UCB Comedy

Announcing the UCB NY Artistic Directors!

Please join us in welcoming Iliana, Laura, and Michael who will lead the reopening of UCB New York! We will begin in-person classes in January 2023 at a temporary space in SoHo with a permanent training center and theater space coming shortly. More details to come!

*Iliana Inocencio is an actor, writer, acting coach, and director. Her musical sketch comedy group, AzN PoP! was the first all Asian American team to have a long running show at UCB. She also performed on Maude Night with teams Presley and Peach. Favorite TV credits include: Orange is the New Black, The Other Two, and The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show. She's very excited to help usher in the new UCB and has big ideas for the community!

*Michael Hartney is an alum of Harold, Lloyd, and Maude Night and co-created Characters Welcome. He previously served as the Artistic Director of UCBTNY from 2018 to 2020. He is the head writer at Brooklyn production company Hatched and is a co-founder of Squirrel Comedy Theatre. His Emmy nomination count remains steady at zero.

*Laura Canty-Samuel is a writer, stand up comedian, and alumni of UCB where she was a member of the UCBTNY house sketch team The Foundation. She is currently a writer for a number of animated and live action series with Sesame Workshop as well as head writer for two exciting projects being produced by Holler. Oh, and she was just nominated for two writing Emmys, so there’s that.

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UCB Training Center Hi! I began studying at the UCB Theatre (NY) in 2013, then relocated to Los Angeles in 2017. I perform with the "Teacher's Lounge" (7PM the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at UCB Sunset). And you can also catch me performing with my team "Hot Hot Goss" on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 8:30....

UCB Maude Night
Presley's 'A Star is Born Too Quickly'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7PrZPBGzbs

UCB Maude Night #TBT - Presley - A Star Is Born Too Quickly UCB Maude team Presley's sketch "A Star Is Born Too Quickly" at UCB Theatre Hell's Kitchen Written by: Alex Field Directed by: Jon Ba**er Featuring: Eliza Ki...

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Only Guy At The Office To Dress Up For Halloween

https://youtu.be/cvSB1rmmkUw

UCB #TBT - Only Guy At The Office To Dress Up For Halloween Filmed Live at Characters Welcome at the UCB Theatre East Village in 2017. Written and performed by Ken McGraw

The 21st Del Close Marathon starts this Friday, June 28th! Are you ready for non-stop improv? See the full schedule here:
www.delclosemarathon.com

The Get Brown + Who Is Funk Shuffle: This Wednesday 6/19 at 7pm, UCB Sunset. Get your tickets here: https://sunset.ucbtheatre.com/performance/69191

If you have a NextVR compatible headset, you can watch this show LIVE in VR with the NextVR app! https://nextvr.com/get-started

To celebrate Father’s Day, Facebook and UCB are teaming up for an improv comedy show for Dad. Join us at the Inner Sanctum at UCB Sunset Friday, June 14 at 7:30 PM. When it comes to parenting you’re not the only making it up as you go along.



Reserve your free ticket here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parenting-is-improv-an-improv-show-tickets-62751728108

Mystery on Fyre Island: The Musical. This Wednesday 5/15, 7pm at UCB Sunset. Get your tickets here: https://sunset.ucbtheatre.com/performance/68749

You can also watch live in VR with and

Mother's Day is just around the corner! Join us Friday, May 10th at 1PM at UCBT Hell's Kitchen and Facebook Live for an improv show celebrating mothers everywhere! FREE tickets here:
https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/68781

Can't make it to UCB Sunset on 4/20? We got you. See these shows live in VR on the NextVR App or in social VR in the Oculus Venues App. Available on Oculus Go and GearVR

Pot Humor with Matt Besser, 4/20 at 4:20 Pacific Time (7:20pm Eastern)

ImTooEffingHigh with special guest Paul Rust at 7pm Pacific (10pm Eastern)

Watch live here: https://nextvr.com/comedy

Sketch comedy superteam SQUADRON brings their outrageous, sold-out sketch show "No Judgment" back to the UCB Sunset stage – and if you can't make it to LA, you can watch in VR from anywhere with NextVR and Oculus – Wednesday 4/17, 7pm at UCB Sunset.
https://sunset.ucbtheatre.com/performance/68337

We'll be broadcasting in VR out of the UCB Theatre East Village on Tuesday, the 27th at 7:30. Here's how to watch on NextVR or Oculus Venues.

https://ucbindustries.com/blog/2018/10/3/how-to-watch-ucb-in-virtual-reality

How to Watch UCB in Virtual Reality In partnership with NextVR, we’re streaming improv live in virtual reality from our Hell’s Kitchen theatre.

Our friends at the app Laugh Exchange​ are holding competitions and paying comedians who win. They're looking for 15-60 second vertical videos on a variety of topics including Thanksgiving, celebrity culture, impressions, flawed characters and more. Go to laughexchange.app

You *could* keep scrolling through Facebook while you wait in line to vote -- or, you could apply to the Sesame Street Writers' Room writing fellowship!

Sesame Street Writers’ Room A writing fellowship opportunity for diverse talent in children’s media from the creators of Sesame Street. Applications are now open for the 2019 fellowship!

UCBT Performers are experimenting with never before seen SECRET technology for a live show where you can affect the show from your CELL PHONE. The tech is new. The link is a live feed. The show will be wild.

Join Sebastian Conelli, Alex Song and Noah Forman on Friday at UCB HK or LIVE by coming to UCBComedy's page.

Lyft - a ride when you’re waiting for Miranda to fix the subways. Thank you Lyft for supporting the Del Close Marathon.

Last week's big news: UCB at Carnegie Hall. And thank you MOXY NYC Times Square and Bar Moxy for an incredible afterparty.
https://people.com/tv/snl-reunion-tina-fey-amy-poehler-rachel-dratch-ucb-show/

SNL Reunion! Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch Bring the Laughs to Carnegie Hall with Special Improv Show Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch celebrated the 20th anniversary of Del Close Marathon at Carnegie Hall

If you build it, they will come. If you build it with FORTO Coffee Shots that is! Thank you, FORTO, for supporting DCM!

HeadCount makes it easy to register. Just go to: www.headcount.org

If the 1 train to South Ferry, traveling at 30 mph, leaves 125th street and 20 minutes later, the A train is still experiencing delays, how long will it take for me to give up on the MTA and just call a Lyft? Thank you, Lyft for supporting DCM.

Lyft: a ride when you just can’t make anymore small talk. Thank you for supporting DCM20.

Sleepy? May we recommend Nap York.