UCB Training Center Diversity Program

Welcome to UCB Training Center's Diversity Program blog! On this site, we will give you information about the program's schedule, but also information about diverse comedy shows around the city, about the shows at the UCB Thatre NY, and many, many more.

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April 19th, 2012

Shows and Events - April 2012

MANEATER:  The True Story of the Champawat Tigress 
Thu. Apr. 19 6:30 pm - UCB Theatre NY (307 W 26. @ 8 ave) - $5
Written by/Starring:  Josh Sharp (a homosexual!) and Matt Dennie (a straight, married man…).  Directed by:  Brandon Gulya.  Choreography by:  Kassia Miller.

ANGEL & FRIENDS! 
Mon. Apr. 23 8pm - Parkside Lounge - Free
COHOST Melissa Gordon! Featuring: John Poveromo, Jessica Rionero, Becky Yamamoto, John Flynn, US National Improv Team, and The sketch group all the way from Philly: CAMPWOODS.

Pou & Nic: You’re Welcome
Sat. Apr. 21 7 pm - Peaple’s Improv Theater Underground (123 E 24 St. Bet. Park & Lex) - $5
Our Monthly show is back at its regular venue!! We wanted to celebrate by bringing you original comedy by a bunch of super talented teams!! Clowns: Everybody Nose!; Sketch: Pirate Sugar; Improv: North Coast.  And as usual, a surprise veteran improviser will be leading the jam. You know what we say: you bring the peanut butter, we bring the jam! Hosted by Poupak Sepehri & Nicole Lee.

The Soul Glo Project
Sat. Apr. 21 Midnight - UCB East (153 E 3 St. @ Ave A) - $5
Join Keisha Zollar and Poupak Sepehri as they host the Soul Glo Project, a comedy variety show featuring a diverse cast of performers bringing to the stage the very best stand up, sketch, improv, video, dance, and music. Just let your SOUL GLO!  This Month Features: Stand-up by Abbi Crutchfield and James Smith III; Improv by P.I.G; Music by People With Teeth; Sketch by Gay Bomb: The Musical.

The Lady Jam
Sat. Apr. 21 Midnight - UCB Theatre (307 W 26 St. @ 8 ave) - Free
Once a month something special will happen. We will all improvise together. If you want to perform in this lady only open improv jam come to the theatre, put your name in the bucket and get ready! Everyone who puts their name in will perform. All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged to participate. Guys are welcome to watch, just don’t be a creep about it.  Hosted by Shannon O’Neill (THE STEPFATHERS) and friends! 

March 16th, 2012

Shows and Events This Weekend - March 17-18, 2012

Just a quick reminder:

  • The Soul Glo Project is THIS Saturday, March 17, at midnight at UCBeast.  That’s right - it’s our St Paddy’s Day edition!  There’s a great line up of improv, sketch and music.  Hosted by Keisha Zollar and Poupak Sepehri.  After party in the Hot Chick Room, the bar adjacent to the theater on Avenue A.
  • The next meet-up for the UCB Training Center diversity program will be next Sunday March 18 from 2:00-5:00 pm at the UCBeast: 3rd St and Ave A; Everyone is invited, whether or not you’re enrolled in a course or have ever done improv or written sketches.  We’ll provide the food, and the bar will have cheap drinks.
January 10th, 2012

Upcoming Shows and Events

Hello,

Here are some of the upcoming shows and events.  Don’t forget to submit yours following these guidelines!

The UCB Difference Team

Shows:

  • RuBin Presents Couples’ Retreat
    Friday, Jan. 13, 8pm at the PIT Underground (123 E. 24th Street bet. Park Ave. & Lexington Ave.) - $5
    Join your hosts RuBin as they showcase some of the funniest improv duos playing in NYC today. Some of them may be seriously funny, other duos may be beautifully tragic. We can promise you that all of them will be equally memorable. WithRuby Marez & Binu Paulose.
  • Spank: Newsadoozies
    Thursday, Jan. 19, 6:30 PM, UCB Chelsea (16th and 8th), $5 (Free with UCB Student ID)
    If you are a fan of Newsies you should check out this new fucked up musical unassociated with the Walt Disney Co. or the movie Newsies.
    Written by Brian Glidewell & Marcy Jarreau; Music and Additional Lyrics by Kevin Carter; Starring Brian Glidewell, Dan Hoddap, Aaron Jackson, Megan Maes, Kevin Murphy, Katie Schorr and Stephanie Streisand

Events:
  • The next UCB Diversity meet-up is Saturday, Jan. 28 1-3 pm at the UCB Training Center (145 W 30th st).
  • The next UCB Diversity practice session is Sunday, Jan. 29, 7-9 pm, at the UCB Training Center (145 W 30th st).

Other:

Andrew Fafoutakis: “Hello all! Introducing a brand new show at the Magnet Theater called There’s No Place Like Home! A GLTBQ improv event! This is what we hope to be the first of many GLBTQ improv shows at the Magnet. Where you come in is we need improvisers of all skills and levels to join our rotating cast! Our first show is January 16th, (Mon.) 10PM, and we’re already booked with a full cast. If you’d like to join us for future shows, email afafou@gmail.com with your information. Also if you can’t please spread the word! We need a full house that night to guarantee future shows on a once a month basis. So excited to do this, and we hope you can join us!”
December 17th, 2011

Shows and Events - December 2011

Hello all,

This end of year 2011 is a great time to catch some shows at the UCB! Lots of shows celebrating diversity:

  • The Soul Glo Project
    Midnight - Sat.  Dec. 17 - UCBeast - $5
    Join Keisha Zollar as she hosts the Soul Glo Project a comedy variety show featuring a diverse cast of performers bringing to the stage the very best stand up, sketch, improv, video, dance, and music. With Naomi Ekperigin, Nobody’s Token, Olmpia Gyros, Pou Productions & more! 
  • The Longest Harold Night of the Year
    8 pm - Tue. Dec. 20 - UCB Chelsea - $20
    December 20th is the longest night of the year, and it’s also The Longest Harold Night of the Year! Every UCB Theatre Harold Team performs on this night to spread cheer and glad tidings - and some funny ass shit! 
  • Thursday Dec. 22 there are four one women shows in a row at UCB Chelsea! For $10, you’ll get four ladies on stage starting at 8!
    POSE (With Sue Galloway), Minimum Rage (with Sue Smith), Everybody’s Dumb and Boring (with Joanna Bradley), and NAKED PEOPLE (with Julia Wiedman).
  • Finally, you can also catch InvAsian at the People’s Improv Theater tonight at 7 pm ($5, free with any student ID form any school).  The team just recently had a nod from Time Out New York! Watch what happens when the funniest local Asian talents from The PIT, UCB, and Magnet get chop sueyed together for improvised craziness. These guys are taking everything they know about math, dry cleaning, nursing, academically demanding parents, Tony Jaa, online roleplaying games, fish, outsourced call centers, Gojira, & cab driving, and tossing it all in the wok for you to eat up with a hot cup of tea!

REMINDER

The December scholarship applications are now online! You can download them here:
Please note that there are two different forms; make sure to get the right one.
It’s due back by December 31st at 11:59 pm. Good luck!
October 6th, 2011

Shows and Events This Weekend (Oct. 6 - 9, 2011)

There are a few shows with our Diversity folks this weekend:

Shows:

  • Thirsty Thursday Comedy Show
    Thursday, October 6, 8 PM, Serendipity Wines-1585 1st Ave (between 82nd and 83rd), Free
    UCB Students Eugene Chang, Victor Hernandez, and Cezar Salamathosts Thirsty Thursday, a new FREE monthly comedy show. This month’s show is sponsored by Brooklyn Vodka, so there will be FREE vodka and drinks from Brooklyn Vodka. The lineup for the show will be: Andy Haynes (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon); CaliseHawkins (Last Comic Standing); Brooke Van Poppelen (TruTV); Josh Homer (Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham) and Liz Miele (ComedyCentral’s Live at Gotham)
  • InvAsian
    Friday, October 7, 8 pm, People’s Improv Theater (PIT), 123 E 24thSt., $5 (Free with student IDs from any school)
    InvAsian! is an all-Asian Improv collective that merges some of the funniest, wackiest, yellowest, brownest, rice-est Asian improvisers from The PIT, UCB, and Magnet. Performing as InvAsian! on this date: Kirk Damato, Phil Magbitang, Poupak Sepehri, Nicole C. Lee, Binu Paulose, Joel Arandia, Sarah Claspell, Roy Koshy, Risa Sang-Urai Harms, Shalini Tripahi, Terry Lin, Woody Fu,  and other Asian special guests!! With opening act Blue Suede!
  • Slambot at eGarave.tv
    Friday, October 7, 9 pm, eGarage.tv, 44-02 23rd St. Studio 104, Long Island City, NY 11101

 

Event:

  • Diversity Next Meet-Up and Practice Session
    THIS Saturday October 8, 2011
    Practice Session 1-3pm
    Meet-up 3-5pm at the Training Center
    145 W 30th, 4th Floor
    OPEN TO EVERYONE!