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.

Ashley Hale

Ashley is an actress and writer living in New York City. Originally from a small lake-front town in Michigan, Ashley moved to New York to attend The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre where she learned how to repeat words. Before that she studied at The Theatre School DePaul University in Chicago. She began at the UCB in 2006 with instructors such as Chris Gethard, Christina Gausas, Billy Merritt, Shannon O'Neill, Anthony King, Michael Delaney, and Eliza Skinner.  Ashley is a member of the UCB Maude Team 'STONE COLD FOX' and can be seen about town improvising with the ladies of SUCK MY DICK or with the super physically organic group DADDY.  She was co-star/creator of the sketch show 'EVEN LADIES SHIT THE BED' which ran at UCB in 2009 and which also may or may not have gotten it's title from true events.  Other things about Ashley include but are not limited to her ability to make cakes, her affinity toward soft lighting, her love of dogs, and her secret wish for fast food to be healthy.  It has been said that "Ashley is an all-around great gal" and "definitely someone you should meet."