
Thank you to everyone who attended & our 750+ performers at FAD’25!
See you July 9-12, 2026!
Fun and Dumb is a 4-day improv festival celebrating all things improv, the silly stupid good stuff we just can't get enough of! 750 + performers. 200+ shows. 3 Stages. Workshops galore. It might be the biggest improv festival in the world.
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HEADLINERS
See who played in Fad 2025!
HEADLINER: Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show!
HEADLINER: Writers from the Late Show doing some damn improv.
HEADLINER: Gay guys CAN do Improv. With a special guest….
HEADLINER: An improv show with a rotating cast of NY’s best comics, hosted by Wes Haney, Nick Naney, and Clare O’Kane
HEADLINER: After obsessively rewatching every episode of HBO’s Girls, Gen Z comedians Amelia Ritthaler and Evan Lazarus have dove headfirst into another iconic NYC millennial fever dream: Broad City. Expect hot takes, chaotic tangents, questionable fashion references, and SURPRISE GUESTS that might just blow your mind.
HEADLINER: These veteran improvisers and long time friends deliver fast-paced, wild style, Deep-Dish, Chicago Style Improv.
HEADLINER: Fast paced, high energy, and filled to the brim with chaos, NYC’s premiere improv team Duchovny presents “Improv Night in America”!
HEADLINER: Late night comedy writers doing improv! 45 minute montage, baby! Come on!
HEADLINER: ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country.
HEADLINER: Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef, Taste the Nation, Supermodel….yeah THAT Padma Lakshmi) is joined by her favorite improvisers for an hour of giggle mania
HEADLINER: ¡Oye chicos! Havana Club is an overly-proud latine improv show from New York City starring Taylor Gonzalez & Julian Hernandez. Join the club.
HEADLINER: 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!
HEADLINER: Baby Wants Candy ("Truly Amazing! Critics' Pick'- New York Times) returns to Fun and Dumb for more improvised musical mayhem.
HEADLINER: Professional Actor CONNOR RATLIFF presents a fully improvised one-person show that pretends to be a real acting class.
HEADLINER: We perform improv comedy entirely in Spanish except for one white guy who doesn’t speak Spanish at all.
HEADLINER: No one makes things up like frat boyz. Come reunite with your college besties at improv night.
HEADLINER: CHICKEN BIG LOVES FUN AND DUMB IMPROV FESTIVAL.
HEADLINER: At this show, Chris Gethard and Trumane Alston reunite at last.
HEADLINER: Join Ladies Who Ranch for an electric improv show featuring a grab bag of raucous character-driven performances and clown-inspired chaos!
HEADLINER: Join Two Tree Hill & Rose Kelso as they do a FULL IMPROVISED Don't Stop I'm About to Jazz!
HEADLINER: All Asian Improv comedy team does their brand new bullshit!
HEADLINER: The original cast of the Second City New York Mainstage rises from the ashes of being fired to do the only thing they know how to do—improv.
HEADLINER: 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.
HEADLINER: North Coast frequently blurs the line between comedy show and concert, drawing audiences from the comedy, hip-hop, and theater communities for an experience that has been hailed as “mind-blowing” and “next level” by critics and audiences alike.
HEADLINER: Simple Town is a sketch group in Brooklyn that makes films and performs live.
HEADLINER: Writers from Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" take a break from writing jokes, and try making them up on the spot.
HEADLINER: Not Like Other Girls combines the improv forms you know and love with the hysterics of a middle school sleepover to create an unforgettable comedy experience!
HEADLINER: Chloe Troast has friends that she loves to improvise with. They're also really good at solving problems...through breakthrough improv therapy.
HEADLINER: 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.
HEADLINER: Closing out the festival as always, welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show. Sit back, relax, and watch the chaos unfold.
FAD ‘25 T-SHIRT
We’re taking orders THRU SUNDAY July 20 for this sick shirt by @arthousescreens for Mid-August delivery or pick-up!
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