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.

Justin Michael

Justin Michael is an LA-based writer, performer, and weird human being. He’s one half of the sketch comedy group Tremendosaur, a member of the UCB Harold team Winslow, and a proud alum of USC’s Second Nature Improv. He also performs around town with indie groups Guy 5! and Jumbo-Mumbo.


He has written/directed/acted for Comedy Central, Funny or Die, The Weinstein Company, and Universal Music. His work has been featured in The Hollywood Reporter, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and a bunch of other publications only stodgy old men read. He was a staff writer on Matt Besser’s Comedy Central special, “This Show Will Get You High,” as well as a host for Current, Playboy TV, and IFC.


His UCB credits include the It SUCKed! Awards, UCB Thanksgiving Day Parade, Urban Legends, Tremendosaur’s Big Hollywood-ish Sketch Show, Comedy Death Ray Sketch, Tournament of Nerds, Sketch Cram, Let’s Do This!, The Passover Show, Matt Besser’s Prop 19 Show, and occasionally co-hosting Not Too Shabby. If you're into festivals, he's also done shows at San Francisco Sketch Fest, Austin’s Out of Bounds Festival, The Del Close Marathon, and toured various colleges across the country.


If you’d like to continue your relationship beyond this bio, check out his tumblr. If you like doing the twitter thing, follow @heyjustin. If you don’t like anything, you should try grilled cheese. It’s great.