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.

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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	Visit us and Subscribe on Youtube!
Tonight's Schedule Fri May 18, 2012	Tonight's Schedule Fri May 18, 2012	Tonight's Schedule Fri May 18, 2012	Today's Highlight
5:30pm Free Long Hard Improv Jam The Jam is the show where YOU get to be on stage. Jump up and try some long form improv with veterans, students, teachers, newbies, crazies, and people from every walk of life you can imagine. This performance does not accept reservations. 7:00pm $5 Dasariski A long-form improv group known for their â€œslow playâ€ style, Dasariski combines the names and talents of Robert Dassie, Rich Talarico, and Craig Cackowski. This performance is sold out. There will be a stand-by line for this show. 8:00pm $10 SuperEgo Live A collection of improvised, character-based sketches presented through the loose psychological framework of analytical Pscience™. Join Matt Gourley, Jeremy Carter, Mark McConville, and Jeff Crocker with Regular Specialist Paul F. Tompkins! 9:30pm $10 Soundtrack & Death By Roo Roo: Your F'ed Up Family Soundtrack performs improvised comedy based on your music collection. Bring your iPods and be part of the show! Let Death By Roo Roo take what caused your family pain and turn it into a night of hilarious improv comedy for all to enjoy. This performance is sold out. There will be a stand-by line for this show. 11:00pm $5 Diamond Lion: Musical Improv Some of Los Angeles's top improvisors create a fully improvised musical out of thin air. Its more awesome than a lion - its a Diamond Lion. Midnight $5 Freak Dance: Movie Screening FREAK DANCE. A Movie Screening	7:30pm $10 STONE COLD FOX: Choose Your Own Adventure Crisistown is a scripted, interactive Choose Your Own Adventure comedy show that puts you, the audience, in charge. 9:00pm $10 THE STEPFATHERS Join seven of New York's top longform improvisors as they get together to take you on a tour of everything that's both cute and brutal. This performance is sold out. There will be a stand-by line for this show. 10:30pm $10 THE LAW FIRM: Law and Disorder Did you cheat on your fiancÃ© with the entire cricket team? Steal money from the collection plate? Joyride in an ice cream truck? Bring your story to The Law Firm, who will take your tale as inspiration for a night of riotous iimprov comedy. Midnight Free Liquid Courage Liquid Courage is a Sketch show like no other. Anyone can submit a sketch and perform it at this show. Sketches will be picked on a first come first served basis. The show will run as long as sketches are presented. This performance does not accept reservations.	7:30pm $10 WHAT I DID FOR LOVE NEW SHOW FREE to UCB students for a limited time! Watch as some of the UCB's top improvisers interview an audience member about their love life, and then spin their stories of romantic love and loss into comedy gold! 9:00pm $10 DIAMOND LION: Where Dreams Are Made Of w/Tim Martin (AIRWOLF) Come watch UCB's only musical improv team as they take your story of the reason you moved to NYC and turn it into an evening of improvised scenes and songs. 10:30pm $10 GENTRIFY GENTRIFY is a weekly variety show that brings comedy's hottest stand up, improv and sketch groups to the part of the city where no one would ever dare go: The East Village. Midnight $5 THREE FOR ALL FREE FOR UCB IMPROV STUDENTS 3v3 improv competition! Winner vs. Din UCBeast's premiere 3-person improv team competition.