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…
Serious Singers Doing a Serious Musical (Improvised) Les Mis, Miss Saigon, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom of the Opera! All musicals with almost no dialogue, high drama, and one of them has Jesus in it. You've seen improvised musicals where the music stops and the improvisers get to take a breath and just talk, but…
Reserve a FREE ticket to ASSSSCAT, UCB's signature improv show that's 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,…
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 & Ghost ---- 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 & Rumors - --- Complete List of H arold Teams Bitchin': Lisa Gilroy, Jake Jabbour,…
Mo Welch (Conan) does stand up with her hilarious friends. Mo Welch is a cartoonist (The New Yorker) and a stand up (Conan, Comedy Central) and she's ready to debut some of her new material about coming out, marrying a musical theater nerd, and having a baby the new-fashioned way. Featuring: Sarah Silverman, Atsuko Okatsuka,…
Mr. Horsepower is a variety show featuring LA's best stand-ups, characters, sketch comedians, clowns, and more! Mr. Horsepower is a comedy show featuring LA’s best comedians at UCB Franklin. Previous guests include Demetri Martin, Sarah Squirm, John Early, Jon Gabrus, Whitmer Thomas, Joel Kim Booster, Joe Mande, Sandy Honig, Atsuko Okatsuka, and more! Hosted by…
Three sketch teams enter the cage, and only one can win! Cast your vote to crown the champion and see who takes home the belt! It's a sketch comedy competition show - and the audience decides the winner! Three teams - UCB Maude veterans Moon Goon! Indie darlings Trifecta! and trio that will steal your…
Improv comedy featuring the minds behind your favorite comedy shows and go on a date with not one but all members of Leroy! LEROY will set the stage for a romantic first date (music, drinks, vibes). An audience member will volunteer to be on a first date with not one, not two, but all nine…
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. ------ Featuring: Loveseat & Toast ---- Complete List of Maude Teams Trainwreck: PERFORMERS: Max Hawksford, Andrew Lindh, Julie Marchiano, Andres Parada, Nikki Star, JZ Zepeda WRITERS: Angela Batuure,…
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…
A night of improv comedy featuring veteran improvisers Sentimental Lady and PONY. Sentimental Lady: Deconstructed is bringing you a night of fun, hilarious and even sentimental improv comedy as they deconstruct their own show, right in front of your eyes! And it'll be funny! We promise, we've been performing together for over a decade. With…
Written, rehearse and performed every two months - Quick & Funny Musicals brings you a gritty noir musical in the world of Disney Princesses There’s been a murder in FairyTaleTown! A princess is dead and everyone’s a suspect. Now a veteran detective and his new rookie have to solve the crime! But sometimes these beloved…
Your favorite LA comedians take on Jerry Springer’s much-loved dating show Baggage. Improvised Baggage is a character show with improv elements based on the moderately successful Game Show Network dating show from the 2010s “Baggage”. Matthew Newman and Lilliana Winkworth serve as your hosts introducing some of LA’s best character performers and their fictionalized emotional…
Magic to Do is a fully improvised musical show. We take a suggestion from the audience and turn it into Musical Magic! Magic to Do is a fully improvised musical show. We take a suggestion from the audience and turn it into Musical Magic! Cast: Tara Copeland, Chris Grace, Ashley Ward, Ross Bryant, John Hartman,…
A night of improv comedy featuring two of LA's legendary teams, The Smokes & The Big Team. THE SMOKES : No gimmicks, no pyrotechnics – just a single suggestion and these friends of (gulp) twenty years put on an amazing improvised show. Showbiz credits include: screenwriter of The Heat, co-author of the Broadway musical Beetlejuice,…
An action packed comedy variety talk show that'll knock your hats off! Sylvester Stallone (Jace Armstrong - NATHAN FOR YOU, THE DAILY SHOW, CHAD & JT GO DEEP) hosts this motivational comedy variety talk show in the grand tradition of self-help maniacs like Dr. Phil, with ridiculous guests, action packed advice, and LA's best comedians!…
Sketch team Moon Goon celebrates America’s only good holiday tradition: The Hallmark Christmas Movie! Moon Goon presents an entire interactive movie, live on stage with 4D effects (yes, you read that correctly). Come fall in love with a tall man with beautiful eyes! Kiss under the mistletoe while Santa watches! ABOUT MOON GOON Moon Goon…
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…
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 all-new sketch comedy show written, rehearsed, and performed in a single day. 14 hours, 20 people, 1 all-new sketch comedy show written, rehearsed and performed in a single day. It's SKETCH CRAM! Every month UCB's top writers meet on a Saturday morning and begin writing the show from scratch. UCB's best performers arrive that…
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…
Two 2-person comedy shows - one that has run for over 10 years in NYC and LA, and 2 people who are married. 2 each other. Improv Nerds: Do you have a passion for improvisation that is borderline unhealthy? So do we! Join two of America's favorite Improv Nerds, Brandon and Phil, for this celebration…
Big laughs from the Midwest's best. Cook County Social Club was named "Best Improv Group" by the Chicago Reader and a "Legendary improv team" by the Chicago Tribune. Their sold out show ran for over seven years at iO Chicago where their raucous, kinetic style of play quickly became a comedy fan favorite. Join them…
Improv team Tucci does what it was born to: hobnob with celebs. Come hang as we get down to the real stuff: What’s it like bein’ famous? We’ll admit it, we’re obsessed with fame. We love famous people. We want to be famous people. The next best thing? Making the most famous people we know…
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& Bitchin'----Complete List of Harold TeamsBitchin':Lisa Gilroy, Jake Jabbour, Colin McGurk, Wayland McQueen, Allyn Pintal, Rekha Shankar, Michael Stephens, Rachel Van…
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:GAG&Lohan- ---Complete List of H arold TeamsBitchin':Lisa Gilroy, Jake Jabbour, Colin McGurk, Wayland McQueen, Allyn Pintal, Rekha Shankar, Michael Stephens,…
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:Sorry, I'm in London&Hi Baby Gorgeous!----Complete List of Lloyd TeamsHi Baby Gorgeous!:Anthony Clark Griseto, Isabella Escalante, Tess Higgins, Sonya Katarina, Jahred King,…
See a brand new new sketch or solo show birthed right before your eyes that is auditioning for a run at the UCB theater.It's a show where we let sketch teams and solo performers try some shit out!Some will be good, some will be bad but it will all be weird and new and that's…
Monica Loomba and Alyssa host a very fun, variety filled evening of comedy with their very special guest Paul F. Tompkins! Experience a show that you’ll never see again. One night only with Paul F. Tompkins with your hosts Monica Loomba and Alyssa Sabo. Is it a talk show? Sort of. Is it a variety…
An improvised comedy show sabotaged by The Grinch Stop That Man brings you their improv holiday season spectacular: Stop That Grinch! The grinchiest member of this troupe, Sam Cass, will be playing The Grinch at Universal Studios this year — so he’s the real deal! He’ll be bringing his talents to the UCB stage and…
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, Morthyn Roc, Stevie Shale And special guest…
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: TBD - -…
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…
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…
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…
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 & 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 featuring the…
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…
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…
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