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.
Jesse Acini
Current Shows
Jesse is a writer for Maude Night at the UCB Theatre in New York. He has written sketches and done walk ons since 2007 with The President, The Skuntz and now Gramp's. He has studied improv and sketch comedy at the UCBT under Owen Burke, Julie Brister, Kevin Mullaney, Peter Gwinn, Michael Delaney, Billy Merrit, Anthony King as well as Ian Roberts, Matt Besser and Matt Walsh. He has also studied extensively under Armando Diaz at the Magnet Theater, Gary Austin Workshops and has completed sketch and improv programs with the Second City Training Center (NY). You can see him perform with Magnet Theater house team Featherweight and occaisionally with the indie team Money. Jesse is a graduate of Queens College and is allergic to apples, gaucomole and cats.