Announcing the UCB NY Artistic Directors

The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is excited to announce the three New York Artistic Directors who will lead the reopening of UCB New York in 2023. Please join us in welcoming Iliana Inocencio, Laura Canty-Samuel, and Michael Hartney While we continue our search for a permanent theatre and training center space in New York, we’re…

New UCB Training Center Space in Silver Lake

What an incredible first few weeks it’s been at UCB! Since Homecoming Weekend, we’ve had our first Harold, Maude and Character shows, performances from indie teams, veteran UCB house teams, solo shows and much more! We are adding shows constantly and by early November, we will be back to having shows 7 nights a week!…

UCB Announces 2022 Annual SNL Scholarship Recipients

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Announces 2022 Annual SNL Scholarship Recipients   Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is proud to announce the recipients of our second annual scholarship awards for diverse talent in partnership with Saturday Night Live. Launched in 2021, the UCB/SNL Scholarship program aims to make space for diverse voices in our school and on…

Opening Weekend Tickets are Live

UCB is BACK! After what feels like an eternity, we’re returning to Franklin with “UCB Homecoming” on Friday, September 30th and Saturday, October 1st! We have an incredible weekend planned with some of our favorite teams and performers returning to the stage! Tickets are live at ucbcomedy.com/shows   For the first couple of weeks, we’ll…

Announcing the UCB LA Artistic Directors

As we get closer to reopening the UCB Franklin theater this fall, we are excited to announce the new Artistic Director team who will handle all programming and casting decisions at the theater:   Christine Bullen Travis Coles Raiza Licea Dan Lippert   Christine Bullen has performed at UCB on both coasts as a member…

In-Person Classes Returning

The Upright Citizens Brigade is thrilled to announce that in-person classes will be returning soon! Beginning in mid-July, we will resume in-person classes in Los Angeles with the first round of registrations opening today! The Franklin Theater will also reopen in September with programming decisions made by a new three-person artistic committee being assembled. The…

New Training Center System

We wanted to make everyone aware that as of May 4, 2022, we will be migrating to a new Training Center software and moving on from the Dashboard. This new system will allow students to have greater control over their registration process with helpful features including waitlisting, transfers, email notifications for specific courses, and cleaner…