Take an improvised journey into family dysfunction. Did your Dad try to kill your Mom’s boyfriend? Did your sister start a fire on Thanksgiving? Or did someone just forget Grandma in the car for a few hours? From a single audience interview, Death By Roo Roo takes what caused your family pain and turns it into a night of hilarious improv comedy for all to enjoy. Death By Roo-Roo is John Gemberling, Brett Gelman, Curtis Gwinn, Jackie Clarke, Anthony Atamanuik and Neil Casey.
The Upright Citizens Brigade (Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh) came to New York, from Chicago, in 1996. After staging their award winning sketch comedy show and introducing their critically acclaimed brand of cutting-edge improvised comedy to New York audiences they founded the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre now located at 307 W 26th Street in Chelsea. In 2005, the UCB Theatre opened a second venue in Los Angeles located at 5919 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood. UCB Theatre features some of the best comedy through both venues seven nights a week. In addition to the popular live entertainment UCB Theatre also operates one of the largest comedy Training Centers in the world with students appearing on and writing for stage, television and major motion picture productions and the Internet.
