Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

After taking the film through the festival circuit, "Love, Sex and Missed Connections", written by and starring Kenny Stevenson is being released across several platforms, including a limited theatrical release in several cities through Film Festival Flix and Mousetrap Films. Read More

The UCBT Announces: Maude Team Auditions! Summer 2013

Please read all information carefully as procedures have changed from previous auditions.

Maude Teams are the UCB theaters house sketch comedy teams. Maude Team consist of Six (6) Writers & Six (6) Actors (though sometimes some members of the team are both Writers & Actors). The Actors are the primary cast for each monthly Maude Night performance and work with the Writers in much the same way the cast of Saturday Night Live... Read More

The 15th Annual Del Close Marathon is happening from June 28th to June 30th in NYC, and as usual we will be presenting some very special star-studded premium shows featuring some of the best comedians in the country. See below for a full schedule of premium shows and links to buy your tickets today!

FRIDAY
At SVA - SILAS
7:30pm - FWAND (legendary UCBT NY house team)
9:00pm -... Read More

Interview: Comedian Matt Walsh Talks [i]Veep[/i], Improv And Chicago Sports

 
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Vulture April 29, 2013
The 50 Comedians You Should and Will Know
by Jesse David Fox

There’s a comedy boom going on, and this one is far different from the skinny-tied, rolled-up-blazer-sleeved one in the eighties. That boom was all about proliferating comedy clubs vaulting comics into traditional sitcoms, but today’s explosion is fueled by the web, growing new stars... Read More

Splitsider talks to Weitzman about Zach Stone, his beginnings in comedy, and relating to the characters he plays. Read More

TVWriter talked to Curtis about his life, career, and, yes, relationship with this very site. Read More

Allyn Rachel has joined the cast of Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm” baseball pic opposite Jon Hamm and Alan Arkin. Read More

This list will school you in the laughter landscape in the funniest way possible, short of spending every night in the UCB basement. Read More

Comedy Central has picked up freshman series The Jeselnik Offensive and Nathan For You for 10-episode second seasons. Read More

Congratulations to UCB Theatre alums Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham on the series orders for their new show, "Playing House".

From Variety.com:

Upfronts: USA on Laugh Track with 2 Comedy Series... Read More

Who are Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin? Are they the comedy duo who write and direct the Showtime mockumentary "Ronna & Beverly?" Seasoned Upright Citizens Brigade improvisers? Actresses whose film credits include roles in "Weeds" and "Entourage" and whose contact list boasts friends like "Freaks and Geeks" creator Paul Feig? Read More

I'm sitting here today with comedian/actress Katie Willert of Cracked.com and the UCB Theatre. Katie is a viral video star with an average of 800,000 unique views on any of her videos. Luckily she took time out of her busy schedule to talk to me. Read More

The Jeselnik Offensive has made me laugh more in a 10-episode first season than anything else on television so far this year. Read More

Frequent Todd Phillips collaborator Scot Armstrong is making his feature directorial debut on the Universal comedy starring Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, Adam Pally. Read More

We have a new favorite person in town and her name is Nicole Byer! Nicole stars in MTV's new show Girl Code. And of course that's exactly what the show is about. Read More

Michael Blaiklock is a funny guy from Massachusetts who you probably know best from playing Eli on “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23”. But, what you may not know is that… well, you’ll have to read it to find out! Read More

This April, we decided our readers deserved a good laugh. So we interviewed five comedians with upcoming projects. Get to know them as they answer our April Questionnaire. Read More

IFC just announced a development slate of 11 scripted comedies from some of the greatest comedic minds around including UCB performers Matt Besser, Chris Gethard and Garfunkel & Oates. Read More

With her buddy-cop movie The Heat, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, hitting theaters this summer, up-and-coming comedy writer Katie Dippold is set to prove once and for all that women can pack 'em in—and keep 'em laughing. Read More