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.

Brian Craine

Brian W. Craine is a writer and performer living in New York City. Brian was born and raised in Alaska and eventually found his way to the lower 48 to attend college at Montana State University in Bozeman. While obtaining his B.S. in Snow Science Mechanics at MSU, he performed as a writer/actor on The Pizza Show (a Montana sketch comedy TV series) and discovered that his true passion was in sketch and improv comedy. In 2005 Brian came to NYC to study improv and sketch with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Brian performs improv and sketch comedy throughout NYC with his various improv groups, his indie sketch group Lady Suit and is currently a writer on the UCB maude team Thunder Gulch.