Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
We have affordable, high quality shows seven nights a week in NYC and LA. Our original comedy videos 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.
Peter Blomquist
Peter Blomquist is a writer-actor-director based in NY and one half of comedy duo, Franco and Billy . In 2008 he and F&B partner, Jeff Wiens, wrote, directed and starred in the critically acclaimed IFC web series, Get Hit. The Hollywood Reporter said of the series: “Think ‘Mr. Show’, only creepier, more manic and possibly certifiable†and named it one of the ten webisodes of 2008 worth watching. F&B’s live act, The Franco & Billy Show ran at UCB in 2007 and was part of UCB’s Longest Sketch Show Ever . Blomquist has performed at such Off Broadway theatres as Performance Space 122 , The Ontological-Hysteric Theatre and The Henry Street Settlement with the highly acclaimed theatre company, Banana Bag and Bodice . He was recently in a TV pilot with Tim Conway called Shopnation. Also , a terrifyingly realistic digital version of him can be seen in the upcoming video game, L.A. Noir . www.francoandbilly.com