Betsy Stover has been with the UCBT since 1997, serving as a performer, writer, director, coach, and teacher. Betsy grew up in Minneapolis, MN. In high school she improvised at the Brave New Workshop, and performed weekly shows and traveled with the short form troupes, Improv Olympix and Comedy Sportz. Betsy went to NYU and studied acting, directing, and production design at Tisch\'s Playwrights Horizons Theater School. She studied improv with Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Armando Diaz, Mick Napier, Joe Bill, and Mark Sutton, as well as sketch comedy writing with Ali Farrahnakian and Matt Besser. She was on UCBT Harold teams including Cowbot, Ice-Nine, and most recently, DeCoster; and in a million UCBT shows, including the two NYC Soundtracks Live shows directed by, respectively, Amy Poehler and David Wain. She wrote and performed two long-running UCBT sketch shows with her comedy partner, Katty Biscone. Betsy & Katty\'s eponymous debut was directed by Rob Corddry and was also performed in the HBO / Warner Brothers performance space in LA. Betsy has directed many improv teams, plays, and sketch shows including Rode Hard and Put Away Wet which was an official selection for the Aspen Comedy Festival. Betsy has appeared in countless sketches on NBC\'s Late Night with Conan O\'Brien, and has starred in many radio and television commercials. Betsy has improvised for 17 years, the last 12 at UCBT, where she has taught improv since 2001. She lives with her husband and fellow UCBT teacher and performer, Ari Voukydis, and their dog in Brooklyn. They are looking forward to being joined by a son around September first.

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN