Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has affordable, comedy shows seven nights a week in NYC and LA. Watch the best improv, sketch and standup in the country. Our original comedy video productions 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.

Matty Smith



Matty Smith is a writer and performer originally from Phoenix, Arizona. After studying stuff at Stanford University, he moved to Los Angeles with hopes of creating the next Two and a Half Men. Matty has studied sketch and improv comedy with the UCB, iO West, and Groundlings theatres in Los Angeles. He writes and performs monthly with Up, Up, Up!, one of the UCB's best sketch teams. He also wrote and starred in the the sell-out hit Matty & Jack: Adventure to Adventure Mountain and the musical Revolution: The Ballad of Young Abraham at UCB, in addition to writing and performing for What's Going On, Sketch Cram, and various other shows at the theatre. He also directs shorts for the UCB production team Fix. Other credits include staff writing for FX, writing and producing for FunnyOrDie.com and Maker Studios, and appearances in several national commercials.