Sunday, August 3, 2025 – 8:30 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage America’s Next Top #1 Best Sketch Comedy Idol Superstar Two of New York City’s best sketch comedy teams compete to be crowned America’s Next Best #1 Sketch Comedy Idol Superstar! YOU are the judges, voting to choose which team returns for the next round…
Friday, August 22, 2025 – 10:30 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage A live taping of a 90s trash TV show Secrets, scandals, love triangles, and more! “Dowling” is a daytime talk show in the style of Jerry Springer, Maury, and early Oprah, where all the guests are characters played by New York’s best comedians.…
Saturday, August 23, 2025 – 10:30 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage The UCB’s best comedians perform their wildest bits in a tournament presided over by THE TRASH KING! Since 2019, featured in the New York Comedy Festival and Jezebel! The Trash King is a contest and celebration of the stupidest, wildest bits that performers think…
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 – 8:30 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage A one-person improv show disguised as an acting class, from the creator of the Dead Eyes podcast. Professional actor (Étoile, Mean Girls 2024, Ghosts, Bob’s Burgers) and award-winning podcaster (Dead Eyes) CONNOR RATLIFF is a classically trained performer who graduated “with honours” from the prestigious Liverpool Institute For Performing…
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 – 7:00 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage Two shows for the price of one!!! First one- sketch! Second one- improv! Craig Academy – Bullies. Incels. Rouge Resource Officers. Botched DEI Seminars. School Shootings. Spiders. What else could go wrong at Craig Academy? Watch Principal Jung descend into madness as he…
Saturday, August 23, 2025 – 5:30 pm NY – 14TH ST. Liquid Courage is a Sketch show like no other! ANYONE can submit a sketch or character piece and perform it at this show. Hosted by: Rich Armstead, Laura Canty-Samuel, and Dejen Tesfagiorgis This show is FREE to everyone! Performers, writers and audience members. Participants must…
Friday, August 22, 2025 – 9:00 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage THE FOUNDATION, one of New York City’s oldest and most storied comedy teams, sees it as our duty to not only have a few laughs, but to change the world through sketch comedy. This month we are proud to form THE FOUNDATION… TO…
Friday, August 29, 2025 – 9:00 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage The best damn character show on the planet! Eric Feurer, Michael Hartney, Sarah Smallwood Parsons, and Justin Tyler host New York’s best and brightest writer/performers with a new crop of hilarious original characters and impressions every month. Eleven years, 300K followers, and COUNTLESS wigs…
Saturday, August 30, 2025 – 8:30 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage UCBLK is a variety show spotlighting the best Black comedians in the city. Each month features a brand new cast performing improv, sketch, stand-up and more. Previous lineups have featured comedians whose credits include Saturday Night Live, Netflix, Don’t Tell Comedy & more. This…
Saturday, August 16, 2025 – 11:59 pm NY – 14TH ST. Mainstage A sketch comedy show made in ONE day, featuring New York’s best comedy writers and performers! Once a month, we cram together New York’s best writers and performers to craft an ALL-NEW sketch comedy show from scratch IN ONE SINGLE DAY! We start the…