Name: & BLAINE
Start: 2026-04-15T20:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-15T21:45:00-04:00
Location: Brooklyn Comedy Collective

A very special guest & Blaine Swen take the stage for one-night only! You don't want to miss this!
About this Event

DOORS: 8:15pm

SHOW: 8:30pm

Eris Mainstage

A very special guest & Blaine Swen take the stage for one-night only! You don't want to miss this!

Blaine Swen (@blaine_swen) is the creator and director of The Improvised Shakespeare Company®. He performed for many years at iO Chicago where his credits include the two-person group Blessing with Susan Messing, The Armando Diaz Experience, and his award-winning one-person improvised musical BASH! Additional Chicago stage credits include The Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pegasus Players Theatre, The Backroom Shakespeare Project, and The Second City. Television credits include Game Changer (DropoutTV), Um, Actually (DropoutTV), Crisis (NBC), The Odd Couple (CBS). You can hear him as Arnor the Warrior on the podcast Hello, from the Magic Tavern or catch him on Mondays at Nashville’s Third Coast Comedy Club improvising a musical with Erica Elam. In 2010 the Chicago Reader named him the "Best Improviser in Chicago." Blaine also has a PhD in philosophy from Loyola University, Chicago.

Fine Print:

Must be 21+ to attend. No outside alcohol is allowed in the space.
There are 60 seats - first come, first serve - and then standing room up to capacity.
All ticket sales are final - no refunds. If you must miss your show, email us at [email protected] with at least 24 hours notice and we can transfer your tickets to any upcoming show at the BCC. Answers to most other questions can be found here.
If show is sold out, limited tickets will be available at the door.
If you have questions about accessibility needs at our venue, please reach out to [email protected].
Lineup subject to change.

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