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.

Andrew Beckerman

Andy Beckerman has been writing and performing comedy in NewYork City since 2009. He writes for music magazines like Dusted and comedy sites like AdultSwim.com and Splitsider, and with his comedy duo Wrestling Team [wrestlingteam.org], he produces and hosts the popular interview podcast Beginnings [itunes.apple.com] about the creative origins of writers and performers. Beginnings is also taped live on the second Tuesday of the month at UCB East. Additionally, Wrestling Team produces stages shows, including the musicals Rockefeller Centaur and The Creep Twins - both of which were featured at the Boston Comedy Arts Festival - and videos, including the Channel 101 series Cents and Cents' Abilities. Their spec pilot Grumpkin Hollow was a finalist in the 2012 New York Television Festival/Comedy Central Short Pilot Competition.

Andy is also on Twitter and thanks to therapy, is slowly unlinking his self-worth from his social media stats.