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.

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UCB Theatre LA UCB Theatre NY UCB East UCBcomedy.com
5919 Franklin Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 908-8702 		307 W. 26th St.
New York, NY 10001
(212) 366-9176 		153 East 3rd St.
New York, NY 10009
(212) 366-9231
Tonight's Schedule
Wed May 22, 2013		 Tonight's Schedule
Thu May 23, 2013		 Tonight's Schedule
Thu May 23, 2013		 Today's Highlight
  • 6:30pm $5 Spank Beware of Danny Finkelstein / Those Magnificent Moms!

    See two brand new sketch or solo shows birthed right before your eyes. These shows have never been performed on the UCBTLA stage before.

    Reservations for this performance are no longer available.
  • 8:00pm $5 Maude Night Bonafide/Nephew
    Free to UCBTLA students w/ID

    Sketch comedy from some of UCBTLA's best sketch writers and performers!

    Reservations for this performance are no longer available.
  • 9:30pm $5 Facebook

    2 audience members are randomly plucked from the audience to get their FACEBOOK page examined and then turned into long form improvised comedy scenes.

    Reservations for this performance are no longer available.
  • 11:00pm $5 Cagematch Midbest vs. ElizaBeck Hasselbeth

    Welcome to the world's most dangerous improv arena, where two mighty teams of gladiators will take the stage to prove who is the best of the best.

    This performance is sold out. There will be a stand-by line for this show.
  • 7:00pm $5 SPANK Let's Fix The World

    See two brand new sketch or solo shows birthed right before your eyes. These shows have never been performed on the UCBT stage before.  

    And just like children, some may be good and some may be bad, but somebody out there loves them just the same.

  • 8:00pm $5 Erik Dies, You're Stupid And We Hate You & Stand-up Spotlight: Brent Weinbach

    Aaron & Brian lead their lonely friend Erik on a surreal, nightmarish odyssey of elderly lesbians, impromptu Fosse numbers and more.

    Brent Weinbach's stand-up comedy is weird and stupid and smart and physical and post-modern and random and other stuff. He also has a t-shirt with his name and his face on it.

  • 9:30pm $5 Arthur Meyer: Rock and Roll & Standards & Practices

    Arthur Meyer (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)'s one-man sketch comedy show features fun sketches, very fun videos, and REALLY fun songs.

    Follow a cast of characters as they try to navigate their way through the heartbreak and disappointment that is modern romance.

  • 11:00pm $5 Cage Match NYC Scrambled Legs vs. Sea Tea Improv

    Welcome to the world's most dangerous Improv arena, where two mighty teams of gladiators will take the stage to prove who is the best of the best.

    This performance is sold out. There will be a stand-by line for this show.
  • 5:30pm Free Open Michelle - Ladies Open Mic

    A stand-up open mic for women. Secretly, a clothing swap. Hosted by Sue Smith and Anna Drezen.

    This performance does not accept reservations.
  • 6:00pm Free Oh, Hey Guys! - Storytelling Open Mic

    A storytelling open-mic.

    This performance does not accept reservations.
  • 7:30pm $5 LASERS IN THE JUNGLE: Stand-Up Comedy w/Jenny Rubin (xoJane), Jim Van Blaricum (Crappy Cinema Council), Rob O'Reilly (Live at Gotham) & Jordan Carlos (The Colbert Report)

    A weekly stand-up showcase featuring great comedians, fun games, awkward moments and, of course, free stress-tests.

  • 9:00pm $5 FRESH OUT: Stand-Up Comedy w/W. Kamau Bell (Totally Biased), Adam Newman (John Oliver's NY Stand-Up Show), Rob O'Reilly (Last Comic Standing), Naomi Ekperigin (Huffington Post), Jules Posner (SF Sketchfest), Liam Mceneany (Tell your Friends) & Michelle Wolf (Women in Comedy Festival)

    Fresh Out is a standup showcase that mixes your favorite comedians from across the country with the best new comics culled from the open mics of New York City.

  • 11:00pm $5 Showtime with Anthony Apruzzese w/Joe Pera, Don Fanelli, Sasheer Zamata & Dan Chamberlain

    A monthly late night talk show which is often silly, inadvertently charming, and joyously self deprecating.