed internationally with shows including Baby Wants Candy; Your Love, Our Musical; Shitzprobe; Shamilton; Broadway’s Next Hit Musical; What Town? The Musical; the Off-Broadway workshop of The Greatest Musical Never Written; and his long running group Vern (featured on multiple Audible productions).  Favorite theatre credits include shows at the Atlantic Theater Company, NYC Fringe Festival Encores Series, Williamstown Theater Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, TheatreSquared, and The 92nd Street Y.

Daniel’s strangest credits include acting in a commercial for a straw that sucks snot out of a baby’s nose, and playing a freestyling hot dog named “Lil Doggie” for Sonic Drive Thru’s snap chat account.  He is very excited to be teaching at BCC!

If this class is sold out, sign-up for the wait list here.