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.

DC Pierson

DC Pierson was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ and moved to New York to go to school.   He graduated from NYU in 2007 with a degree in writing for television.  He has been on such Harold teams as DeCoster and The Law Firm.  He's one-fifth of DERRICK, a sketch comedy group whose videos have been seen over 50 million times on YouTube.  The group recently completed their first full-length feature film,"Mystery Team."  He is a member of UCB's legendary Wednesday Night Brew Crew.   He has appeared in various commercials, movies both short and long, and occasionally does stand-up or reads things aloud for audiences. He publishes short stories, poems, and un-asked-for opinions on his website, dcpierson.com.   He wrote a novel, The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Never Had To, which is forthcoming from Broadway Books.

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