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Emily Altman Emily Altman is a New York City based comedy writer and performer. She has been taking classes at the UCB since 2005 and since 2010 she's been a writer on the maude team Onassis [onassiscomedy.tumblr.com], winner of the 2011 Friars Club Improv and Sketch Competition.
Emily has also written and performed in dozens of shows in New York City and elsewhere, with her independent sketch teams... Read More
Beth Appel Beth Appel is a performer, writer, and director living in New York City. She has been studying sketch and improv at UCB since 2004. Beth currently writes for the UCB Maude Team NEIGHBOR BOY. At UCB she has performed in THIS IS NOT A SKETCH SHOW: A SKETCH SHOW, THE SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP NYPD VARIETY HOUR, BRAD SACKS GETS A HAND JOB (which she also directed) and as a member of UCB Harold Teams... Read More
Anthony Atamanuik Anthony Atamanuik has been performing, directing and writing for over 25 years, receiving his Bachelor's of Science in Film Theory from Emerson College in 1997. Anthony has also trained at Second City Toronto, Gotham City Improv and since 2002 and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre.
Anthony has studied under legendary acting and vocal coach Kristen Linklater during his Emerson College... Read More
Brandon Bassham Brandon has been at UCB since October 2006. He has studied under Chris Kula, Matt Besser, and Michael Delaney. He has been a member of the UCB house teams Choking Victim, 27 Kidneys, mixtape '98 and Gramp's. He was a member of the sketch group Black Habanero and is currently a member of Bobby Chicago. He has also written for UCBcomedy, College Humor, and Broadway Video.
Brandon is an Inny... Read More
Todd Bieber Todd writes, directs, edits, shoots, and/or produces videos - mostly comedy and documentary, or some combination of the two. He works in all stages of production at the Onion News Network and he makes videos for UCB Comedy Originals. His film work has been featured in a bunch of film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, and AFI and some of his viral videos have been featured on the New... Read More
Caitlin Bitzegaio Caitlin's writing credits include “The Edge with Jake Sasseville,†a nationally syndicated late-night talk show and “Apartment Red,†a web series produced by Ireland's RTE, ESPN.com pilot “The Leader†and WGBH's “Dot Diva.â€
Caitlin Tegart is a writer and sketch teacher who has been studying at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 2006. Caitlin wrote two concurrently... Read More
Corey Brown Corey is a student, performer and instructor at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC. Corey started studying improv in 1997 while he lived in North Carolina. In 2006 he moved to NYC to study at the UCB where he took classes with everyone he could find.
Corey's past teams were Whorenado, Badman, Standard Oil and Still Mike.
He loves to perform and continues to showcase... Read More
Neil Casey Neil Casey has been working at the UCB Theatre since 2001 and teaching since 2007. He has performed improv on the Harold Teams Filth, Trillion, and Grenade vs. Washing Machine as well as the Weekend Teams Monkeydick and currently Death By Roo Roo. He is also a regular performer at ASSSSCAT and a member of the powerhouse comedy quartet Krompf which performs whenever all of its members are in... Read More
Patrick Clair Patrick Clair graduated from Vassar College where he performed with the poorly yet aptly named Improv, as well as the sketch group Happily Ever Laughter. He has studied at the UCB since 2006, under Joe Wengert, Charlie Sanders, Zach Woods, Michael Delaney, Anthony King and Charlie Todd. Around NYC he can be seen performing with independent teams Bad Data and Four Really Good Friends. At the... Read More
Chelsea Clarke Chelsea Clarke has been studying and performing at UCB since 2003, under the guidance of Seth Morris, Jason Mantzoukas, Brian Huskey, Joe Wengert and Anthony King, just to name a few. Chelsea graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a degree in Theater Performance and Studio Art. She has been a member of the UCB house teams Tantrum, fwand, Bangs, and can currently be seen performing... Read More
Leila Cohan-Miccio Leila Cohan-Miccio is a New York-based comedy writer. She is the co-creator/writer of Vag Magazine, a web comedy that goes behind the scenes of a hipster third-wave feminist magazine. Vag Magazine has been written up everywhere from Salon to the New York Observer. Leila also wrote the sketch show This Is About Smith, which recently enjoyed a six month run at UCB. She is proud to be a current... Read More
Adam Conover Adam Conover is a writer and comedian based in Brooklyn, New York. With his comedy group Olde English, he has written, directed, and performed in over two hundred short films, receiving millions of hits and national media coverage. He has appeared in the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the San Francisco Sketchfest, and other festivals across the country. He is a contributing writer for the... Read More
Michael Delaney Michael Delaney has been acting, writing and directing comedy in NYC for 20 years. He has taught at UCB since 1999 in improv and sketch comedy writing, and is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s film department. He is a founding member of The Swarm, The Stepfathers, and Delaney & Dave who won the 2006 Nightlife Award for best comedy group. Acting credits include The Other Guys, Big... Read More
Nate Dern Nate Dern has been doing improv since 2003, and has been doing so at UCB since 2007. He has studied with Bobby Moynihan, Charlie Todd, Armando Diaz, Michael Delaney, Zach Woods, Anthony King and many others.
Nate has been on Harold Night since 2008. He can currently be seen performing with Sandino. Previous UCB credits include Maude team Thunder Gulch, Harold team Scootch, and the Halloween... Read More
Nicole Drespel Nicole has been studying at the UCB since 11:00 am on September 24th, 2007 and during that time has had many wonderful teachers.
Nicole has appeared in performance workshops for The Time Capsule and Suck My Dick. She was previously a member of Harold teams Robber Baron and dybbuk and appeared in This is About Smith (written by Leila Cohan-Miccio, directed by Caitlin Bitzegaio).
She is... Read More
Brian Faas Brian Faas is a writer, performer, and television producer living in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in something called "semiotics," Brian began studying at the UCB Theatre, under such great teachers as Chris Gethard, Billy Merritt, Michael Delaney, Jackie Clarke, and Will Hines. On stage, Brian has improvised with the Harold teams Tantrum, The F*ing... Read More
R.J. Fried R.J. Fried is a TV writer residing in New York City with his lovely wife Rachael. He co-created, executive produced, and wrote for the sketch show "Popzilla" on MTV and is a contributing writer for the Huffington Post. Before becoming a TV writer, he was a professional hockey player and NHL Draft pick of the Florida Panthers. He is a cum laude graduate of Harvard University with a degree in... Read More
John Frusciante John Frusciante has been at UCBT since 1999, and he is proud to serve as the theatre's Artistic Associate. At UCBT, John has appeared on the Harold teams Petrol, T.R.U.C.K.S, The Fucking Kennedys and Scootch, and was also a cast member on the internet reality show Project: Improviser. He has written sketch comedy for various UCBT Maude teams and sketch groups. John was a co-founder of the... Read More
Jon Gabrus Gabrus has been studying at the UCB since 2003, and performed there in a slew of shows including: UCBW, Hot Sauce: 4th Floor Walk-up, The Documentary, Glue Trap Theatre. Harold Night (Mailer Daemon and fwand). He is one half of the duo Tybrus whose show, You're Out Too Far ran at the theater and abroad for over a year. Gabrus has written for The Spike Video Game Awards and an upcoming Spike... Read More
Brandon Gardner Brandon is a writer, performer, director and teacher at the UCB Theater in NY. A native of Saranac Lake, NY, Brandon graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in Theatre and performed with the improv/sketch comedy group, "The Pappy Parker Players."
Brandon is a member of the UCB TourCo All-Stars with whom he performs and teaches workshops across the country. When he isn't touring... Read More
Geoff Garlock Geoff Garlock is a writer/performer who has been studying/performing at UCB since 2002.
Geoff is currently a sketch writer on the UCBT Maude team Slow Burn. Geoff was also a writer on the Maude teams The Skuntz and one of the original Maude Teams, iBadger. Geoff also wrote and performed in the horror based sketch show "I LAUGHED UNTIL I DIED" which had a succesful run at the UCB Theatre.... Read More
Fran Gillespie Fran Gillespie has been performing at UCB since 2004. She can be seen every Friday night performing with the UCB house team, The Law Firm. In addition, Fran has performed in countless sketch shows, as a former member of The Hammerkatz, and been on several Maude teams; she is currently performing with the Maude team, Gorilla Gorilla. Fran has travelled across the country performing improv as a... Read More
Laura Grey Laura Grey recently relocated to New York from Chicago where she wrote and performed two original revues at The Second City Etc., improvised at places like iO, The Annoyance, Second City, and Comedy Sportz, and acted in a bunch of plays. She performed and co-devised the all silent revue Reverie directed by Dexter Bullard for the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, and before that she traveled... Read More
Brandon Gulya Brandon Gulya is a comedian. He improvises with Harold team Sandino and is a writer for Friday Night sketch team Stone Cold Fox. He grew up in New Jersey and attended Rutgers University. As a stand-up, Brandon has opened for Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and Bo Burnham. You can see him all over the internet, reading poems and doing other silly things. Read More
Dan Gurewitch Dan Gurewitch is a senior sketch writer at CollegeHumor.com, as well as a writer & actor on "The CollegeHumor Show" on MTV. On the website, he has written over 100 sketches and short films and regularly acts in the office sketch series "Hardly Working." Dan studied TV/film writing & production at Syracuse University, where he also performed improv, stand-up and sketch comedy. He has studied... Read More
Lydia Hensler Lydia Hensler is a Performer, Writer, and Teacher at UCB. Her instructors have included Will Hines, Owen Burke, Chris Gethard, Michael Delaney, Anthony King, Joe Wengart, Shannon O'Neil, Christina Gauses, and Curtis Gwinn. Lydia is currently on the Harold Team Grandma's Ashes. Previous teams include the long running Harold team Bastian, and the indie team Big Tobacco, who's show True Hollywood... Read More
Jeff Hiller Jeff Hiller has performed and studied at the UCB Theatre since 2001. He has studied with many great teachers at the UCB including workshops with all four UCB members. Jeff has been teaching at the UCB since 2006 and has been coaching independent improv groups since 2004. Jeff was a member of harold teams Creep and Police Chief Rumble (2004 ECNY award, best sketch group) and has performed in... Read More
Kevin Hines Kevin Hines has studied and performed at the UCBT since 2000. In that time he has learned from teachers like Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Armando Diaz, Peter Gwinn, John Lutz, and TJ & Dave. Kevin can be seen performing with the UCB house team, Reuben Williams or with his brother in The Brothers Hines. Before all that he graduated from Cornell University where he wrote... Read More
Will Hines Will Hines has studied and performed improv at UCBT since 1999,
currently on the improv team The Stepfathers. Among his teachers: Ian
Roberts, Matt Walsh, Matt Besser, Armando Diaz, and Sean Conroy. He's
co-written, starred in and directed many sketch shows. He makes short
videos and dabbles in stand-up like an arrogant swaggering dilettante.
He's appeared in a few commercials... Read More
Morgan Grace Jarrett Morgan has been a performer at UCB Theatre since 2008. She has studied under, Joe Wengert, Micheal Delaney, Bobby Moynihan and Chris Gethard. She was an original member of HAROLD Teams Ragnarock and American Cousin and can now be seen every Saturday with Grandma's Ashes. Morgan was also a member of the Indie Improv Teams Oprhan Tycoon and Harry & Conrad. Other UCB shows include, OMG, I... Read More
Ryan Karels Ryan has been at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 2001, performing with KROMPF and on Harold night with Decoster, Creep and Filth. He is an Artistic Associate of Les Freres Corbusier (HELL HOUSE, HEDDATRON, BOOZY and THE FRANKLIN THESIS), was in the original off-broadway cast of GUTENBERG, THE MUSICAL!, and might be seen around the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Ryan teaches improvisation... Read More
Dan Klein Dan Klein is a writer for The Onion SportsDome on Comedy Central. He's written for CollegeHumor, acts a contributing writer to The Onion, and has been published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency and ESPN The Magazine. His sketch group, Pangea 3000, has had multiple runs at the UCB Theater and has been featured in numerous festivals across the country, some of which were pretty good. He performs... Read More
Jordan Klepper Jordan Klepper recently moved to New York from Chicago where he was an active member of the improv community for close to ten years. While in Chicago he was an original member of the long running shows “Whirled News Tonight,†“The Late Night Late Show,†as well as the “Beatbox.†At the i.O. Theatre he played regularly with “The Armando Diaz Experience,†veteran Harold team... Read More
Jodi Lennon Jodi Lennon is an alumna of Chicago’s Second City, a member of The Annoyance Theatre, and a performer at IO. Jodi studied with Del Close, Mick Napier, Martin deMaat, David Pasquesi and others. As a member of The Annoyance Theatre, Lennon was a collaborator and performer in numerous plays and musicals including, Manson: The Musical, Co-ED Prison Sluts and Screw Puppies. She then moved to New... Read More
Molly Lloyd Molly is an NYC-based actor, currently performing with UCB house teams Stone Cold Fox (Friday nights @ 7:30 pm at UCB Chelsea) and Airwolf (Saturday nights @ 10:30 pm at UCB East). She co-stars in the feature film "My Best Day" (Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2012), in the short film "Dear Dog, I Love You," and has appeared on "Delocated" (Adult Swim/ Cartoon Network). You can see... Read More
Tim Martin Tim Martin is a performer and writer based in New York. He performs improv with the Harold team Badman and acts in the popular sketch shows Beneath Gristedes and the ECNY-nominated High School Talent Show. He also appeared in the widely reviled Miscreant Theater Company production of Chekhov's Ivanov, and his voice can heard in the characters of Ronin Dojo Community College DX. He is... Read More
Porter Mason Porter Mason has been performing improv since 1997 and has been performing at the UCBT since 2000. He was a founding member of Duke University Improv, and went on to teach beginner and advanced level improv classes at the DSI Theater in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as well as workshops at Duke University.
Porter began performing and directing at the UCBT in 2000, and has been involved in a... Read More
Rachael Mason Rachael Mason is a writer and performer at the UCB Theater. She has
written and sometimes performed for the Maude teams iBadger, The Skuntz,
and Gramps, and has also written and performed in the shows Half Empty and
Crush at the UCB Theater. She has studied writing with Chad Carter, Chris
Kula, Michael Delaney, Liz Cackowski, Peter Gwinn, and Emily Spivey. As an
improvisor she... Read More
Doug Moe Doug Moe is a comedic actor based out of the UCB Theatre since 1998. He is a member of legendary improv team MOTHER (2008 ECNY Winner, Best Improv Group), which had an unprecedented 7-year run at the UCB Theatre. He is a long-time member of the teaching faculty at UCB.
His latest show DOUG MOE IS A BAD DAD [newyork.ucbtheatre.com] (“Well written, well directed and well paced, this show... Read More
Kevin Mullaney Kevin Mullaney came to us from the ImprovOlympic in Chicago, where he was a performer, teacher and director for 6 years. There he studied under Del Close, Charna Halpern, Adam McKay and Matt Besser. He founded the ImprovOlympic touring company in 1997 and directed it for two years.
In the spring of 1999, he moved to New York to teach for the UCB when they opened their first theatre on 22nd... Read More
John Murray John Murray started studying with the UCB in 2004. He currently is a member of the UCB House Team Death By Roo Roo and can be seen performing with them every Saturday night. John is also member of the UCB Touring Company that performs improv in different venues across the country. He is a former member of the UCB Harold Team, Bastian, which as of November 2009 became the longest running Harold... Read More
Christine Nangle Christine Frances Nangle is a writer, improviser, and stand-up comedian living in New York City. Currently, she is a staff writer for Saturday Night Live.
She studied improv and sketch at the UCB Theatre since with teachers including Kate Spencer, Curtis Gwinn, Charlie Todd, Chris Gethard, Shannon O’Neill, Zach Woods, Charlie Sanders and Neil Casey. She is a proud alum of the UCB Maude... Read More
Winston Noel Winston Noel has studied at UCBT since early 2007 with teachers including Will Hines, Joe Wengert, Anthony King, Zach Woods and Shannon O'Neill. He also studied acting at the Michael Howard Studios and graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005. Winston has been in several plays around the city, and can be seen on the Internet in videos for collegehumor.com, commercials for Yahoo and... Read More
Shannon O'Neill Shannon O'Neill is a veteran performer at the UCB Theatre NY. She has studied improvisation and sketch comedy under a plethora of teachers including, Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Michael Delaney, Billy Merritt, Kevin Mullaney and Armando Diaz. You can watch her Friday nights with The Stepfathers, Sundays in Asssscat, the second Monday of the month with her sketch group Thunder Gulch... Read More
Silvija Ozols Silvija has studied and performed at the UCB Theatre since 2002 and currently performs with The Stepfathers on Friday nights. Her other UCB improv credits include the Harold team Creep, the long-running improvised-movie show Instant Cinema, and stints with the UCB Touring Company. She has studied with Billy Merritt, Michael Delaney, Ian Roberts, Matt Besser, Peter Gwinn, Sean Conroy, and Bob... Read More
Joshua Patten Josh Patten has performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 2008, and can currently be seen every Saturday Night at UCB Chelsea with Grandma's Ashes and here and there with Fuck That Shit (A Comedy Team). Josh began studying and performing improv in 2005 with Washington Improv Theater in D.C. He has trained at the UCB since 2007, under the outstanding nonet of Charlie Todd, Shannon... Read More
Amber Petty Amber Petty has been studying at UCB since 2004 and is currently on the Harold Team Penthouse Riot. During her time at UCB she's studied with Ari Voukydis, Joe Wengert, Jackie Clarke, Jason Mantzoukas and many more. In addition to working with UCB on Harold night and in various sketch shows (her favorite was Penny's White Orphans), Amber has taught at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts... Read More
Ben Rameaka Ben Rameaka is an improviser, actor and voice over artist. He has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Vermont and an MFA from the now defunct Actor's Studio program at the New School. He has been in many UCB productions including KILLGORE, Greatest Concert Ever, and the hit show "Waiting For Obama: A Night At The Hall Of Presidents" which went to the San Francisco Sketchfest. He... Read More
Seth Reiss Seth Reiss, a native Pittsburgher, moved to New York in 2005 to perform sketch comedy with his group Pangea 3000. He is a staff writer for The Onion and Onion Sports, has contributed to McSweeney’s, and has written for the ESPN Classic show Cheap Seats. With Pangea 3000, he has performed at the UCB, PIT, and Magnet Theaters. The group has also been featured at the New York, San Francisco,... Read More
Kate Riley A student at the UCB since 2008, Kate has studied under Porter Mason, Kevin Hines, Anthony Atamanuik, Shannon O'Neill, Will Hines, and Chris Gethard. She is a super proud member of the Harold team Sandino!! On the UCBNY stage, she has performed in THE BACHELOR: Romance, Roses, and Romance, The Sit Down and Shut Up Variety Hour, Killgore 2010: The New Blood, and with former Harold Team Scootch.... Read More
Ben Rodgers Ben Rodgers has been performing at the UCBT since 2002 and has been in hundreds of improv and sketch shows. Every long running show on the UCBT schedule he's probably been a part of or sat in with. He can currently be seen performing with the UCB house team The Curfew every Saturday night. Ben's also starred in many featured videos on FunnyorDie.com, Collegehumor.com, and UCBcomedy.com and has... Read More
Craig Rowin Craig Rowin is a writer, performer and video editor living in Brooklyn. He performs improv with The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company, the UCB Harold Team Badman, and indie improv group, Sherpa. Craig writes and performs sketch with the UCB Maude Team Gramp's and is half of the two man sketch group Rory and Craig (www.roryandcraig.com), who performed their sketch show, Our Internet... Read More
Stephen Ruddy Stephen Ruddy has been directing Amy Poehler, Michael Cera, Jason Sudeikis, Megan Mullally, David Cross, Scott Adsit, and other comedy luminaries in UCBT’s Gravid Water since 2004, both in New York and LA. He is also the creator and a frequent performer. Stephen directs for The 52nd Street Project, NYU Graduate Acting’s Free Play series, and created the UCBT shows Chekhprov—with Scott Adsit,... Read More
Andy Secunda ANDREW SECUNDA was a writer on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien†for which he won two Writers Guild Awards and was nominated for two Emmys (most notably contributing to the Triumph Star Wars remote). He has written for “Saturday Night Live’s TV Funhouseâ€, co-founded the improv group The Swarm, and has written and produced several pilots for NBC, CBS, and created the UPN sitcom... Read More
David Siegel David began studying at UCB in 2006, and has been coaching long-form improv ensembles of all stripes in New York on a regular basis since 2008. Before moving to New York, David coached and directed shows with "Dirty South Improv" in North Carolina, along with directing UNC-Chapel Hill's student improv group "Chips."
At UCB, David has studied extensively with Michael Delaney, Anthony King and... Read More
Gavin Speiller Gavin has been writing, performing and directing shows at the UCB Theatre since 2002. He 's studied under a number of fantastic teachers including Ian Roberts, Michael Delaney, Billy Merritt and Kevin Mullaney. Gavin currently performs improv with the UCB house team 1985 as well as improv and sketch with the independent group Rogue Elephant. He can also be seen in a number of video projects,... Read More
Achilles Stamatelaky Achilles is a comedy writer and performer in New York City.
Achilles has been studying and performing improv and sketch at The UCB Theatre since January 2005. He is a veteran performer of UCB's Harold Night improv show, performing with the groups T.R.U.C.K.S., Whorenado,Penthouse Riot, and Standard Oil. Currently, he is on the weekend improv team Airwolf, which performs at UCB's East... Read More
Betsy Stover Betsy Stover has been improvising for 13 years, 10 of which have been with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a background in both short-form and
long-form improv. She attended NYU were she studied directing and dramatic acting. Betsy has appeared on NBC, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, NPR and has also starred in numerous TV and radio... Read More
Abra Tabak Abra can be seen performing on Tuesday nights at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre as a proud member of the Harold team, Grandma's Ashes, and on Monday nights with the Maude team, Dweeb.
She began her journey at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre after graduating from the University of Virginia. She has had the privilege of studying with improv wonders such as Michael Delaney,... Read More
Erik Tanouye Erik Tanouye has been improvising and performing in New York since 2001. He has studied with Michael Delaney, Armando Diaz, Kevin Mullaney, Billy Merritt, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and many others.
Erik Tanouye improvises with The Curfew, writes for the Maude Team Neighbor Bo,y and co-wrote the "BP Spills Coffee" video.
As an improviser, he has performed at Harold night for seven years... Read More
Melinda Taub Melinda Taub is a writer and stuff in New York City. As a proud member of UCB Beta team Diamonds, Wow! she writes videos for ucbcomedy.com. As a freelance writer, her work can be seen around the internet, including The Onion. She is big in the Netherlands. Read More
Charlie Todd Charlie Todd has been performing, directing, and teaching comedy at the UCB Theatre since 2001. He has studied improv under UCB founders Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh, among others. Charlie is the founder of the notorious prank collective Improv Everywhere, and his book, Causing a Scene, details his experiences with the group. Improv Everywhere's videos have been viewed over 180... Read More
Michael Trapp Mike Trapp is a writer for the UCB sketch group Stone Cold Fox. He has been at the UCB Theater since 2008, studying improv and sketch under Erik Tanouye, Neil Casey, Kevin Hines, Doug Moe, Gavin Speiller, and Dominic Dierkes. In addition to his work on Maude Night, he acts as head writer for the UCB Comedy’s blackout series, and has written for the shows "Neil Casey's Sentimental Irish... Read More
Ari Voukydis Ari Voukydis has been performing improv, standup and sketch comedy in New York City since back when there were hookers in Times Square. He has been a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater since 1997 and has been teaching improv and sketch comedy there for ten years.
He is a founding member of the house team Standard Oil, half of the comedy duo “Mark and Ari†and has produced,... Read More
Keisha Zollar Keisha Zollar is a performer at the UCB with her improv teams Doppelgänger and Lloyd team HOOPS and hosts the variety show The Soul Glo Project . Ms. Keisha comes to NYC from California where she received a BA in Theatre from UCSD and moved to NYC in 2002 to attend graduate school at The Actors Studio at the New School. Keisha earned her MFA in Acting circa 2005 and began taking classes at... Read More
Emily Altman Emily Altman is a New York City based comedy writer and performer. She has been taking classes at the UCB since 2005 and since 2010 she's been a writer on the maude team Onassis [onassiscomedy.tumblr.com], winner of the 2011 Friars Club Improv and Sketch Competition.
Emily has also written and performed in dozens of shows in New York City and elsewhere, with her independent sketch teams... Read More 
Beth Appel Beth Appel is a performer, writer, and director living in New York City. She has been studying sketch and improv at UCB since 2004. Beth currently writes for the UCB Maude Team NEIGHBOR BOY. At UCB she has performed in THIS IS NOT A SKETCH SHOW: A SKETCH SHOW, THE SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP NYPD VARIETY HOUR, BRAD SACKS GETS A HAND JOB (which she also directed) and as a member of UCB Harold Teams... Read More 
Anthony Atamanuik Anthony Atamanuik has been performing, directing and writing for over 25 years, receiving his Bachelor's of Science in Film Theory from Emerson College in 1997. Anthony has also trained at Second City Toronto, Gotham City Improv and since 2002 and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre.
Anthony has studied under legendary acting and vocal coach Kristen Linklater during his Emerson College... Read More 
Brandon Bassham Brandon has been at UCB since October 2006. He has studied under Chris Kula, Matt Besser, and Michael Delaney. He has been a member of the UCB house teams Choking Victim, 27 Kidneys, mixtape '98 and Gramp's. He was a member of the sketch group Black Habanero and is currently a member of Bobby Chicago. He has also written for UCBcomedy, College Humor, and Broadway Video.
Brandon is an Inny... Read More 
Todd Bieber Todd writes, directs, edits, shoots, and/or produces videos - mostly comedy and documentary, or some combination of the two. He works in all stages of production at the Onion News Network and he makes videos for UCB Comedy Originals. His film work has been featured in a bunch of film festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, and AFI and some of his viral videos have been featured on the New... Read More 
Caitlin Bitzegaio Caitlin's writing credits include “The Edge with Jake Sasseville,†a nationally syndicated late-night talk show and “Apartment Red,†a web series produced by Ireland's RTE, ESPN.com pilot “The Leader†and WGBH's “Dot Diva.â€
Caitlin Tegart is a writer and sketch teacher who has been studying at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 2006. Caitlin wrote two concurrently... Read More 
Corey Brown Corey is a student, performer and instructor at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NYC. Corey started studying improv in 1997 while he lived in North Carolina. In 2006 he moved to NYC to study at the UCB where he took classes with everyone he could find.
Corey's past teams were Whorenado, Badman, Standard Oil and Still Mike.
He loves to perform and continues to showcase... Read More 
Neil Casey Neil Casey has been working at the UCB Theatre since 2001 and teaching since 2007. He has performed improv on the Harold Teams Filth, Trillion, and Grenade vs. Washing Machine as well as the Weekend Teams Monkeydick and currently Death By Roo Roo. He is also a regular performer at ASSSSCAT and a member of the powerhouse comedy quartet Krompf which performs whenever all of its members are in... Read More 
Patrick Clair Patrick Clair graduated from Vassar College where he performed with the poorly yet aptly named Improv, as well as the sketch group Happily Ever Laughter. He has studied at the UCB since 2006, under Joe Wengert, Charlie Sanders, Zach Woods, Michael Delaney, Anthony King and Charlie Todd. Around NYC he can be seen performing with independent teams Bad Data and Four Really Good Friends. At the... Read More 
Chelsea Clarke Chelsea Clarke has been studying and performing at UCB since 2003, under the guidance of Seth Morris, Jason Mantzoukas, Brian Huskey, Joe Wengert and Anthony King, just to name a few. Chelsea graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a degree in Theater Performance and Studio Art. She has been a member of the UCB house teams Tantrum, fwand, Bangs, and can currently be seen performing... Read More 
Leila Cohan-Miccio Leila Cohan-Miccio is a New York-based comedy writer. She is the co-creator/writer of Vag Magazine, a web comedy that goes behind the scenes of a hipster third-wave feminist magazine. Vag Magazine has been written up everywhere from Salon to the New York Observer. Leila also wrote the sketch show This Is About Smith, which recently enjoyed a six month run at UCB. She is proud to be a current... Read More 
Adam Conover Adam Conover is a writer and comedian based in Brooklyn, New York. With his comedy group Olde English, he has written, directed, and performed in over two hundred short films, receiving millions of hits and national media coverage. He has appeared in the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, the San Francisco Sketchfest, and other festivals across the country. He is a contributing writer for the... Read More 
Michael Delaney Michael Delaney has been acting, writing and directing comedy in NYC for 20 years. He has taught at UCB since 1999 in improv and sketch comedy writing, and is an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s film department. He is a founding member of The Swarm, The Stepfathers, and Delaney & Dave who won the 2006 Nightlife Award for best comedy group. Acting credits include The Other Guys, Big... Read More 
Nate Dern Nate Dern has been doing improv since 2003, and has been doing so at UCB since 2007. He has studied with Bobby Moynihan, Charlie Todd, Armando Diaz, Michael Delaney, Zach Woods, Anthony King and many others.
Nate has been on Harold Night since 2008. He can currently be seen performing with Sandino. Previous UCB credits include Maude team Thunder Gulch, Harold team Scootch, and the Halloween... Read More 
Nicole Drespel Nicole has been studying at the UCB since 11:00 am on September 24th, 2007 and during that time has had many wonderful teachers.
Nicole has appeared in performance workshops for The Time Capsule and Suck My Dick. She was previously a member of Harold teams Robber Baron and dybbuk and appeared in This is About Smith (written by Leila Cohan-Miccio, directed by Caitlin Bitzegaio).
She is... Read More 
Brian Faas Brian Faas is a writer, performer, and television producer living in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from Brown University with a degree in something called "semiotics," Brian began studying at the UCB Theatre, under such great teachers as Chris Gethard, Billy Merritt, Michael Delaney, Jackie Clarke, and Will Hines. On stage, Brian has improvised with the Harold teams Tantrum, The F*ing... Read More 
R.J. Fried R.J. Fried is a TV writer residing in New York City with his lovely wife Rachael. He co-created, executive produced, and wrote for the sketch show "Popzilla" on MTV and is a contributing writer for the Huffington Post. Before becoming a TV writer, he was a professional hockey player and NHL Draft pick of the Florida Panthers. He is a cum laude graduate of Harvard University with a degree in... Read More 
John Frusciante John Frusciante has been at UCBT since 1999, and he is proud to serve as the theatre's Artistic Associate. At UCBT, John has appeared on the Harold teams Petrol, T.R.U.C.K.S, The Fucking Kennedys and Scootch, and was also a cast member on the internet reality show Project: Improviser. He has written sketch comedy for various UCBT Maude teams and sketch groups. John was a co-founder of the... Read More 
Jon Gabrus Gabrus has been studying at the UCB since 2003, and performed there in a slew of shows including: UCBW, Hot Sauce: 4th Floor Walk-up, The Documentary, Glue Trap Theatre. Harold Night (Mailer Daemon and fwand). He is one half of the duo Tybrus whose show, You're Out Too Far ran at the theater and abroad for over a year. Gabrus has written for The Spike Video Game Awards and an upcoming Spike... Read More 
Brandon Gardner Brandon is a writer, performer, director and teacher at the UCB Theater in NY. A native of Saranac Lake, NY, Brandon graduated from Binghamton University with a degree in Theatre and performed with the improv/sketch comedy group, "The Pappy Parker Players."
Brandon is a member of the UCB TourCo All-Stars with whom he performs and teaches workshops across the country. When he isn't touring... Read More 
Geoff Garlock Geoff Garlock is a writer/performer who has been studying/performing at UCB since 2002.
Geoff is currently a sketch writer on the UCBT Maude team Slow Burn. Geoff was also a writer on the Maude teams The Skuntz and one of the original Maude Teams, iBadger. Geoff also wrote and performed in the horror based sketch show "I LAUGHED UNTIL I DIED" which had a succesful run at the UCB Theatre.... Read More 
Fran Gillespie Fran Gillespie has been performing at UCB since 2004. She can be seen every Friday night performing with the UCB house team, The Law Firm. In addition, Fran has performed in countless sketch shows, as a former member of The Hammerkatz, and been on several Maude teams; she is currently performing with the Maude team, Gorilla Gorilla. Fran has travelled across the country performing improv as a... Read More 
Laura Grey Laura Grey recently relocated to New York from Chicago where she wrote and performed two original revues at The Second City Etc., improvised at places like iO, The Annoyance, Second City, and Comedy Sportz, and acted in a bunch of plays. She performed and co-devised the all silent revue Reverie directed by Dexter Bullard for the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, and before that she traveled... Read More 
Brandon Gulya Brandon Gulya is a comedian. He improvises with Harold team Sandino and is a writer for Friday Night sketch team Stone Cold Fox. He grew up in New Jersey and attended Rutgers University. As a stand-up, Brandon has opened for Mike Birbiglia, Michael Showalter, and Bo Burnham. You can see him all over the internet, reading poems and doing other silly things. Read More 
Dan Gurewitch Dan Gurewitch is a senior sketch writer at CollegeHumor.com, as well as a writer & actor on "The CollegeHumor Show" on MTV. On the website, he has written over 100 sketches and short films and regularly acts in the office sketch series "Hardly Working." Dan studied TV/film writing & production at Syracuse University, where he also performed improv, stand-up and sketch comedy. He has studied... Read More 
Lydia Hensler Lydia Hensler is a Performer, Writer, and Teacher at UCB. Her instructors have included Will Hines, Owen Burke, Chris Gethard, Michael Delaney, Anthony King, Joe Wengart, Shannon O'Neil, Christina Gauses, and Curtis Gwinn. Lydia is currently on the Harold Team Grandma's Ashes. Previous teams include the long running Harold team Bastian, and the indie team Big Tobacco, who's show True Hollywood... Read More 
Jeff Hiller Jeff Hiller has performed and studied at the UCB Theatre since 2001. He has studied with many great teachers at the UCB including workshops with all four UCB members. Jeff has been teaching at the UCB since 2006 and has been coaching independent improv groups since 2004. Jeff was a member of harold teams Creep and Police Chief Rumble (2004 ECNY award, best sketch group) and has performed in... Read More 
Kevin Hines Kevin Hines has studied and performed at the UCBT since 2000. In that time he has learned from teachers like Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh, Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Armando Diaz, Peter Gwinn, John Lutz, and TJ & Dave. Kevin can be seen performing with the UCB house team, Reuben Williams or with his brother in The Brothers Hines. Before all that he graduated from Cornell University where he wrote... Read More 
Will Hines Will Hines has studied and performed improv at UCBT since 1999,
currently on the improv team The Stepfathers. Among his teachers: Ian
Roberts, Matt Walsh, Matt Besser, Armando Diaz, and Sean Conroy. He's
co-written, starred in and directed many sketch shows. He makes short
videos and dabbles in stand-up like an arrogant swaggering dilettante.
He's appeared in a few commercials... Read More 
Morgan Grace Jarrett Morgan has been a performer at UCB Theatre since 2008. She has studied under, Joe Wengert, Micheal Delaney, Bobby Moynihan and Chris Gethard. She was an original member of HAROLD Teams Ragnarock and American Cousin and can now be seen every Saturday with Grandma's Ashes. Morgan was also a member of the Indie Improv Teams Oprhan Tycoon and Harry & Conrad. Other UCB shows include, OMG, I... Read More 
Ryan Karels Ryan has been at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 2001, performing with KROMPF and on Harold night with Decoster, Creep and Filth. He is an Artistic Associate of Les Freres Corbusier (HELL HOUSE, HEDDATRON, BOOZY and THE FRANKLIN THESIS), was in the original off-broadway cast of GUTENBERG, THE MUSICAL!, and might be seen around the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Ryan teaches improvisation... Read More 
Dan Klein Dan Klein is a writer for The Onion SportsDome on Comedy Central. He's written for CollegeHumor, acts a contributing writer to The Onion, and has been published in McSweeney's Internet Tendency and ESPN The Magazine. His sketch group, Pangea 3000, has had multiple runs at the UCB Theater and has been featured in numerous festivals across the country, some of which were pretty good. He performs... Read More 
Jordan Klepper Jordan Klepper recently moved to New York from Chicago where he was an active member of the improv community for close to ten years. While in Chicago he was an original member of the long running shows “Whirled News Tonight,†“The Late Night Late Show,†as well as the “Beatbox.†At the i.O. Theatre he played regularly with “The Armando Diaz Experience,†veteran Harold team... Read More 
Jodi Lennon Jodi Lennon is an alumna of Chicago’s Second City, a member of The Annoyance Theatre, and a performer at IO. Jodi studied with Del Close, Mick Napier, Martin deMaat, David Pasquesi and others. As a member of The Annoyance Theatre, Lennon was a collaborator and performer in numerous plays and musicals including, Manson: The Musical, Co-ED Prison Sluts and Screw Puppies. She then moved to New... Read More 
Molly Lloyd Molly is an NYC-based actor, currently performing with UCB house teams Stone Cold Fox (Friday nights @ 7:30 pm at UCB Chelsea) and Airwolf (Saturday nights @ 10:30 pm at UCB East). She co-stars in the feature film "My Best Day" (Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival 2012), in the short film "Dear Dog, I Love You," and has appeared on "Delocated" (Adult Swim/ Cartoon Network). You can see... Read More 
Tim Martin Tim Martin is a performer and writer based in New York. He performs improv with the Harold team Badman and acts in the popular sketch shows Beneath Gristedes and the ECNY-nominated High School Talent Show. He also appeared in the widely reviled Miscreant Theater Company production of Chekhov's Ivanov, and his voice can heard in the characters of Ronin Dojo Community College DX. He is... Read More 
Porter Mason Porter Mason has been performing improv since 1997 and has been performing at the UCBT since 2000. He was a founding member of Duke University Improv, and went on to teach beginner and advanced level improv classes at the DSI Theater in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, as well as workshops at Duke University.
Porter began performing and directing at the UCBT in 2000, and has been involved in a... Read More 
Rachael Mason Rachael Mason is a writer and performer at the UCB Theater. She has
written and sometimes performed for the Maude teams iBadger, The Skuntz,
and Gramps, and has also written and performed in the shows Half Empty and
Crush at the UCB Theater. She has studied writing with Chad Carter, Chris
Kula, Michael Delaney, Liz Cackowski, Peter Gwinn, and Emily Spivey. As an
improvisor she... Read More 
Doug Moe Doug Moe is a comedic actor based out of the UCB Theatre since 1998. He is a member of legendary improv team MOTHER (2008 ECNY Winner, Best Improv Group), which had an unprecedented 7-year run at the UCB Theatre. He is a long-time member of the teaching faculty at UCB.
His latest show DOUG MOE IS A BAD DAD [newyork.ucbtheatre.com] (“Well written, well directed and well paced, this show... Read More 
Kevin Mullaney Kevin Mullaney came to us from the ImprovOlympic in Chicago, where he was a performer, teacher and director for 6 years. There he studied under Del Close, Charna Halpern, Adam McKay and Matt Besser. He founded the ImprovOlympic touring company in 1997 and directed it for two years.
In the spring of 1999, he moved to New York to teach for the UCB when they opened their first theatre on 22nd... Read More 
John Murray John Murray started studying with the UCB in 2004. He currently is a member of the UCB House Team Death By Roo Roo and can be seen performing with them every Saturday night. John is also member of the UCB Touring Company that performs improv in different venues across the country. He is a former member of the UCB Harold Team, Bastian, which as of November 2009 became the longest running Harold... Read More 
Christine Nangle Christine Frances Nangle is a writer, improviser, and stand-up comedian living in New York City. Currently, she is a staff writer for Saturday Night Live.
She studied improv and sketch at the UCB Theatre since with teachers including Kate Spencer, Curtis Gwinn, Charlie Todd, Chris Gethard, Shannon O’Neill, Zach Woods, Charlie Sanders and Neil Casey. She is a proud alum of the UCB Maude... Read More 
Winston Noel Winston Noel has studied at UCBT since early 2007 with teachers including Will Hines, Joe Wengert, Anthony King, Zach Woods and Shannon O'Neill. He also studied acting at the Michael Howard Studios and graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005. Winston has been in several plays around the city, and can be seen on the Internet in videos for collegehumor.com, commercials for Yahoo and... Read More 
Shannon O'Neill Shannon O'Neill is a veteran performer at the UCB Theatre NY. She has studied improvisation and sketch comedy under a plethora of teachers including, Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Michael Delaney, Billy Merritt, Kevin Mullaney and Armando Diaz. You can watch her Friday nights with The Stepfathers, Sundays in Asssscat, the second Monday of the month with her sketch group Thunder Gulch... Read More 
Silvija Ozols Silvija has studied and performed at the UCB Theatre since 2002 and currently performs with The Stepfathers on Friday nights. Her other UCB improv credits include the Harold team Creep, the long-running improvised-movie show Instant Cinema, and stints with the UCB Touring Company. She has studied with Billy Merritt, Michael Delaney, Ian Roberts, Matt Besser, Peter Gwinn, Sean Conroy, and Bob... Read More 
Joshua Patten Josh Patten has performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since 2008, and can currently be seen every Saturday Night at UCB Chelsea with Grandma's Ashes and here and there with Fuck That Shit (A Comedy Team). Josh began studying and performing improv in 2005 with Washington Improv Theater in D.C. He has trained at the UCB since 2007, under the outstanding nonet of Charlie Todd, Shannon... Read More 
Amber Petty Amber Petty has been studying at UCB since 2004 and is currently on the Harold Team Penthouse Riot. During her time at UCB she's studied with Ari Voukydis, Joe Wengert, Jackie Clarke, Jason Mantzoukas and many more. In addition to working with UCB on Harold night and in various sketch shows (her favorite was Penny's White Orphans), Amber has taught at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts... Read More 
Ben Rameaka Ben Rameaka is an improviser, actor and voice over artist. He has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Vermont and an MFA from the now defunct Actor's Studio program at the New School. He has been in many UCB productions including KILLGORE, Greatest Concert Ever, and the hit show "Waiting For Obama: A Night At The Hall Of Presidents" which went to the San Francisco Sketchfest. He... Read More 
Seth Reiss Seth Reiss, a native Pittsburgher, moved to New York in 2005 to perform sketch comedy with his group Pangea 3000. He is a staff writer for The Onion and Onion Sports, has contributed to McSweeney’s, and has written for the ESPN Classic show Cheap Seats. With Pangea 3000, he has performed at the UCB, PIT, and Magnet Theaters. The group has also been featured at the New York, San Francisco,... Read More 
Kate Riley A student at the UCB since 2008, Kate has studied under Porter Mason, Kevin Hines, Anthony Atamanuik, Shannon O'Neill, Will Hines, and Chris Gethard. She is a super proud member of the Harold team Sandino!! On the UCBNY stage, she has performed in THE BACHELOR: Romance, Roses, and Romance, The Sit Down and Shut Up Variety Hour, Killgore 2010: The New Blood, and with former Harold Team Scootch.... Read More 
Ben Rodgers Ben Rodgers has been performing at the UCBT since 2002 and has been in hundreds of improv and sketch shows. Every long running show on the UCBT schedule he's probably been a part of or sat in with. He can currently be seen performing with the UCB house team The Curfew every Saturday night. Ben's also starred in many featured videos on FunnyorDie.com, Collegehumor.com, and UCBcomedy.com and has... Read More 
Craig Rowin Craig Rowin is a writer, performer and video editor living in Brooklyn. He performs improv with The Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company, the UCB Harold Team Badman, and indie improv group, Sherpa. Craig writes and performs sketch with the UCB Maude Team Gramp's and is half of the two man sketch group Rory and Craig (www.roryandcraig.com), who performed their sketch show, Our Internet... Read More 
Stephen Ruddy Stephen Ruddy has been directing Amy Poehler, Michael Cera, Jason Sudeikis, Megan Mullally, David Cross, Scott Adsit, and other comedy luminaries in UCBT’s Gravid Water since 2004, both in New York and LA. He is also the creator and a frequent performer. Stephen directs for The 52nd Street Project, NYU Graduate Acting’s Free Play series, and created the UCBT shows Chekhprov—with Scott Adsit,... Read More 
Andy Secunda ANDREW SECUNDA was a writer on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien†for which he won two Writers Guild Awards and was nominated for two Emmys (most notably contributing to the Triumph Star Wars remote). He has written for “Saturday Night Live’s TV Funhouseâ€, co-founded the improv group The Swarm, and has written and produced several pilots for NBC, CBS, and created the UPN sitcom... Read More 
David Siegel David began studying at UCB in 2006, and has been coaching long-form improv ensembles of all stripes in New York on a regular basis since 2008. Before moving to New York, David coached and directed shows with "Dirty South Improv" in North Carolina, along with directing UNC-Chapel Hill's student improv group "Chips."
At UCB, David has studied extensively with Michael Delaney, Anthony King and... Read More 
Gavin Speiller Gavin has been writing, performing and directing shows at the UCB Theatre since 2002. He 's studied under a number of fantastic teachers including Ian Roberts, Michael Delaney, Billy Merritt and Kevin Mullaney. Gavin currently performs improv with the UCB house team 1985 as well as improv and sketch with the independent group Rogue Elephant. He can also be seen in a number of video projects,... Read More 
Achilles Stamatelaky Achilles is a comedy writer and performer in New York City.
Achilles has been studying and performing improv and sketch at The UCB Theatre since January 2005. He is a veteran performer of UCB's Harold Night improv show, performing with the groups T.R.U.C.K.S., Whorenado,Penthouse Riot, and Standard Oil. Currently, he is on the weekend improv team Airwolf, which performs at UCB's East... Read More 
Betsy Stover Betsy Stover has been improvising for 13 years, 10 of which have been with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. She is a native of Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a background in both short-form and
long-form improv. She attended NYU were she studied directing and dramatic acting. Betsy has appeared on NBC, MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, NPR and has also starred in numerous TV and radio... Read More 
Abra Tabak Abra can be seen performing on Tuesday nights at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre as a proud member of the Harold team, Grandma's Ashes, and on Monday nights with the Maude team, Dweeb.
She began her journey at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre after graduating from the University of Virginia. She has had the privilege of studying with improv wonders such as Michael Delaney,... Read More 
Erik Tanouye Erik Tanouye has been improvising and performing in New York since 2001. He has studied with Michael Delaney, Armando Diaz, Kevin Mullaney, Billy Merritt, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and many others.
Erik Tanouye improvises with The Curfew, writes for the Maude Team Neighbor Bo,y and co-wrote the "BP Spills Coffee" video.
As an improviser, he has performed at Harold night for seven years... Read More 
Melinda Taub Melinda Taub is a writer and stuff in New York City. As a proud member of UCB Beta team Diamonds, Wow! she writes videos for ucbcomedy.com. As a freelance writer, her work can be seen around the internet, including The Onion. She is big in the Netherlands. Read More 
Charlie Todd Charlie Todd has been performing, directing, and teaching comedy at the UCB Theatre since 2001. He has studied improv under UCB founders Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh, among others. Charlie is the founder of the notorious prank collective Improv Everywhere, and his book, Causing a Scene, details his experiences with the group. Improv Everywhere's videos have been viewed over 180... Read More 
Michael Trapp Mike Trapp is a writer for the UCB sketch group Stone Cold Fox. He has been at the UCB Theater since 2008, studying improv and sketch under Erik Tanouye, Neil Casey, Kevin Hines, Doug Moe, Gavin Speiller, and Dominic Dierkes. In addition to his work on Maude Night, he acts as head writer for the UCB Comedy’s blackout series, and has written for the shows "Neil Casey's Sentimental Irish... Read More 
Ari Voukydis Ari Voukydis has been performing improv, standup and sketch comedy in New York City since back when there were hookers in Times Square. He has been a member of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater since 1997 and has been teaching improv and sketch comedy there for ten years.
He is a founding member of the house team Standard Oil, half of the comedy duo “Mark and Ari†and has produced,... Read More 
Keisha Zollar Keisha Zollar is a performer at the UCB with her improv teams Doppelgänger and Lloyd team HOOPS and hosts the variety show The Soul Glo Project . Ms. Keisha comes to NYC from California where she received a BA in Theatre from UCSD and moved to NYC in 2002 to attend graduate school at The Actors Studio at the New School. Keisha earned her MFA in Acting circa 2005 and began taking classes at... Read More