Jan 3, 2013
On today's show we talk to Nate Dern and John Frusciante, the
Artistic and Associate Artistic Directors of the Upright Citizens
Brigade Theatre NY. Founded in the late '90s by Matt Besser, Matt
Walsh, Ian Roberts and Amy Poehler, the UCB Theatre has come to
prominence in the last decade as one of the best comedy theaters in
the country, as well as a pipeline for many into industry careers,
as graduates have gone on to Saturday Night Live, The
Daily Show, The Office and many other TV shows and
movies.
Early in December, we sat down with Nate and John in the back of
the UCB Training Center to talk about the nuts and bolts of running
the Theatre and some of the difficulties they've faced.
Subscribe on iTunes and see us live at UCB East on Jan. 8th at 8pm with artist Molly Crabapple (Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School) and Erika and Annie of indie rock band Au Revoir Simone; and at the NYC Podfest with Halley Feiffer (The Squid and the Whale, Bored to Death), Julieanne Smolinski (Rolling Stone's 25 Funniest People on Twitter) and musical guest Mike Pace (Oxford Collapse, Worst Gig Ever podcast)!