NEW YORK SHOWS

Gravid Water is a theater/improv mash-up featuring the biggest names in comedy, theater, TV, and film. Gravid Water is a theatrical-comedy experiment where actors are given real scenes from real plays that they prepare as they would for a regular…

Join us for a one-off, special edition of Lloyd Night!!!! Lloyd Night is UCB’s bi-weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, The Harold.   Featuring: Dr Beer & Uncle Tough —- Complete List of…

Get up on stage and get reps at The Improv Jam - Every Other Tuesday @ 5:30pm! Students of all levels are welcome and it is FREE! A free, inclusive improv jam for UCB students, performers, and fans! All levels…

Your one-stop shop to see UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Tuesday! Harold Night is UCB’s long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold.   Featuring: The Prophecy &…

UCB Teachers improvise for you! UCB Teachers Donald Chang, Ray Cordova, and Molly Thomas host a group of UCB Teachers who’ll improvise for you. Prepare to have your minds blown as these vets prove they can walk the walk.   Special Guests: TBA —-…

The Very Best Solo Sketch CABAL combines writer-performers from SNL, The Daily Show, The New Yorker, The Second City, and Just for Laughs into one supergroup delivering the very best in solo sketch comedy. The next big gay pop star?…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

A torrid celebration of all that is wrong and unholy. You truly have no idea how low we can go.   The rotting corpse of PT Barnum (who looks a lot like comedian James Dwyer) has been reanimated to bring…

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…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

An improv jam for diverse performers in the community. Students of all levels are welcome and it is FREE! A free improv jam celebrating historically underrepresented individuals in our community. All levels of improv experience are welcome. You can come…

Two shows for the price of one!!!   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 struggles to…

Improv teams formed by the power of telecommunication! Fu Goto and Patrick Keene have picked up their dang phones and dialed up three amazing New York City improvisers, who have then each made a call to an improviser whose number…

An improvised play by eight of NYC’s top actors (who also happen to do improv)!   COME WITNESS NYC’S ONLY IMPROVISED PLAY! The children of Meisner, Adler, Strasberg, Atlantic, and any expensive acting/conservatory come together for one night to give…

Every show we get a suggestion and create a brand new musical on the spot, from the dance to the music to the lyrics!   Rumpleteaser is a musical improv team that has been performing at UCB and across the…

In this improv mash-up show, women and non-binary improvisers of all skill levels will make magic. Hosted by UCB Harold team babygirls Donna Steele, Emily Evans, Lida Darmian, and Stephanie Leschek. Come to the show and enter the lottery for…

A jam-meets-dance-party for women and non-binary improvisors of all levels <3 Lady Jam is a longstanding UCB tradition — a free, inclusive, and welcoming improv jam for UCB students, performers, and fans who identify as women or non-binary! All you…

Your one-stop shop to see UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Tuesday! Harold Night is UCB’s long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold.   Featuring: Hot FM &…

Your one-stop shop to see UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Tuesday! Lloyd Night is UCB’s bi-weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, The Harold.   Featuring: Uncle Tough and Dr Beer  —- Complete…

Come see the twisted geniuses of UCB’s character house team, Big Boy Pants   Betty Night showcases brand-new solo characters every month by a team of UCB’s finest writer/performers.   Big Boy Pants: Devin Bockrath, Langston Darby, Sydney Duncan, Camden…

An Improvised Film Noir Musical. Step into a shadowy world where hard-boiled detectives, dangerous secrets, and smoky nightclubs collide — and every note of the story is made up on the spot. This fully improvised film noir musical fuses moody…

Improvisors old and new do their thang at a show hosted by two old decrepit women. This show hosted by two “crypt keeper ass” slags (Lou Gonzalez Jr & Chrissie Gruebel) will feature the best up and coming comedy talent…

This is an Improv Show without men, the way it was intended and we can't wait to hear your tiny little sad dicks giggling in the audience. STOP!!!! Look at this quote, it's infuriating! "Men apply for a job when…

A night of high art and emotionally naked improvised theatre. Veteran improvisors Nick Mestad (The Rehearsal), Scott Nelson (Let’s Start a Cult), Micah Sterenberg (The Damn Michael Che) & Carl Tart (Comedy Bang Bang) bear their souls to create a…

IT'S THE PLAYOFFS! Two Improv Teams Fight for the Future!   The World’s Most Dangerous Improv Show! In the year 2121, the World Government has outlawed LONG-FORM IMPROV. The very thing that will be the weapon for their downfall. Led…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

Two of NYC’s top indie teams split one hour of longform improv comedy with special guests! On November 28th at 10:30pm, the disciples of clint and the bastards of SLOP will merge into one being as they do something no one has ever…

Two Emmy-nominated TV writers who are for real about to lose their actual jobs try to find something they might be good at. Michael Cruz Kayne and Asher Perlman are two writers for the late show with stephen colbert who,…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

A bi-weekly improv show where you can bring your own improv team to perform, with a jam after!! Let's Fucking Go!! Want to bring your team? We’re looking for teams from all levels of experience - A practice group that's…

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…

Improv With My Friends From Work – w/ Cast and Writers From SNL Ceara Jane O’Sullivan (SNL) hosts this long-form improv show with cast and writers from Saturday Night Live. We might read rejected sketches, we’ll definitely do improv, and…

An inclusive mic for all comedic formats and all comedic performers!   BYOT (“Bring Your Own Thing”) is UCB’s open mic that welcomes everyone in the comedy community (that means you!) to “bring your own thing,” whatever that may be!…

Brand-new shows auditioning to be UCB shows Brand-new sketch and solo shows will be birthed right before your very eyes in a bid to run at UCB! Will these scrappy new shows make the cut? Get SPANKed and find out!…

Maude Night boasts brand new material by UCB’s house sketch teams every month. Come see top-notch sketch comedy featuring two teams of UCB’s finest writers and performers. —— Featuring: Ponyboy & 11:11 —- Complete List of Maude Teams 11:11 WRITERS:…

A stand up comedy show with James Austin Johnson and Neel Ghosh and Wally Baram and Dave Ross featuring some of NYC's best comedians.   Full lineup: TBA — In-person tickets are $15 All sales are final. The show starts at…

Get up on stage and get reps at The Improv Jam - Every Other Tuesday @ 5:30pm! Students of all levels are welcome and it is FREE! A free, inclusive improv jam for UCB students, performers, and fans! All levels…

Your one-stop shop to see UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Tuesday! Harold Night is UCB’s long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold.   Featuring: Bruv & Tiptoe…

Watch UCB NY’s daring-est current & past Harold and Lloyd performers cheat on the Harold with….. THE MACROSCENE!?! How dare they. When you think “UCB improv” you think of the Harold but what if UCB’s house team improvisers decided to…

In Pamela, no one can hear you Anderson   What could a sketch team named Pamela do for you? We’ll show you. Join us for an hour of comedy where in the first half you’ll meet people like video game…

The funniest stand-ups in NYC tee off for a night of above par comedy.   Join hosts Justin Catchens (Bleacher Report) and Dan Yang (HBO Max) for a night of stand-up comedy in an intimate setting. This show has nothing…

John Lutz (30 Rock) and Peter Grosz (Veep) perform a 45 minute longform. John Lutz and Peter Grosz take a single suggestion then spin that into a 45 minute longform show featuring the kaleidoscope of scenes, absurdist transitional elements and callbacks – all…

Bucket style mic! Drop your name in for an opportunity to get 3 minutes at the mic.   UCB Standup teachers Natasha Vaynblat and Mary Cella host this bi-weekly open mic. Bucket priority slots go to ucb students, but everyone…

Two of the last surviving members in New York City of legendary ucb improv team Death by Roo Roo and producers of Comedy Centrals President show shake the cobwebs off and out with a set of long form improvised entertainment.…

Stress Dream (Ihea Inyama, Charlotte Polk, & Rebecca Salzhauer) do an improv-set inspired by your week’s anxieties. Come to laugh, cry, squeeze your stress ball, or all of the above! Makers of the web series "i’m so happy for you!!!!!!",…

IT'S THE PLAYOFFS! Two Improv Teams Fight for the Future!   The World’s Most Dangerous Improv Show! In the year 2121, the World Government has outlawed LONG-FORM IMPROV. The very thing that will be the weapon for their downfall. Led…

Come watch your favorite improvisers, Shannon O’Neill, Connor Ratliff, Alex Dickson & Sebastian Conelli make all the sad things funny. The legendary improv group The Stepfathers, have survived almost 2 decades performing in NYC. Born in the basement of UCB…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

The all Asian Variety Show is back! Asian AF (Asian As F***) is the premier Asian American variety show in Los Angeles and New York. Asian AF spotlights the best Asian American actors, stand-up comedians, improvisers, sketch performers, storytellers, and…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

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…

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, John Sartori, and Dejen Tesfagiorgis This show is FREE to everyone!…

A jam-meets-dance-party for women and non-binary improvisors of all levels <3 Lady Jam is a longstanding UCB tradition — a FREE, inclusive, and welcoming improv jam for UCB students, performers, and fans who identify as women or non-binary! All you…

A musical sketch/drag show featuring parodies of your favorite Broadway hits! Debra and Betty Bardeaux were the biggest stars on the planet. Now, long forgotten by pop culture, they live together in a dilapidated mansion. Join them on a laugh-out-loud…

Improv teams formed by the power of telecommunication! Fu Goto and Patrick Keene have picked up their dang phones and dialed up three amazing New York City improvisers, who have then each made a call to an improviser whose number…

Chloe Troast and friends solve your problems through improv comedy! At Solving Your Problems Chloe Troast and her comedy pals take the stage to see what’s really on people’s minds. Through improv the audience’s problems are explored and almost 3%…

Brand-new shows auditioning to be UCB shows Brand-new sketch and solo shows will be birthed right before your very eyes in a bid to run at UCB! Will these scrappy new shows make the cut? Get SPANKed and find out!…

Maude Night boasts brand new material by UCB’s house sketch teams every month. Come see top-notch sketch comedy featuring two teams of UCB’s finest writers and performers. —— Featuring: Find My Friends & Reunion Tour —- Complete List of Maude…

Character Open Mic Need to get a new character up on its feet? Running a set for an audition? Look no further. Test out your new character material for a room of at least 2 beautiful women (Jamie Linn Watson…

A stand up comedy show with James Austin Johnson and Neel Ghosh and Wally Baram and Dave Ross featuring some of NYC's best comedians.   Full lineup: TBA — In-person tickets are $15 All sales are final. The show starts at…

An improv jam for diverse performers in the community. Students of all levels are welcome and it is FREE! A free improv jam celebrating historically underrepresented individuals in our community. All levels of improv experience are welcome. You can come…

Your one-stop shop to see UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Tuesday! Harold Night is UCB’s long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold.   Featuring: Club Gator &…

Your one-stop shop to see UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Tuesday! Lloyd Night is UCB’s bi-weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, The Harold.   Featuring: Dr Beer & Uncle Tough  —- Complete…

Serving the best stories from the best people in the best city in the world! Julia Whitehouse hosts the best of the best storytelling with all her funny friends and one lucky audience member. 11 years of hosting NYC’s longest running…

Two Friends, One 1-Hour Show.   Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6) performed as a member of the Mainstage, ETC, and Northwest companies of the Second City in Chicago. John Lutz (30 Rock, Late Night with Seth Meyers) performed at the Improv…

It's an improv jam with singing! Come do some musical improv! **FREE** and open to everyone. Scenes and songs and so much fun.   Hosted by Eric Gersen and more TBA! — Lineup is subject to change. Ages 17+ Upright…

Every month, The Assignment creates a whole new improv concept.  You won’t see classics like the Harold here— The Assignment gets expert improvisers to try insane shows like The Flashlight (a show lit only by flashlights), The Group Chat (a…

IT'S THE PLAYOFFS! Two Improv Teams Fight for the Future!   The World’s Most Dangerous Improv Show! In the year 2121, the World Government has outlawed LONG-FORM IMPROV. The very thing that will be the weapon for their downfall. Led…

No gimmicks, this is a great improv show where talented performers do what they love – improv! You want more to read? Ok! We’re combining veteran performers and up-and-comers to put on an incredible improv show. It is simple but…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

You tell us about your love life and we'll do improv all about it! One of UCB's longest running weekend improv teams is back! Catch them while you can for a wild and wonderful night of improv.   Featuring: Michael…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…

The very best comedic acts featured at UCB's BYOT! Bring Your Own Thing (or BYOT) has been running for 1.5 years at the UCB Theatre NY! Wow, awesome! That’s so cool. That’s so sick. Now, to celebrate, BYOT brings you…

A bi-weekly improv show where you can bring your own improv team to perform, with a jam after!! Let's Fucking Go!! Want to bring your team? We’re looking for teams from all levels of experience - A practice group that's…

A beloved orchestra conductor with an “unusual” style spirals into madness after discovering the dark truth behind his brilliance. (It’s a comedy I swear)   World Renowned Conductor Salvatore Giovanni has it all: a masterpiece symphony, a beautiful wife and…

An inclusive mic for all comedic formats and all comedic performers!   BYOT (“Bring Your Own Thing”) is UCB’s open mic that welcomes everyone in the comedy community (that means you!) to “bring your own thing,” whatever that may be!…

Brand-new shows auditioning to be UCB shows Brand-new sketch and solo shows will be birthed right before your very eyes in a bid to run at UCB! Will these scrappy new shows make the cut? Get SPANKed and find out!…

Maude Night boasts brand new material by UCB’s house sketch teams every month. Come see top-notch sketch comedy featuring two teams of UCB’s finest writers and performers. —— Featuring: Pamela & Freak Jones —- Complete List of Maude Teams 11:11…

Gravid Water is a theater/improv mash-up featuring the biggest names in comedy, theater, TV, and film. Gravid Water is a theatrical-comedy experiment where actors are given real scenes from real plays that they prepare as they would for a regular…

A new episode of “The Office” that is completely improvised based on what you the audience wants to see!   Calling all fans of The Office and all members of "Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies…

Get up on stage and get reps at The Improv Jam - Every Other Tuesday @ 5:30pm! Students of all levels are welcome and it is FREE! A free, inclusive improv jam for UCB students, performers, and fans! All levels…

Your one-stop shop to see UCB’s house improv ensembles perform every Tuesday! Harold Night is UCB’s long-running weekly improv show featuring homegrown teams at the top of their game performing, you guessed it, The Harold.   Featuring: Hot FM &…

UCB Teachers improvise for you! UCB Teachers Donald Chang, Ray Cordova, and Molly Thomas host a group of UCB Teachers who’ll improvise for you. Prepare to have your minds blown as these vets prove they can walk the walk.   Special Guests: TBA —-…

Seasoned vets from all corners of the comedy scene experimenting. Newcomers you haven’t met before staking their claim. A live band. All uniting to put on a show that’s not about gathering three minute videos for. tik tok, it’s about…

Casey Jost and Yoni Lotan, two of the goofiest boys on dry land, finally PULL IT TOGETHER to bring you ONLY SERIOUS improv scenes.   Casey and Yoni are tired of being known as silly billies so they're out to…

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…

IT'S THE PLAYOFFS! Two Improv Teams Fight for the Future!   The World’s Most Dangerous Improv Show! In the year 2121, the World Government has outlawed LONG-FORM IMPROV. The very thing that will be the weapon for their downfall. Led…

ASSSSCAT is UCB’s signature improv show that has played to critical acclaim and sold out audiences across the country. What is ASSSSCAT?   It starts with a group of improv comedians from film & TV taking the stage with a special…