Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has affordable, comedy shows seven nights a week in NYC and LA. Watch the best improv, sketch and standup in the country. Our original comedy video productions have garnered the national spotlight. We also run the first nationally accredited improv and sketch comedy school in the country. For information on our courses, visit the Training Center.

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  • NBCUniversal and The UCB Theater (NYC) 1st Annual Diversity Scholarship! - HOW TO APPLY



    <b>NBCUniversal and The UCB Theater (NYC) 1st Annual Diversity Scholarship! - HOW TO APPLY</b>

    NBCU will offer a scholarship to students with advanced skills in improvisation at The UCB Theater. NBCU will sponsor one student, for a full year of UCB Classes.

    A live “Finalists Showcase” will be scheduled in the fall at The UCB Theater for 10 finalists selected by the Artistic Director of the UCB Theatre. The 2011/2012 Diversity Scholar will be selected by both UCB and NBCU... Read More

  • The UCB Theatre Partners With NBCUniversal's Talent Diversity Initiative to Offer An Improv Training Scholarship

    <b>The UCB Theatre Partners With NBCUniversal's Talent Diversity Initiative to Offer An Improv Training Scholarship</b>

    UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- May 12, 2011 -- NBCUniversal’s Talent Diversity Initiative has partnered with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade (UCB) to offer year-round improvisational scholarships -- particularly for talented women and people of diverse backgrounds.  Kendra Carter, Director, NBCUniversal Talent Diversity Initiatives, made the announcements today.

    The Upright... Read More

  • Upright Citizens Brigade Joins SiriusXM Radio


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    Upright Citizens Brigade Joins SiriusXM Radio</b>
    Compiled by ADAM W. KEPLER

    The Upright Citizens Brigade Theater will start a weekly hourlong live radio show on SiriusXM Radio, that satellite radio company announced. “Live From UCB Theater” will record a different show each week at its theaters in New York and Los Angeles, showcasing the comedy troupe’s usual mix of improv, sketch comedy and stand-up. The first episode will run at 11 p.m. on Saturday on the radio service’s Raw... Read More

  • UCBT performers amongst Backstage's 10 Comics To Watch 2011

    Backstage June 2, 2011
    <b>10 Comics to Watch</b>
    by Backstage Staff

    <b>Blake Anderson</b>

    <b>Hannibal Burress</b>

    <b>Carly Craig</b>

    <b>Paul W. Downs</b>

    <b>Hails from:</b> Sussex, N.J. <b>Greener pasture:</b> Los Angeles. <b>Fresh off the boat:</b> Downs just moved to the Southland from New York, where he recently won an ECNY Award for best emerging comic and praise from Time Out New York magazine for his solo sketch show, "The Paul Downs Syndrome," which he's just introduced to his new fellow Angelenos. "The show is so out... Read More

  • The Chris Gethard Show Heads to the Just For Laughs Festival in Chicago

    Congratulations to The Chris Gethard Show for being accepted to Chicago's Just For Laughs Festival. Here's a message from Gethard himself about this epic event:

    "A few months back the organizer of the alternative comedy programming wing of the Just for Laughs festival in Chicago got in touch with me. He wanted to know if The Chris Gethard Show would like to travel to the Windy City to do back to back midnight shows on Friday, June 17th and Saturday, June 18th. I immediately said... Read More

  • UCBT's Zhubin Parang Hired To Write For The Daily Show with Jon Stewart



    Congratulations to
    Zhubin Parang, who has been hired as a writer for Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart!

    Zhubin can currently be seen performing with UCBTNY Maude team
    Thunder Gulch.
    Read More

  • Hello Lonesome Featuring UCBT's Nate Smith Now Playing At Cinema Village




    Nate Smith (Stone Cold Fox) can be seen in the feature film Hello Lonesome now playing at
    Cinema Village.

    "With an enchanting mixture of laughter and longing, the worlds of six flawed yet endearing individuals are woven together as they explore those age-old human desires: to love and be loved.

    "Single urbanite Gordon (NATE SMITH) meets Debby (SABRINA LLOYD) online and finds their new relationship put to the ultimate test. A suburban widow (LYNN COHEN) gets much more than she... Read More

  • Aint It Cool News Interviews UCBT Performer & Hangover II Screenwriter Scot Armstrong

    <b>
    Mr. Beaks Pieces Together THE HANGOVER PART II With Screenwriter Scot Armstrong!</b>

    May 26, 2011

    SPOILER ALERT !!


    In the eleven years since Todd Phillips made his studio filmmaking debut, the one near-constant behind the scenes has been Scot Armstrong. A Chicago native with a strong improv-comedy background, Armstrong first hooked up with Phillips on the screenplay for the very funny ROAD TRIP. But the duo didn't truly establish their raucously unsentimental style of comedy... Read More

  • Morgan Grace Jarrett Cast As Toyota's Summer Concert Series Superfan



    Congratulations to UCBT's
    Morgan Grace Jarrett (Ragnar&ouml;ck), now appearing in ads for The Toyota Summer Concert Series on NBC!

    See Morgan on Tuesday nights in
    HAROLD NIGHT.

    Read More

  • Congratulations UCBT performers nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards

    The 38th annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy nominations have been announced! Congratulations to nominated UCBT alum and performers Wyatt Cenac, Eric Drysdale, Peter Gwinn, Hallie Haglund, Eric Ledgin, Opus Moreschi and Amy Rhodes.

    Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment

    <b>The Ellen DeGeneres Show • Syndicated</b>
    Producers
    Amy Rhodes

    Outstanding Special Class Writing

    <b>The Ellen DeGeneres Show • Syndicated</b>
    Writers
    Amy Rhodes

    <b>The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear • Comedy...</b> Read More

  • NBCUniversal and The UCB Theater (NYC) 1st Annual Diversity Scholarship! - HOW TO APPLY



    <b>NBCUniversal and The UCB Theater (NYC) 1st Annual Diversity Scholarship! - HOW TO APPLY</b>

    NBCU will offer a scholarship to students with advanced skills in improvisation at The UCB Theater. NBCU will sponsor one student, for a full year of UCB Classes.

    A live “Finalists Showcase” will be scheduled in the fall at The UCB Theater for 10 finalists selected by the Artistic Director of the UCB Theatre. The 2011/2012 Diversity Scholar will be selected by both UCB and NBCU... Read More

  • The UCB Theatre Partners With NBCUniversal's Talent Diversity Initiative to Offer An Improv Training Scholarship

    <b>The UCB Theatre Partners With NBCUniversal's Talent Diversity Initiative to Offer An Improv Training Scholarship</b>

    UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. -- May 12, 2011 -- NBCUniversal’s Talent Diversity Initiative has partnered with the Upright Citizen’s Brigade (UCB) to offer year-round improvisational scholarships -- particularly for talented women and people of diverse backgrounds.  Kendra Carter, Director, NBCUniversal Talent Diversity Initiatives, made the announcements today.

    The Upright... Read More

  • AM NY Calls UCB's Adam Pally A Star On The Rise


    <b>
    Adam Pally: Star on the rise</b>
    By Julie Gordon

    Photo credit: Adam Pally, center, and (L-R) Damon Wayans Jr., Eliza Coupe and Elisha Cuthbert in "Happy Endings"

    We’re keeping our eye on newcomer
    Adam Pally — and you should, too.

    The 29-year-old has been cracking us up on a weekly basis as the non-stereotypically gay Max Blum — best described as a dude who happens to like dudes — on the ABC newbie “Happy Endings.”

    “It’s funny — the guy that’s the most... Read More

  • Brian Berrebbi To Co-Host New Onion AV Club Web Series Pop Pilgrims


    http://www.ucbcomedy.com/talent/i/64


    Brian Berrebbi (HAROLD NIGHT, Ross Meets The Wizard) will be co-hosting Pop Pilgrims, a new web series by The Onion A.V. Club. Read all about it below.

    <b>
    Introducing Pop Pilgrims, the new A.V. Club travel show</b>
    by Josh Modell May 9, 2011

    Hello citizens of The A.V. Club. We're delighted to announce the imminent launch of our new web-video travel series, Pop Pilgrims. Here's the concept: We're pop-culture geeks, and that geekdom extends... Read More

  • UCBT Performers Jon Gabrus, Dominic Dierkes & More Nominated for Webby Awards

    <b>UCBT Performers Jon Gabrus, Dominic Dierkes & More Nominated for Webbys.</b>

    The Webby People’s Voice Awards honors the year’s best work in Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile. Congratulations to the following Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Performers for their 2011 Webby Nominations.

    <b>Jon Gabrus (The Law Firm) and Dominic Dierkes (Shitty Jobs)</b>
    Film and Video - Best Writing
    Facebook Ruins Job Interview

    Facebook Ruins Job Interview from Wiseguy... Read More

  • Aziz Ansari Writes About Amy Poehler For the TIME 100

    <b>
    The 2011 TIME 100 - Amy Poehler</b>

    Meet the most influential people in the world. They are artists and activists, reformers and researchers, heads of state and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even revolution. Welcome to this year's TIME 100

    Amy Poehler
    Actress

    By Aziz Ansari Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011

    Amy Poehler
    Martin Schoeller for TIME


    I was originally asked to write 150 words of praise for Amy Poehler. Unfortunately, a... Read More

  • UCBT's Craig Rowin Hired To Write For Who Wants To Be A Millionaire



    Congratulations to UCBT's
    Craig Rowin (The Law Firm, Please Give Me One Million Dollars, Matt Besser's This Show Will Get You High) who has been hired as Head Writer for "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire".

    See Craig in
    THE LAW FIRM: Law & Disorder every Friday at 10:30pm at the UCB Theatre, and watch Please Give Me One Million Dollars below.

    Please Give Me One Million DollarsUCBcomedy.comWatch more comedy videos from the twisted minds of the UCB Theatre at UCBcomedy.com

    Read More

  • UCBT's Eliot Glazer's Book, My Parents Were Awesome, Available Now



    Congratulations to UCBT's
    Eliot Glazer (High School Talent Show, The Same Sex-Tacular) who has released My Parents Were Awesome, a book based on his
    popular blog.

    <b>NEWSFLASH: Your mom and dad weren’t always parents.  They used to be people—and they were awesome.</b>

    They bathed you. They fed you. They raised you to become the person you are today. Your parents are an integral part of your story. But guess what? They have a story too—one that started long before you entered... Read More

  • UCBT's John Wyatt Haskell Hired To Write For Late Night with Jimmy Fallon



    Congratulations to the UCB Theatre's
    John Wyatt Haskell (Two Fun Men), who has been hired as a writer for
    Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

    You can see John along with
    Arthur Meyer in
    TWO FUN MEN: Two Men Having Fun at the UCB Theatre.

    Read More

  • UCBT's Chris Kelly Hired To Write For Funny Or Die



    Congratulations to the UCB Theatre's
    Chris Kelly (Matt Besser's This Show Will Get You High, Oh My God, I Heard You're Dying; Stone Cold Fox), who has been hired as a staff writer for
    FunnyorDie.com.

    Watch "Urban Legends: Funny John Mayer" co-written by Chris Kelly.
    Urban Legends: Funny John MayerUCBcomedy.comWatch more comedy videos from the twisted minds of the UCB Theatre at UCBcomedy.com
    Read More

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