HEADLINER: The Good Time (@thegoodtimeimprov) 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.
HEADLINER: Deemed 'local faves' by The New York Times and 'very funny lunatics' by TimeOutNY, the Ladies Who Ranch is a five-person comedy group known for improv that will blow your mind and open your heart. Their style showcases a grab bag of raucous character-driven performances, raunchy songs, clown-inspired chaos, and dreamy monologues. Come on down and experience the improvisational transcendence that is Ladies Who Ranch! @ladieswhoranch
HEADLINER: Simple Town does our annual improv set. This happens once a year, people!
I'm So Happy is an improv group dedicated to exploring alternate dimensions and timelines! Our show will be like Netflix meets HBO!
shorties is for bringing back short form improv!! we are here to play some games and to encourage audience participation. we're putting the Fun and Dumb in Fun and Dumb!!!
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: Chicken Big is a revolutionary group of free thinkers looking to reshape comedy from the ground up. Please come make history with us.
HEADLINER: NYC’s funniest improv show brought to you by a group of top-tier psychopaths. Duchovny is a group of elite New York maniacs comprised of veteran improvisers, actors, and comedians who you've probably seen in TV, movies, and even the most coveted work of all, digital-only commercials that air before Youtube videos. Duchovny is fast paced, high energy and filled to the brim with chaos.
HEADLINER: ¿Qué? is a Spanish-speaking improv team with one white guy who doesn’t speak any Spanish. It’s comedy anyone can understand!
COOKED UP - an improvised sketch show where members bring ideas from improv sets previously performed, and rehearse, refine, and crystallize them into their sketch form to ensure maximum energy and vulgarity. Plenty of props, wigs, costumes, and fake blood/vomit/shit will be in tow. If improv is cocaine, then this is crack!
@cookedupcomedy
Join Oh, Shooty! for an improv extravaganza: you’ll be laughing, gasping, and definitely shaking your head like, “Oh, Shooty…” @oh.shooty
@cookedupcomedy
@canutakeourpicture
Can You Take Our Picture? is offering up a dramatic improvisational set focused on breaking the boundaries of your typical improv experience. They dare to joke and allow themselves to cry, pushing past what your average audience deems acceptable.
We all have had white girlfriends which is very rare, and we want to share microaggressions they've made against us and do improv based on it.
Cruelty-Free TV reunites for the first time in a year <3 in the time since, some of us have hooked up, some of us have beef now, some of us are hooking up as you read this . come see the drama unfold :)
Masc Mandate is an improv show that is made up of the funniest, hottest, most bad ass people in the world: BUTCHES!
Solo totally improvised narrative that examines situations through diverse characters, raw relationships and electric emotions.
Justin is ready for surgery. The only problem is Dr. McDonald forgot how to use the anesthetic! Justin is half asleep, half awake, and certifiably hilarious throughout the entire painful ordeal. Is what you see on stage actually happening, or is it all part of his medically induced hallucinations...? Better come and find out!
We are aliens who have landed in Brooklyn to get our freak on and learn what it is to be human. We get an audience suggestion and practice being human the only way we know how... improv!
Remember that computer game from the early 2000s that was basically 20 Questions? Remember that? We're playing that game onstage and doing improv inspired by whatever it guesses!!
Hoopty is your problem child of improv. We know the rules and we refuse to follow them! Except we do and our improv is good and fun.
Four of Berlin’s hottest improvisers saw you from across the bar, like your vibe and want to invite you to their long-form improvised comedy show.
Someone in the audience shares a moment when it truly mattered who showed up—and from there, we’re off! With big energy and razor-sharp instincts, Who All Gon' Be There (@who_all_gon_be_there) dives headfirst into the intrigue, the drama, and the deliciously awkward encounters that unfold when every entrance changes the room.
Brothered Toast is an all Black and male improv team know for their high energy sets and outrageous wit. They're like a Black fraternity improv team without the allegations, or hazing.
GUPS are your favorite improv FREAKS who play fast and loud! They will take your worst ideas possible and turn them into a freakishly funny improv set.
iO Theater’s 1st ever all POC house team performs their unique brand of The Harold
YEAHHHH..... It's improvised sketch. #youknowthevibes @girlmountainsketch
We're a group of gorgeous giggling improvisers who have one thing on our minds at all times: the gag. Life is one big gag and you're in it baby! Let's play! @thegagimprov
Known for their online sketch comedy, The Yard Sale Girls will take a break from their tour to give you 20 minutes of perfectly unscripted improv.
The Improvised Housewives of iO is an improvised parody of the iconic Real Housewives franchise, featuring a cast of original characters navigating their way through relationships, business launches, and the circle of sisterhood.
Wild journeys with some absolute freaks. Saw II will torment you and you’ll leave forever changed.
Weird Brown Idiots perform improv that beguiles and bemuses..... The vibes are cherry red delicious between these annoying losers. Life is amazing if you accept improv into your life.
Tiny Idea is going to do improv for you.
HEADLINER: The writers who share an elevator at 30 Rock finally share a stage. A mashup
improv show from the rooms behind Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon.
HEADLINER: An overly proud Latina improv show starring Taylor Gonzalez & Julian Hernandez. The boys improvise an entire one-act play. Including special guests, salsa music, and plenty of rum. ¡Dale!
HEADLINER: An incredible improv show with the most incredible improvisers in NYC!
@whatthehellimprov
HEADLINER: You love manga? You love Jenga? You love Kung-Fu Panda? You love slant rhymes? 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!
@officialcraigshow
Phillip Markle owes us $130k and we plan on collecting. Sort of can’t believe they let us into the festival considering we aren’t messing around. We will learn to do improv to fill the rest of our slot once we get paid what we’re owed. Swear
Jared Palmer Kirsch and Jay Reed are back with a brand spanking new episode of hit TV Show, Family Guy.
That’s right, watch this dynamic duo improvise an entire episode of Family Guy (yes, THAT Family Guy) featuring all the classic elements of a Family Guy episode: the character’s from Family Guy & cutaway scenes featuring celebrity impressions.
GIGGETY GIGGETY! @familyguyimprov
An entirely made-up episode of TVs Columbo performed by New York's finest: Comedians!
Take improv to the NEXT DIMENSION. Improv 4DX is like going to a 4DX movie but it's an improv show. That's right, there are special effects. Warning -- the front row MAY GET WET!!!!
ESCÁNDALO! IN NYC! Chicago based bilingual troupe ESCÁNDALO is back for it's third at BCC. Comedia, Culture, and a liiiiiiitle bit of DRAMA. Half queer, half femme, FULL DESMADRE!
We’re here to unpack your baggage, but please don’t mistake us or replace us for professionals. After we interview an audience member about a time they’ve been wronged, we create funny scenes!!!! We’ll always take your side.
NYC’s first all queer and all Asian improv team, @theslaysiansnyc , cordially invite you to our Hot Tub Party! The “hot tub” is a never before seen, original improv form based on real life, queer, steamy hot tub experiences. We’ll be dressed in our finest summertime drip, so come join us for a Wet Hot Brooklyn Summer!
Come jam in the twilight hours with the hosts of BCC's weekly improv mic Pump Up: The Jam! Maya, William, and Tej welcome all wristband holders to end their night doing mash up improv sets together. Go Crazy.
Start your week with worship. Tune into Church Van’s Sunday morning broadcast to save your soul. (@churchvan.improv)
A group of single people move to a luxury villa in the hope of finding love and the summer of their life. Throughout this improvised series, there will be shock twists and surprise announcements that will test the relationships between the Islanders. To remain in their luxury paradise and stand a chance to win the $50K prize, contestants must couple up and win the hearts of each other and the public.
Two teams face off to be the gayest improv team there ever was. The teams are comprised of the gayest, queerest, most LGBTQ+ improvisers in town dressed in their hottest sports costumes (I guess they are called uniforms??) The audience will determine who is the gayer team in the end but ultimately the teams will probably just make out with each other.
@swingersshow
What's that?! The jingle jangle of keys in a bowl?! SWINGERS is an improv show featuring REAL improv couples- how freakin cute is that?! Our couples will perform in duos, then switch up partners :) and the show will culminate in a “swinging” group scene (orgy, if you will).
Swingers. Real lovers. Real improv. Real laughs.
Brian is a team of six beautiful improvisers, none of whom are named Brian. But if you are named Brian, we'd love if you came to watch us do improv (non-Brians will be admitted too). Come see us get deep, get real, get silly.
Turnstile is an improv team. We do "longform improv", an art form designed to be fun and chill. Just like us! We're sorta like if The Goonies were a theater troupe. By the way, has Gen Z seen The Goonies? Anyway, watch The Goonies then come see our show.
METAL BOY! HE WAS BORN FROM THE LOVE OF HUMAN MAN AND METAL WOMAN! THE BODY OF A METAL! THE HEART OF A BOY! METAL BOY!
Formed in 2014, Metal Boy includes comedy vets from all over NYC—credits include: Search Party (HBO), Birdgirl and The Venture Bros. (Adult Swim), the Rude Tales of Magic podcast, Baby Wants Candy, Reductress, The Truth podcast, Story Pirates, Improv Everywhere, and UCB Comedy. They also once performed an improv show before a free screening of a Zach Galifianakis movie.
Kendra, Lola, Luke and Vince will perform a monoscene that will change the way you see the world…..
The Assignment is a celebration of weird improv forms created by hosts Bill DiPiero and Paris Adkins. Whether it's Gays vs. Italians or a show where everyone can only speak in song lyrics, The Assignment brings improv's best to try new things! @theassignment comedy
RELEASE THE WORLD ENGINE ON FUN AND DUMB
You're gonna think you're watching a science experiment cause BOY does this troupe have CHEMISTRY <3333 Come experience the undeniable beautiful energy of a @secondhusbandcomedy montage!! First is the worst - SECOND HUSBAND IS THE BEST!
The Blacksmiths is an awards winning all Black improv team. Guaranteed to bring the funny while repping the culture!
North Carolina represent! Faculty and performers from the Mettlesome Theater in Durham, NC show off the best of North Carolina. @thisismettlesome
A high-energy improv show set entirely within one expansive location - think, hospital, mall, or cruise ship - where scenes jump between front desks to hidden backrooms and everywhere in between. Expect bold choices, big swings, and playful chaos, where grounded moments collide with the ridiculous. Brought to you by Rat Race comedy troupe, featuring Samantha Adams, Austin Anonsen, Julia Fulton, Amanda Pereira, Rachel Sellan, and Brody Wilkinson-Martin - follow Rat Race on Instagram @ratraceimprov.
Lunch? Taxes? Does my breath smell? People overthink these things all the time, luckily Overthinking does the overthinking for you! Come with mental grit in your mind machine and leave with your melon motor lubed up with laughter!
Be ready to share your most devilish deed with @babydevilimprov as we channel your sin-ergy and turn your story into a hilarious and unforgettable improv set.
Improv from America's armpit, for the masses.
Have you ever been on the NJ turnpike passing that large scary power plant and felt a swell of emotion that you couldn't make sense of? It's cold, yet hot. Shiny, yet dirty. Ugly, yet... beautiful? Such is the dichotomy of New Jersey. Watch as these Jersey-born improvisers grapple with this while burning brighter than the Linden Cogeneration Plant's eternal flame.
Improv nerd's favorite indie darling team Rent-A-Friend is back together for one night only! They might be blue, they might eat eggs, they might get naked. See it or regret it forever.
This Rag tag team of unlicensed dentists will do the best improv set about teeth on this side of the Mississippi.
Breakfast Boys are a duo who love breakfast so much they dedicate every improv set to the most important meal of the day. Their set begins with two people at a breakfast table and expands into a universe filled with gossip, scandal, wonder, and possibly even some political intrigue! @breakfastboyscomedy
Mango Tango is a team of high-energy, high-commitment veteran improvisers who are utilizing songs to inspire their set. This is gonna be a show you don't want to miss.
Three of NY's finest Standup Comics gather topics from Fun&Dumb audiences to write fun & dumb standup sets in real time.
Gay guys who do Improv love to have fun will make you laugh crazy.
The BCC Sketch Residency Spring 2025 performs from memory their sketches that didn't make the cut in the first show.
Come watch a live episode of Grey's Anatomy- the longest-running scripted primetime medical drama- UNSCRIPTED.
Peekaboo Wonderful is an Improv Super Group from Providence Rhode Island that met at a Unitarian Universalist Summer Camp.
God’s Website is going to harness the incredible power of IMPROVISATION to confound the scientific consensus and generate a premature eclipse with our minds and bodies...
One of New York City's premier indy teams, Hush returns to the stage for another unforgettable improv show.
The baddest kids at BCC are stuck in after-school detention—and their punishment is pure torture: improv.
We start in a sex position you've never seen before. Then we do improv. You are a voyeur.
Rent-a-Friend is an improv team that might do anything—naked shows, spontaneous honesty, a third thing.
DO YOU HEAR THAT??? That's right! YOUR sounds make OUR set. We'll bring the mic.
Join the hot dogs as they navigate the cosmos and befriend creatures from all reaches of the galaxy.
Come celebrate Shark Week with Protein Soufflé! In this show, we must keep moving, or we'll die.
Come jam in the twilight hours with the hosts of BCC's weekly improv mic!
What would it be like if three Teds Lasso did improv?
Improvised wedding. Black tie mandatory. Real minister. Two of us will be wed Legally in final scene. Catch the ceremony- one night only at FADs BARBER WEDDING
We are aliens from the spaceship Big Slime. We desire to assimilate with humanity peacefully. So we practice with improvised comedy
Take improv to the NEXT DIMENSION. Improv 4DX is like going to a 4DX movie but it's an improv show. The audience will be thrilled by not only incredible improv but amazing special effects. Warning -- the front row MAY GET WET!!!!
Hailing from Chicago, Big Deborah is an iO Theater Harold House Team that is hitting the road to perform "The Harold" at BCC
OOOOH its the improv game show for sneaky little freaks! Six MENSA-member improvisers take the stage - five of them know a BIG secret, and one of them has to fake it! Can the Imposter get away with it???
Escape the heat and join Big Dawg at this years Fun and Dumb festival for a fully improvised comedy show!
Weird Brown Idiots perform improv that beguiles and bemuses.....
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!
Tiny Idea is a comedy group that makes sketch comedy online and in real life, and also sometimes does improv. At this show, they will be doing improv.
Come see long-form improv from Skip Skip: a Chicago-born, New York implanted improv team.
Brothered Toast is an all Black and male improv team that loves off the wall sets and high energy improv.
Join CFTV as we take a G-rated family vacation through the rolling hills of the American dream.
The People's Princess Celebrate BCC's Amusement and Stupidity Gala
