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: Wednesday, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, October 22nd - December 10th

• Note: Class may end between 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM depending on the number of enrollments.

• This class will skip Wednesday, November 26th in observance of Thanksgiving.

Where: The BCC Pig Pen Theater (144 Boerum St)

Class Show: Friday. December 12th. 2025. Eris MainStage (167 Graham Ave). 8:30 PM

Teacher: Katy Berry

Accompanist: TBD

Testimonials:

Katy Berry is so funny, just her teaching the class will make you laugh more than some actual comedy shows. Every week as soon as I walked out the door, I couldn't wait for next time. Literally the most fun class I have ever taken, comedy or otherwise!

This class is SO challenging and SO much fun. I knew every week I was going to come to class and laugh until I cried at least once. You really get tossed off the deep end and are surprised when you are able to swim as a group so quickly.

Katy’s Bio:

Katy Berry is a New York based comedian, writer, teacher, and musical improviser. Her screenplay POPCORN earned her a place in the 2020 Black List X Women in Film Feature Residency and is now being produced by Gunpowder & Sky and packaged by ICM, along with her second feature, CLICK CLICK PLAY.

As a musical comedian, Katy has traveled the world performing at venues including The Kennedy Center and multiple sold out Edinburgh Fringe Fest runs, and was featured in Time Out New York and the New York Times for her improvised cabaret show, Electric Bitch. Her original writing and videos have been featured in Vulture, Studio360, Bustle, Reductress, NYC Web Fest, Chain Film Festival and more. She currently teaches screenwriting and improv at the New York Film Academy and you can catch her performing musical improv in venues around NYC with Baby Wants Candy.