Rich Armstead is an Actor, Improviser, Director, and Minister who proudly represents his home state of New Jersey. Favorite memories on the UCB stage include winning the 2010 3 on 3 Cagematch Tournament with “Hot Cheese Fiesta”, Serving as the performing director for “The Spotlight”, Acting in the “Livia Scott Sketch Program”, “The 2017 Tony Awardz”, and collaborating with his Maude Team “CHUNK”. His proudest accomplishment during his time at the theater is having created the “Solid Footing” sketch initiative with Dejen Tesfagiorgis to serve as a utility to feed participation in the “Liquid Courage” sketch open mic for which he later was invited to Co-Host.

He has been seen in “The Blacklist” on NBC and “Deadbeat” on Hulu, as well as having the opportunity to be featured in the cold open for an episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”. He continues to share his love of performing with the New York community at large and endeavors to share with the world the theme of his ministry, “May We All Be Blessed To Grow”

Rich Armstead can be contacted via email at BigRichArmstead@gmail.com