1/2 Homosexual Dating Show, 1/2 Queer Improv Spectacular. Whether you're looking for love or looking for laughs, Dating Gayme is the gayest way to spend your evening. Join LGBTQ+ individuals on their quest to make a romantic connection and the queer improvisers that are going to make that possible. Actual lesbian couple Jordan Myrick (Good…
Come see the ingenious cast of UCB's character house team called Betty! Betty Night showcases brand-new solo and duo characters every month by our UCB house character team. ------ Featuring: Frank Caeti, Kami Dimitrova, Cam Gavinski, Ryan Hitchcock, Andrew Knox, Dione Kuraoka, Jenny Lorenzo, Veronica Osorio, Lauren Raff, Stevie Shale -- All sales are final.…
An intergalactic improv battle between the best teams in LA where YOU choose the winner! Two teams enter, one team leaves! Long, long ago alien Queen Titi and her army overtook our peaceful planet Earth-UCB and mandated that the best, most competitive improv teams in LA battle it out until only one stands. Queen Titi…
An improv comedy show mixing up-and-comers with improv legends! Holy Shit - Jason Mantzoukas, Rory Scovel, Betsy Sodaro, Fran Gillespie & Casey Feigh The Bozos Experience - Will Hines, Sarah Claspell, Jim Woods, Liz Fitzgerald, Jessica Sproge & Niko Thiel The Jazz Community - Patty Guggenheim, Emily Pendergast, Lauren Burns, Erin Berry & Emily Blackwell…
A comedic roller coaster ride with Jewish mama to the world, Beverly Ginsberg! BEVERLY LIVE is an exploration of Beverly's new life in California at age 70 (ish). She is learning about everything from sound baths to how not to get canceled. She even has a BELL system in place to "ding" her every time…
A showcase of LA's premier character comedians doing comedy so cutting-edge that we must encourage you to avert your eyes!! UCB Maude alums Annie Griggs, Jeremy Schmidt, and Max Sosna-Spear host a new showcase of alternative comedy that throws caution to the wind. Comedians are known for playing it safe but tonight we play with…
Menudo hosts improv superstars in celebration of happy hour! ¡Arriba, abajo, al centro, pa' dentro! Menudo hosts an all star improv mashup show just in time for Feliz Hour. Featuring UCB’s best Latine improvisers. ¡Salud! Menudo: Anna Salinas, Carlos Orlando, Claudio Saavedra, Eli Gonzalez, Heather Alarcón Higginbotham, July Diaz, Adri Diaz Featuring: Andres Parada, Alan…
The world's most popular completely improvised full band musical! Baby Wants Candy is a critically acclaimed comedy ensemble with casts in Chicago, LA, NY and an international touring company. The audience shouts out a title of a musical that has never been performed before. Accompanied by a full band, the first title the group hears…
UCB powerhouse improv teams Queen George & JV share the stage for a night of comedic bliss! Q ueen George performs a fast-paced improv show based on just a one-word suggestion from the audience. Queen George members acting/writing credits include, Grand Crew, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Veep, Modern Family, Good Trouble, Shameless, Perfect Harmony, and many more!…
It's a comedy show. It's a game show. And it's hosted by popular podcaster Jimmy Pardo. Featuring LA's best comedians. It's a comedy show. It's a game show. Pop Cultured with Jimmy Pardo is a panel-style game show hosted by comedian/podcaster Jimmy Pardo, featuring three comedians who must answer a series of ridiculous questions based…
ASSSSCAT is UCB's signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country.What is ASSSSCAT? It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special guest monologist. After getting a suggestion from the audience, our monologist shares off-the-cuff thoughts, feelings, and…
Welcome to a 90’s basement party where 7 pairs of LA’s best improvisers and ONE UCB STUDENT play 7 MINUTES IN HEAVEN! Featuring a new group of superstar improvisers each month, like: Mae Martin, Betsy Sodaro, Nicole Byer, Mary Holland, Tim Baltz, Lauren Holt, Laci Mosley, Jacob Wysocki, Lisa Gilroy and more! ONE UCB STUDENT…
Come and JAM Sundays @ UCB Franklin 5:30-6:30! Students of all levels are welcome! It’s free and a great way to get on stage and get reps! An inclusive improv jam for UCB students, performers, and fans! Anna Rajo, Joe Fahey, and PJ McCormick will host with a 4th special guest host every week. Come…
Happy Hour at Logan’s is an entirely improvised sitcom in the style of “Cheers.” See a cast of your favorite comedians make everything up on the spot for a one-of-a-kind, never-aired episode of your new favorite TV show. Featuring: Tim Baltz, Lily Sullivan, Mary Holland, Carl Tart, Matt Newell, Phil Augusta Jackson, Brandon Sornberger, James…
ASSSSCAT is UCB's signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country.What is ASSSSCAT? It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special guest monologist. After getting a suggestion from the audience, our monologist shares off-the-cuff thoughts, feelings, and…
The best improv show in LA for the gorls and the gays. The Agenda consists of some of the funniest queer-identifying improvisers in LA. They've come to the UCB theater to gather suggestions from the audience on items they think should be added to the Gay Agenda (TM) and then perform improv based on those…
Your one stop shop to see UCB's house improv ensembles perform every Monday! Harold Night is UCB's long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold. ------ Featuring: XOXO & Rumors ---- Complete List of Harold Teams Bitchin': Lisa Gilroy, Jake Jabbour, Colin McGurk, Wayland…
Your one stop shop to see UCB's house improv ensembles perform every Monday! Harold Night is UCB's long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold. ------ Featuring: Headbutt & Ghost ---- Complete List of Harold Teams Bitchin': Lisa Gilroy, Jake Jabbour, Colin McGurk, Wayland…
Cardinal Redbird reunites legendary improv teams of yesteryear for special can’t be missed performances! Big Money Reunion Tours are no longer just for music festivals and Las Vegas residencies— Join Cardinal Redbird as they reunite legendary improv teams of yesteryear for special can’t be missed performances! This month’s guests: Reuben Williams (Brandon Gardner, Anthony King,…
An exploration of different Improvised Long Forms! Form Night! Hosted by Monika Smith & Mike Leffingwell Join Mike and Monika for a night of improvised comedy as they introduce you to old and new improv forms that may have never graced the UCB stage. Smith and Leffingwell have both toured the world performing and teaching…
Maude Night boasts brand new material by UCB's house sketch teams every month. Come see sketch comedy shows written by teams of writers & performers at UCB. Join us for a holiday special best-of Maude lineup where each team does two of their best season sketches! ------ Featuring: Loveseat, Toast, Wishbone, Trainwreck, Lasers & Tracksuit…
Two ample mounds of musical comedy from LA's wildest teams + an improvising live band! For years, only indie comedy nerds have known about two of LA's best musical improv teams. Now they fire up UCB's stage with a brand new late-night show. CANDY APPLE RED serves up a smorgasbord of improvised music with dollop…
How I tried to be a Pop Star and failed: a solo show and a very loud, very gay sketch show from two very loud, very gay performers. Pop Star: You've heard of Rebecca Black right? Her hit song Friday that caused the internet to explode. Well I basically was that... only not successful at…
Fahim Anwar works on new material in between his standup friends doing regular sets. After a run of shows selling out at the Comedy Store, Fahim Anwar works on new material in between his standup friends doing regular sets. Special guests: TBA - - All sales are final. The show starts at the time listed.…
Pinot Noir: A gripping improvised crime story fueled by celebrity tales and a shitload of wine. Cynicism, fatalism, moral ambiguity -- these traits form the bedrock of my favorite genre of storytelling: Noir. There's something about a tired detective, searching desperately for clues (and meaning), that we can all relate to -- or at least,…
A free musical improv jam. Musical improv is improv with the added conventions of musical theatre, meaning that your improvised scenes turn to songs, and you make up all the sung lyrics and choreography along with the scene. Whether you've never tried musical improv before, are a student studying musical improv, or are an established…
The cast of THE MUSICAL VERSION can transform anything into a musical: it’s entirely improvised based on YOUR SUGGESTIONS! Everything this cast says, sings, and dances will be made up on the spot in this high-wire completely improvised musical! Cast: Mary Lou, Jiavani, Jack Norman, Philip Labes and SPECIAL GUESTS with a full improvising live…
A night of improv comedy featuring two teams of LA's finest, all-star comedians. Spanish Aquí Presents debuted the first & only all-Latinx comedy variety show at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB) in Los Angeles in 2018, and have been selling out shows ever since! Cast: Raiza Licea, Oscar Montoya, Carlos Santos, Tony Rodríguez Search…
Improv comedy featuring the all-Iranian improv team Boos Boos and improv inspired by a special guest's favorite films. Black at the Movies: Jonathan Braylock & Jerah Milligan (Astronomy Club, Black Men Can’t Jump podcast) love movies and love being black. Join them and their funny friends as they improvise a set inspired by a special…
The only daytime talk show at night with at least 12 co-hosts who all have something to say! THE FEMALE GAZE is a supersize parody of daytime talk shows, with even MORE hosts and even MORE opinions! With all the problems facing the world, the only solution is to unite a group of comedian co-hosts…
ASSSSCAT is UCB's signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT? It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special guest monologist. After getting a suggestion from the audience, our monologist shares off-the-cuff thoughts, feelings,…
A comedy variety show featuring LA’s best comedians who may or may not celebrate Kwanzaa! Can Kwanzaa get some shine?! We’re going to explore our relationship with this elusive holiday the best way we know how: through the art of comedy! Have some fun with us as we Habari Gani all over that stage! Cast:…
Come and JAM Sundays @ UCB Franklin 5:30-6:30! Students of all levels are welcome! It’s free and a great way to get on stage and get reps! An inclusive improv jam for UCB students, performers, and fans! Anna Rajo, Joe Fahey, and PJ McCormick will host with a 4th special guest host every week. Come…
Improv comedy based on drunk stories, performed by sober improvisers. Featuring an all sober cast (like, in-recovery sober), we’ll perform improv based on your drunk HOLIDAY stories! Have a crazy tale from a company Christmas party, family holiday gathering, or New Year's Eve? We want to hear it! So whether you’re in recovery, or still enjoy a…
It's the return of UCB's long-running annual awards show! UCB's year end tradition returns with 2023's It Sucked! Awards, the only award show where UCB performers pay tribute to the worst people, events, trends, and everything terrible about 2023! Hosted by: Britney Spears' Knives (Mano Agapion & Oscar Montoya) Featuring: TBA - - All sales…
Your one stop shop to see UCB's house improv ensembles perform every Monday! Harold Night is UCB's long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold. ------ Featuring: Keanu & GAG ---- Complete List of Harold Teams Bitchin': Lisa Gilroy, Jake Jabbour, Colin McGurk, Wayland…
Your one stop shop to see UCB's house improv ensembles perform every Monday! Harold Night is UCB's long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold. ------ Featuring: Lohan & Bitchin' ---- Complete List of Harold Teams Bitchin': Lisa Gilroy, Jake Jabbour, Colin McGurk, Wayland…
Your one stop shop to see UCB's house improv ensembles perform every Monday! Lloyd Night is UCB's bi-weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold. ------ Featuring: Hi Baby Gorgeous! & Sorry, I'm in London ---- Complete List of Lloyd Teams Hi Baby Gorgeous!: Anthony…
A stand-up show that has a little something for everyone. Hosts Aparna Nancherla (BoJack Horseman, Bobs Burgers, Corporate), Lizzy Cooperman (In Your Hands, Corporate) & Brent Weinbach (Dress Up Gang, Corporate) get together to give you all a taste of some of their favorite comics. Produced by Drunkalogue (In-Unit Laundry, Best Bet, Mixtape) @tastingmenucomedy @drunkalogueshow…
Each month, enjoy a brand new lineup of hilarious material, all by indie sketch teams! SKETCH COMEDY FROM THE BEST INDIE TEAMS IN LA. Each month, enjoy a brand new lineup of hilarious material that's written, rehearsed, and performed by all of your favorite up-and-coming and established teams… including your hosts, Hot Second! Hosted by:…
The Get Brown is baaackkk. Join UCB’s first all-South Asian sketch team to have a recurring show at the theatre! With a unique point of view and sharp character performances, The Get Brown tackles the South Asian American identity with hilarious, smart, and dumb sketch comedy. Coming together in 2017, The Get Brown is a…
We all have that holiday party we dread the most… this is that holiday party. Celebrate the holiday season with your wackiest extended family members. Character performers take on classic holiday party tropes (the drunk uncle, the entitled adult children, the mysterious out-of-town guest) to deliver off-the-rails toasts inspired by audience suggestions to celebrate the…
An intergalactic improv battle between the best teams in LA where YOU choose the winner! Two teams enter, one team leaves! Long, long ago alien Queen Titi and her army overtook our peaceful planet Earth-UCB and mandated that the best, most competitive improv teams in LA battle it out until only one stands. Queen Titi…
An improv comedy show mixing up-and-comers with improv legends! Holy Shit - Edi Patterson, Carl Tart, Kylie Brakeman, Mano Agapion, Marcy Jarreau & Casey Feigh Fiddler’s Green - Mary Holland & Matt Newell Number One Son - Kim Cooper, Kaitlyn Tanimoto, Janzy Paraiso, Kay Kaanapu & Ai Yoshihara HOLY SHIT IMPROV is an improv show…
Fan favorites Yeti and Winslow tag-team an hour of improv comedy! Much like siblings, Yeti was randomly placed together without any say in the matter. And much like siblings in their 20's, they decided they liked hanging out and continued performing after they graduated and left home. Now, they're back in their brand new monthly…
A crop of ambitious seasonal characters out-model and out-festive each other to become... Santa Claus' Next Top Holiday Mascot! Santa Claus is stepping down as the world's most beloved holiday mascot. And he's finding his replacement the only way he knows how... by pulling a Tyra Banks and hosting a live, reality competition. Wanna be…
Improv comedy featuring the all-BIPOC team Benetton and the longstanding and iconic Bangarang! Benetton is your favorite group of BIPOC improvisers conveniently consolidated into one yummy half-hour of comedy. EASY! Gone are the days of searching high and low for a show filled with inclusive voices that make you go HA-HA-HA. GONE! With Benetton, you'll…
An improv comedy show based on your shitty year featuring some of LA's best improvisers Cast: Betsy Sodaro, Ify Nwadiwe, Hannah Pilkes, Hillary Anne Matthews, Lauren Knutti, Eli Gonzalez, Jeff Whitaker and MORE TBA! Come to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on December 29th and tell us about your shitty year. Our veteran cast of…
Work out your most embarrassing sexual stories the healthy way: on stage in front of a live audience! Meredith Paul, Molly Kiernan, and Lyndsey Frank (licensed sex therapists*) will take the audiences most embarrassing sexual stories and create a fully improvised show. Join us, and a special guest team, to work out your most embarrassing…
Years after a personal tragedy, Michael Cruz Kayne talks about grief. Michael is a Peabody and WGA award-winning writer, a four-time Emmy loser, and currently works for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. As a stand-up, he's appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and as an actor he's been on Severance, High Maintenance, White…
A brand new musical based on the greatest retail and dining district adjacent to a movie studio theme park in Los Angeles! Sketch team Moon Goon presents Citywalk The Musical! Welcome to Citywalk, a place where themed restaurants and retail come alive… for real. A couple goes on an unforgettable journey to the depths of…
A late-night variety show featuring sketch, stand-up, and more by some of LA’s best comedians. Late Night Monthly (tentative title) is a monthly (subject to availability of the theater) variety show showcasing some of LA’s best up-and-coming talent alongside more established comedians doing their favorite sketches, bits, stand-up, and more. Will there be suits? Live…
An immersive tech comedy show featuring VR, AR, live holograms, an interactive mobile app and more. "Password 1234" is the tech world’s most highly anticipated and mind-blowing event of the century. Come witness two powerhouse CEOs and self-proclaimed geniuses, Kim & Aliya, bravely introduce a new mobile app that solves the world's worst problem. This…
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