Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

We have affordable, high quality shows seven nights a week in NYC and LA. Our original comedy videos 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.

Kate Purdy

Kate Purdy is a TV writer and improviser.  She's written for COLD CASE, MAD TV, Comedy Central's SECRET GIRLFRIEND, and COUGAR TOWN on ABC in the fall of 2009. 

She currently performs at UCB in the all lady improv show Mother F*er.  Her past written shows include WYATT CENAC AND KATE PURDY DO A SKETCH SHOW, WHO'S CRAZY (couples discuss a fight -- the audience votes who's crazy), and the short movie TEENAGE BABY - which premiered at the SF Sketchfest.  She and her boyfriend Joe Kelly, also a writer and performer, created a six part web series, JOE & KATE, about awkward and honest moments in the everyday life of a couple.