Drew DiFonzo Marks has taught and performed at The UCB Theatre since 2005. He is a former Artistic Director of the LA theatre, and a contributing author of the UCB book! (The UCB Comedy Improv Manual)
He is also an alumni of the Amsterdam based comedy theatre ‘Boom Chicago’ where he lived performing sketch and improv for 2 years.
Drew has performed/taught at improv festivals and schools in Beijing, London, Sydney, Omaha, Austin, NYC, and many more all over the US with the UCB Touring Company.
He has also taught improv at Emerson College LA for 5 years as part of their official Comedic Arts Major.
You can see him in TV shows like Reno911, Comedy Bang!Bang! and Brooklyn99. He was a writer for the Comedy Central digital sketch platform, and is co-creator of the web-series “2Bed/1Bath” with over 1 million views.
His improv team, Last Day of School, performed weekly at UCB for over 13 years and was on the sketch Maude team Bonafide for 5.
He loves this stuff!
Past Shows
Wildly Appropriate: An All-Ages Improv Show
An all-ages improv show for kids AND adults featuring UCB’s best improvisers plus a chance for kids to get onstage themselves! Come join some of UCB’s best improvisers as they put on an all-ages comedy show so deeply appropriate, you…
Wildly Appropriate: An All-Ages Improv Show
An all-ages improv show for kids AND adults featuring UCB’s best improvisers plus a chance for kids to get onstage themselves! Come join some of UCB’s best improvisers as they put on an all-ages comedy show so deeply appropriate, you…
Play by Play, Live and LIVESTREAMED!
The art of long-form improv ruined/explained by live commentary. Imagine if long-form improv were a sport. Now imagine that this sport had two live commentators. And now imagine that these two commentators were as much of an improv nerd as…