Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre

Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre has affordable, comedy shows seven nights a week in NYC and LA. Watch the best improv, sketch and standup in the country. Our original comedy video productions have garnered the national spotlight. We also run the first nationally accredited improv and sketch comedy school in the country. For information on our courses, visit the Training Center.

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Congratulations UCBT performers nominated for Writers Guild Awards

The 2012 Writers Guild Awards nominations have been announced! Congratulations to UCBT co-founder <a href="http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/performers/2186">Amy Poehler</a> and UCBT alums and performers <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/15260">Leo Allen</a>, <a href="http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/performers/6763">Heather Anne Campbell</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/15262">Kay Cannon</a>, <a href="http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/performers/5222">Wyatt Cenac</a>, <a href="http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/283">Katie Dippold</a>, <a href="http://www.ucbcomedy.com/talent/view/1437/eric-drysdale">Eric Drysdale</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/performers/2947">Peter Gwinn</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/performers/5705">Hallie Haglund</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/9902">John Haskell</a>, <a href="http://www.ucbcomedy.com/talent/view/1141/eric-ledgin">Eric Ledgin</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/performers/13389">Opus Moreschi</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/performers/4196">John Mulaney</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/performers/9707">Christine Nangle</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/8107">Zhubin Parang</a>, <a href="http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/11682">Chelsea Peretti</a>, <a href="http://www.ucbcomedy.com/talent/view/57/peter-schultz">Pete Schultz</a>, <a href="http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/6956">Tracey Wigfield</a> and <a href="http://losangeles.ucbtheatre.com/talent/view/7436">Harris Wittels</a> on their nominations.

The 2012 Writers Guild Awards will be held on Sunday, February 19, 2012.

Comedy Series

30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Hannibal Buress, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Jon Haller, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, John Riggi, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC

Curb Your Enthusiasm, Written by Alec Berg, Larry David, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer; HBO

Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.; FX

Modern Family, Written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Oâ€™Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC

Parks & Recreation, Written by Greg Daniels, Katie Dippold, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Emily Kapnek, Dave King, Greg Levine, Aisha Muharrar, Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Brian Rowe, Michael Schur, Mike Scully, Emily Spivey, Alan Yang, Harris Wittels; NBC

Episodic Comedy

â€œCaught in the Actâ€ (Modern Family), Written by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman; ABC

â€œGoodbye Michael, Part 2â€ (The Office), Written by Greg Daniels; NBC

â€œMotherâ€™s Dayâ€ (Modern Family), Written by Dan Oâ€™Shannon & Ilana Wernick; ABC

â€œObject Impermanenceâ€ (Weeds), Written by Stephen Falk; Showtime

â€œPDAâ€ (The Office), Written by Robert Padnick; NBC

â€œQueen of Jordanâ€ (30 Rock), Written by Tracey Wigfield; NBC

Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series

Conan, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS

Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Writers: Leo Allen, Jon Benjamin; Comedy Central

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Head Writer: AD Miles, Writers: David Angelo, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Jeremy Bronson, Mike DiCenzo, Jimmy Fallon, John Haskell, Eric Ledgin, Dan Opsal, Amy Ozols, Gavin Purcell, Diallo Riddle, Jon Rineman, Bashir Salahuddin, Justin Shanes, Michael Shoemaker, Jen Statsky, CJ Toledano; NBC

Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Amani Redd; HBO

Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Heather Anne Campbell, Matt Craig, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Tom Flanigan, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Jonathan Krisel, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Michael Patrick Oâ€™Brien, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker; NBC

The Colbert Report, Writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Writers: Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central

(<a href="http://wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1516" target="new">source</a>)