UCB Touring Company

Welcome, and congratulations for visiting the Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company website! You are a special person. We are excited to have a great lineup of critically acclaimed shows going out on the road featuring some of the best comedians in the business. Sit back, grab some popcorn, watch our new videos, check out our shows and then call up to reserve a date or ask questions – we can't wait to hear from you!

One-Stop Comedy Shop... Our Shows:

UCB TourCo

Our most popular show … Why? Because it's awesome. That's why. Now entering our third season, we've played universities, rock clubs and festivals all over the country. The UCBTourCo show lasts about 90 minutes and consists of two hilarious halves of the freshest longform improv the nation has to offer. The TourCo cast is hand-picked from the best improv comedians in New York City and Los Angeles – these performers are the "next wave" of comedy superstars from the theatre that brought you Amy Poehler, Horatio Sanz, Rob Corddry (The Daily Show), Ed Helms (The Daily Show, The Office), Rob Riggle (SNL, Daily Show), Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel (Best Week Ever), and many many more. Cast credits include Late Night with Conan O'Brien, MadTV, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Showbiz Show with David Spade, MTV's Boiling Points, VH1's Best Week Ever to name a few.

ALL STARS OF IMPROV

These people are on TV. Are you on TV? They are … And they all came from the UCB Theatre. Pick and choose your own cast from a selection of stars from SNL, The Daily Show, Best Week Ever, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mad TV, Arrested Development, Premium Blend and the Upright Citizens Brigade. Watch as these all-stars weave a comedic web of unscripted, brilliantly interconnecting scenes that you'll never believe were made up on the spot … but are. Call for a quote – prices depend on cast.

A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T.: IMPROV

The OG's of improv. Bring original members of the Upright Citizens Brigade – along with their friends from SNL, The Daily Show and Mad TV to blow your mind.

Matt Besser's Woo Pig Sooie

A hysterical stand–up show fabout battles with God and the making of an Atheist from one of the founders of the Upright Citizens Brigade and co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. You've seen him in his own shows: The Upright Citizens Brigade, Crossballs: The Debate Show, A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T.: Improv on Bravo, and MTV's Stung as well as on Reno 911!, School for Scoundrels, Spin City, Frasier, The Bernie Mac Show, and many more...

Watch Matt Besser's Clips from –

• Woo Pig Sooie
• The Upright Citizens Brigade
• Comedy Central's Crossballs
• Reno 911

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"Matt Besser is a wickedly funny man." - The Onion
"It's rare the comedian who can make us laugh one minute and think the next..." - The Chicago Reader
"Besser is merciless... and audiences love it!" - Time Out New York

THE NIGHTS OF OUR LIVES

Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Spalding Gray and now UCB. The funniest writers in NYC come together to true stories are too crazy, f'ed up and hilarious not to be true. Watch the trailer here.

"The funniest night in New York." - Metro

THE 10% VARIETY HOUR

The UCB Theatre is proud to unleash its fabulous side with a cornucopia of queer performers for your entertainment. This show is part improv, part character, part stand-up and totally gay. They’re all queer, they’ll all be here, and before it’s over, you’ll be used to it. In fact, you’ll be begging for more.

COMEDY WORKSHOPS & INTENSIVES

Learn to do what we do. With training centers in New York City and Los Angeles, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is home to the largest and most respected improv school in the world. The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company now offers workshops to campus comedy or theatre troupes before or after a staged show (or on their own). TourCo's performers teach improv and sketch comedy at our training centers in New York and Los Angeles and are featured instructors at festivals and master classes across the nation. UCB TourCo teaches a variety of workshops to students of all experience levels in a warm and safe environment.

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