Pump Up: The Jam is a weekly improv mic hosted by William Banks, Maya Sharma, and Tej Khanna where anyone can put their name in and perform improv in a mash up group with other comedians.

Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv, Jam

Jun 2

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up, Open Mic

BCC Open Ass Mic

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up, Open Mic

Performers get 3 minute slots to try their material out with little pops from After School Special in between. Show off standup, sketch, a character, or even a little poem you've been working on. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR BIGOTED MATERIAL.

Tickets: FREE with a suggested donation to BCC Diversity Scholarship fund.

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up, Open Mic

Jun 3

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

The Duchess and Special Guests!

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

You love Gay Guy Improv….. and now it’s monthly….. and now imagine us with a special guest each month!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jun 3

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Chicken Big

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

As seen on ‘America's Got Talent', Chicken Big Goes Weekly at the BCC!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jun 4

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Bundle and Save Goes To Summer Camp

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Gather round our campfire to see what sketches Bundle and Save have cooked up for their third mainstage show.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Jun 4

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

The Good Time

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

The Good Time 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.

Openers: Our First Fight, AM 2 PM

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jun 4

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Gen Z vs Millennials

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Sociology meets Family Feud in a manic, fever dream, game show.

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Jun 4

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Sketch, Improv

Demon Time

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Sketch, Improv

As featured in the The New York Times….come 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.

Tickets: FREE

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Sketch, Improv

Jun 5

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

BOOBIE TRAP SKETCH: CHIC

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

"Chic" is an adjective meaning stylish, smart, and currently fashionable. All words that also aptly describe our sketch comedy.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Jun 5

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

TGIF with Duchovny & Olestra

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Does it stand for "Thank God It's Friday" or "Thank God It's Funny"... we'll never know. But we do know it's improv every Friday @ 7pm!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jun 5

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Jam

Gay Gam

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Jam

Maya and Pearl welcome all queer identifying improvisers to BCC’s monthly queer improv jam

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Jam

Jun 5

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

DONNA’S BEEF IMPROV

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

If you’re looking for a beefy, juicy improv night, this is the show for you.

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jun 5

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Late Late Night Night Turns 1!

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Extra Guests, Extra fun, and FREE DESSERT!! Come on by to laugh while you eat cake you didn’t have to pay for.

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Jun 5

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

¿Qué?

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

¿Qué? is a Spanish-speaking improv team with one white guy who doesn’t speak any Spanish. It’s comedy anyone can understand!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jun 6

6:00 PM – 8:15 PM18:00 – 20:156:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Comedy

The Forever Jam

6:00 PM – 8:15 PM18:00 – 20:156:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Comedy

We've heard your cries for MORE IMPROV. And we are thrilled to announce the Forever Jam, a jam open to current and past BCC improv students... because we're all students of commedia starting NOW and forever. Come get your reps done in an all-levels friendly space!

Free for BCC Students w/ suggested donation to Div. Scholarship!

6:00 PM – 8:15 PM18:00 – 20:156:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Comedy

Jun 6

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Damn Hot Time

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Strip down and crash out with Chicago ex-pats Francesca Bucci and Hails Reeves.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Sketch

Jun 6

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Stand-up

Close Friends

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Stand-up

New York's funniest comedians will make you laugh with hilarious material they usually save for their besties.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Stand-up

Jun 6

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Clown

Clown Revue

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Clown

What do you do when the world feels crazy? Turn to clown!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Clown

Jun 6

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

What Makes [You] Laugh?

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Welcome to the BCC's longest-running haus improv show - where everything is totally made up on the spot, for one night only.

Opener: Tummy Troubles

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Improv

Jun 6

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Sparkle Hour: Pride Edition

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Leave the irony at the door, honey. It's Gay Church! Hosted by Art. Director of BCC: Philip Sparkle!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Jun 7

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Dinna Theater: A Pride Variety Show

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Have you ever been at a variety show and thought to yourself, "I'm hungry.." ? Well, come eat.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Jun 7

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

GAG REFLEX: IMPROV HOUR

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

After some sketch from the Disco Horses, watch the girls of Gag Reflex do an hour of improv!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv

Jun 7

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Class Show

Andy Junk's Improv Level 4 Class Show (2/3)

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Class Show

Students from the Improv Level 4 Class, instructed by Andy Junk, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks. Show #2 of 3!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Improv, Class Show

Jun 7

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

THE CAITRIX

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

From the tortured mind of the other, other Wachowski sister (Nannearl) comes a film that finally answers the question "what if The Matrix was about Caitlyn Jenner?"

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Variety

Jun 7

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

well, then presents #SPORTSSHOW

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

Sports are cool and all but stand-up comedy is cooler!!

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

Jun 7

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

Faculty Lounge

8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

A brand new weekly stand up show brought to you by our beloved BCC stand up faculty!

Featuring: Karishma Maraj, Clay Horwitz, Noah Friend

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8:30 PM – 9:45 PM20:30 – 21:458:30 PM – 9:45 PM

Stand-up

Katy Berry's Musical Improv Level 2 Class Show

Jun 9

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Musical Improv, Class Show, Improv

Katy Berry's Musical Improv Level 2 Class Show

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Musical Improv, Class Show, Improv

Students from the Musical Improv Level 2 Class, instructed by Katy Berry, show off their hard work from the last 7 weeks!

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Musical Improv, Class Show, Improv

Jun 9

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

Pop(ken) Culture 2

7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

After a successful first show, it’s time for Philip to “Reheat his month old nachos” with a brand new hour of Pop(Ken) Culture.

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7:00 PM – 8:15 PM19:00 – 20:157:00 PM – 8:15 PM

Variety

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FUN & DUMB IMPROV FEST ‘26

Fun and Dumb is a 4-day 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’s one of the largest improv fests in the world.