Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Comedy theatres in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin featuring longform improv and sketch comedy founded by the Upright Citizens Brigade. In 2013, the founders of the theatres released a textbook for their training centers that details their improvisational theory.

Contact Info

Los Angeles

UCB Franklin Theatre

• Address: 5919 Franklin Ave Los Angeles, CA 90028
• Website: https://ucbcomedy.com/shows/los-angeles/

New York

UCB New York Theatre

• Address: 242 E 14th Street New York City, NY 10003
• Website: https://ucbcomedy.com/shows/new-york/

Austin

Upright Citizens Brigade X Coldtowne Theater

• Address: 1700 East 2nd St Austin, TX 78702
• Website: https://coldtownetheater.com/ucb/

House Improv Teams

UCB Theater on 22nd Street

• Cowbot
• Merkin
• The Bureau
• Replace Toner
• Mother
• Neutrino
• Pole Position
• Corndog, Allright!
• Beautiful Cop
• Pound
• Respecto Montalban
• Dr. Awesome
• Valupack
• Ice-Nine
• Team CHUD
• Muscle
• Fire Hot Burn
• We're Ninjas
• Monkeydick
• Arizona Shotglass
• Suppertime
• The Joe Ross Tribe
• Petrol
• Optimist International
• My Kickass Van
• Gigawatt
• The Syndicate
• Van Buren
• Police Chief Rumble

UCB Theatre on 26th Street

• 1985
• Airwolf
• American Cousin
• America!
• Arsenal
• Badman
• Bangs
• Bastian
• Cagney
• Creature
• Creep
• Dance Break
• Death By Roo Roo
• DeCoster
• Dillinger
• Filth
• Gigawatt
• Grandma's Ashes
• Grenade v. Washing Machine
• Havana Clambake
• Mailer Daemon
• Monkeydick
• Mother
• Mr. Crime
• Nancy Reagan
• Neutrino
• Optimist International
• Police Chief Rumble
• Penthouse Riot
• RAGNARÖCK
• Raynard
• Renegade 77
• Respecto Montalban
• Reuben Williams
• Robber Baron
• Sandino
• Scootch
• Standard Oil
• Tantrum
• The Bishop
• The Fucking Kennedys
• The Law Firm
• The Rrrrrockets
• The Regulars
• The Scam
• The Stepfathers
• The Swarm
• Trillion
• T.R.U.C.K.S.
• Twelve Thousand Dollars
• Whorenado
• Very Good Kiss

UCBLA

• 8 Babies
• Arts & Athletics
• Bangarang
• Belmonte
• Bitchin'
• Cabbages & Kings
• CAKE
• Cardinal Redbird
• Cemetery Freaks
• Cheeks
• City Hall
• Coffee Is For Closers
• Cookieburg
• Cooper
• Cousin Yaeger
• Cowboy Mama
• Crush
• dance club remix
• Dicaprio
• Dirt
• Delicatessen
• Dollhouse
• The Dragons
• Dunktank
• Elroy
• Empty Threat
• Flap Jackson
• Gag
• The Galleria
• GHOST
• Gravy
• The Great War
• Hard Launch
• Headbutt
• Heartthrob
• Hearsay
• Hey Uncle Gary
• Hugboat
• Jetset
• John Velvet/JV
• Joyride
• Keanu
• Kid Grift
• Knucklepuck
• Landlord
• Last Day of School
• Leroy
• Lincoln's Bedroom
• Local Tycoon
• Lohan
• Loverboy
• MacGuffin
• Mondegreen
• Mr & Mrs All Star
• Mr Town City
• Nomi Malone
• Outside Dog
• Panama
• Perfect Crime
• PONY
• Power of Attorney
• Powerwalkers
• Queen George
• The Racquet
• Robot Doctors
• Rococo
• The Ruckus
• Rumors
• Scandal!
• Scream
• Sentimental Lady
• Sixkiller
• The Smokes
• Solid Gold Forever
• Swanzey
• This Is She
• Vulture
• Winslow
• XOXO
• Yeti
• yikes!
• Zoo Zoo

House Sketch Teams

• Stone Cold Fox
• The Skuntz
• Mixtape '98
• 27 Kidneys
• IBadger
• The President
• Choking Victim
• Gunderson
• Dweeb
• Fambly
• Neighbor Boy
• Onassis
• Beige
• Charlemagne
• Bellevue
• Hunk
• Chunk
• 212
• Absolutely
• Alamo
• Legs for Days
• Moriarty
• Ripley

Artistic Directors

UCB NY Theatre

• Kevin Mullaney (2001-2003)
• Owen Burke, Michael Delaney, and Jake Fogelnest (2003)
• Owen Burke (2003-2005)
• Anthony King (2005-July 2011)
• Nate Dern (July 2011-2014)
• Shannon O'Neil (2014-2018)
• Michael Hartney (2018-March 2020)
• Michael Hartney, Iliana Inocencio, and Laura Canty-Samuel (December 2022-Present)

UCB LA Theatre

• Seth Morris (July 2005-2008)
• Drew DiFonzo Marks (March 2008-September 2008)
• Neil Campbell (September 2008-September 2012)
• Alex Berg (September 2012-January 2014)
• Mike Still (January 2014-May 2016)
• Beth Appel (May 2016-August 2019)
• Christine Bullen (August 2019-July 2022)
• Christine Bullen, Travis Coles, Raiza Licea, and Dan Lippert (July 2022-March 2023)
• Christine Bullen, Raiza Licea, Ronnie Adrian, and Ali Ghandour (March 2023-Present)