Profile for Gravid Water

Gravid Water, the Upright Citizens Brigade's monthly theater/improv mash-up, returns Monday, April 28th with a stellar Broadway and comedy cast. Tickets, as always and by design, are $10. (It sells out, but we do our best to get everyone in.) Full cast below:

https://ucbcomedy.com/show/gravid-water-4/

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6)
Jon Glaser (Parks and Recreation, Girls)
Peter Grosz (Veep, Broadway: Good Night, Oscar)
Michael Hartney (How to Die Alone, Broadway: School of Rock)
Krystel Lucas (Jessica Jones, The Blacklist)
Zoey Martinson (The Fisherman, The Black History Museum…)
Adam Pally (Happy Endings, Mr. Throwback)
Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Broadway: The Lt. of Inishmore (Tony nom.))
Krysta Rodriguez (Smash, Broadway: Spring Awakening)
Brian Stack (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan)
 

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

Gravid Water, the Upright Citizens Brigade's long-running theater/improv mash-up, is back on Monday, January 20th, 8:30 p.m. The January cast features Lena Hall (Hedwig--Tony), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash), Adam Pally (Happy Endings), Scott Adsit (30 Rock), John Lutz (30 Rock), Tami Sagher (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Brian Stack (Colbert), Krystel Lucas (Jessica Jones), Jonathan Kaplan (Falsettos--Tony nom.), and more to come.

Tickets are, um, $10--we try to keep the prices low--and this always sells out. We do our best to squeeze everyone in.

https://ucbcomedy.com/show/gravid-water/

Gravid Water, the UCB's long-running theater-improv mash-up, returns with Lou Diamond Phillips, Jeff Hiller, Scott Adsit, and many more--and you are invited!

It's Monday, November 11, 8:30 p.m., at the new UCB theater in the East Village, 242 E. 14th Street. Tickets are...$10 in advance, $15 day of show. (We keep tickets ridiculously low, when possible.) It sells out quickly, but we do our best to get everyone in. The show is also live-streamed. Cast is as follows, and always subject to change.

https://ucbcomedy.com/show/gravid-water-nycf/

Gravid Water

Gravid Water is a theatrical-comedy experiment where actors are given real scenes from real plays that they prepare as they would for a regular play. They are paired with improvisers who have no prior knowledge of the scenes—seeing and reacting to them for the first time on stage. The always surprising results are hilarious, heartbreaking, and everything in between. Gravid Water has played to sold-out houses in New York and Los Angeles for over fifteen years, as well as the Kennedy Center and theaters across the country. Starring the biggest names in comedy, Broadway, television, and movies, Gravid Water is honored to bring this wild experiment back home to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. 

Featuring this month:
Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6)
Carla Briscoe (Blue Caprice, A Little Help)
Sunita Deshpande (Daredevil, Moonshot)
John Lutz (30 Rock, Late Night with Seth Meyers)
Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba, Broadway: The King and I (Tony nom.))
Tami Sagher (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Don’t Think Twice)
Brian Stack (Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan)
Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere, Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)
Sandy Rustin (Clue, Broadway: The Cottage)
Liz Wisan (The Gilded Age, Broadway: Other Desert Cities)

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

 

The Upright Citizens Brigade's grand opening re-launch includes Gravid Water, its long running Broadway/improv mash-up. It's Monday, September 16th 8:30 p.m., at the new UCB Theatre in the East Village, and this month's stars include Laura Benanti, Jason Sudeikis, Cady Huffman, Scott Adsit, Brian Stack, Tami Sagher, John Lutz, Krystel Lucas, Jonathan Kaplan, Melle Powers, and more--and you're invited! Tickets are...wait for it....$10 ahead of time/$15 day of show. It sells out quickly, but we do our best to get as many in from standby as possible.

https://ucbcomedy.com/show/ucbny-grand-reopening-gravid-water/

There's a Les Mis-themed piece up on McSweeney's now: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cosette-receives-a-letter-from-her-hoa-regarding-her-castle-on-a-cloud?fbclid=IwAR0bJj0f9CNWI01BPbq0vg7mZdPziXgO0ZYRZYCli6t7zE1g7TyGg1FVOkI

This may be funny to you...if you are VERY FAMILIAR with "If I Were A Rich Man" from Fiddler. (I think that's 90% of this board.)

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tevye-from-fiddler-on-the-roof-now-a-rich-man-receives-a-letter-from-his-hoa

The Upright Citizens Brigade's monthly Broadway/comedy mash-up is Monday, January 27th, featuring Krysta Rodriguez (First Date), Scott Adsit (30 Rock), David Cross (Arrested Development), Jonathan Kaplan (Falsettos), and many more, and you are invited!  Full cast and info below:

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New York's top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Carla Briscoe (Blue Caprice, Providence)
David Cross (Mr. Show, Arrested Development, The Post)
Michael Delaney (The Stepfathers, The Swarm, Broadway: You're Welcome America...)
Jonathan Kaplan (Broadway: The Diary of Anne Frank, Falsettos (Tony nom.))
Melle Powers (Chapelle's Show, The Old Friends)
Krysta Rodriguez (Trial & Error, Smash, Broadway: First Date, The Addams Family)
Tami Sagher (30 Rock, Shrill, Don't Think Twice)
Brian Stack (Conan, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/71790

Gravid Water
Monday, January 27th, 9 p.m.
UCB Theatre, 555 W. 42nd (bet. 10th and 11th Avenues)
$9

Michael Shannon and Cristin Milioti join the November cast of UCB's Gravid Water, its monthly theater/improv mash-up.   This Monday, November 25th, is the 15th anniversary show.  Full cast below:

(Tickets are $9, and we'll squeeze everyone in from standby.)

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/71218

New York's top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Carla Briscoe (Blue Caprice, Providence)
Becky Drysdale (Key & Peele, Orange is the New Black)
Jon Glaser (Girls, Parks & Rec, Jon Glaser Loves Gear)
Jonathan Kaplan (Broadway: The Diary of Anne Frank, Falsettos (Tony nom.))
Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother, Fargo, Broadway: Once (Tony nom.))
Melle Powers (Chappelle's Show, The Old Friends)
Tami Sagher (Girls, Shrill, Don't Think Twice)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road, Nocturnal Animals (Oscar noms.), Long Day's Journey...(Tony nom.))

Michael Shannon, Cady Huffman, Scott Adsit, Jon Glaser, and more, will be joining us in July for the Upright Citizens Brigade's Gravid Water, our monthly theater/improv mash-up.  And you are invited!

The show is Monday, July 29th, 7:30 p.m. at the UCB Theatre-Hell's Kitchen.  Tickets are $9 (!) and can be purchased here:

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/69410

Full cast below!

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New York's top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Alvin Crawford (Broadway: The Lion King, Miss Saigon)
Michael Delaney (Conan, Broadway: You're Welcome America...)
Jon Glaser (Girls, Parks and Recreation, Jon Glaser Loves Gear)
Cady Huffman (Broadway: The Will Rogers Follies (Tony nom.), The Producers (Tony award))
Tami Sagher (Orange is the New Black, Don't Think Twice)
Michael Shannon (Tony nom: Long Day's Journey..., Academy Award noms: Revolutionary Road, Nocturnal Animals)
Amy Warren (Broadway: August; Osage County, Act One) 

And more to come!

Gravid Water
Monday, July 29th, 7:30 p.m.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre-Hell's Kitchen
555 W. 42nd Street, between 10th and 11th Aves.
$9

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

 

Gravid Water, the Upright Citizens Brigade's monthly theater/improv mash-up, will feature Michael Shannon, Lena Hall, Cristin Milioti, Jon Glaser, and many more, for the Monday, February 25th edition.  And you are invited!  Tickets are $9, and available here.  (They sell out fast, but we do a generous stand-by line.)

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/66984

Full description below:
New York top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:
Michael Delaney (The Stepfathers, Broadway: You're Welcome America...)
Jon Glaser (Girls, Parks and Recreation, Jon Glaser Loves Gear)
Lena Hall (Snowpiercer, Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award))
Jonathan Kaplan (Broadway: Falsettos (Tony nom.), Diary of Anne Frank)
Cristin Milioti (How I Met You Mother, Broadway: Once (Tony nom.))
Tami Sagher (Orange is the New Black, Don't Think Twice)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road (Oscar nom.), Broadway: Long Day's Journey... (Tony nom.))
Brian Stack (Conan, The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert)
Liz Wisan (Gloria: A Life, Broadway: Other Desert Cities)

And many more to come!

Gravid Water, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 555 W. 42nd Street
Monday, February 25th, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $9

If you get in the standby line by 7:15, you will almost certainly get into the show.  Hope this helps!  Also, check the website from time to time on the day of show.  They sometimes release more tickets.

Gravid Water, the Upright Citizens Brigade's monthly theater/improv smash-up, will feature Lena Hall, Jason Sudeikis, Cady Huffman, Scott Adsit, and many more, for the Monday, January 28th edition.  And you are invited!  Tickets are $9, and available here.  (They sell out fast, but we do a generous stand-by line.)

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/66577

Full description below:

New York top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Michael Delaney (The Stepfathers, Broadway: You're Welcome America...)
Lena Hall (Snowpiercer, Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award))
Cady Huffman (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Broadway: The Producers (Tony Award))
Tami Sagher (Orange is the New Black, Don't Think Twice)
Brian Stack (Conan, The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert)
Jason Sudeikis (Saturday Night Live, Horrible Bosses)

And many more to come!

Gravid Water, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 555 W. 42nd Street
Monday, January 28th, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $9

Hello,

Tony winner Cady Huffman joins 30 Rock's Scott Adsit, Happy Endings' Adam Pally, and many other Broadway and comedy stars in UCB's monthly theater/improv mash-up, Gravid Water.  And you are invited!  It's Monday, October 29th, 8 p.m., at the UCB Theatre in Hell's Kitchen, and tickets are $9.  Cast and description below:

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/64920

New York's top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Sandra Bauleo (Good Crazy, 30 Rock)
Adam Pally (The President Show, Happy Endings)
Cady Huffman (Broadway: The Producers (Tony award), The Will Rogers Follies (Tony nom.))
Zoey Martinson (Ndebele Funeral, Are We There Yet?) 
Tami Sagher (Orange is the New Black, 30 Rock, Don't Think Twice)
Brian Stack (Conan, The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert)
Amy Warren (Broadway: August Osage County, Act One)

Gravid Water
The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
Monday, October 29th, 8 p.m.
555 W. 42nd Street
$9

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

Tony winner Cady Huffman and 30 Rock's Scott Adsit headline the Upright Citizens Brigade's Gravid Water, its monthly theater/improv mash-up, and you are invited!

Monday, September 24th, 8 p.m., tickets are $9, and can be purchased here:

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/64393

Full cast and details below:

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New York's top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Becky Drysdale (Orange is the New Black, High Maintenance)
Jon Glaser (Jon Glaser Loves Gear, Girls, Parks and Rec)
Peter Grosz (The President Show, Veep)
Cady Huffman (Broadway: The Producers (Tony award), The Will Rogers Follies (Tony nom.))
Jonathan Kaplan (Broadway: Diary of Anne Frank, Falsettos (Tony nom.))
Zoey Martinson (Ndebele Funeral, Are We There Yet?)
Susan Pourfar (Scandal, Tribes (Theatre World Award))
Sandy Rustin (Don't Quit Your Night Job, The Cottage)
Brian Stack (Conan, The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert)

Monday, September 24th, 8 p.m.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 555 W. 42nd Street

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

This is this afternoon!  We'll get in as many as we can from standby.

https://www.ucbtheatre.com/show/6673

We're doing Gravid Water as part of the Upright Citizens Brigade's annual Del Close Marathon on Sunday, July 1st, at 3:45 p.m. at the Signature Theatre in NYC.  UCB's long-running Gravid Water mixes the brightest theater and comedy stars, and our annual Del Close show always gets a star-studded line-up from our New York and Los Angeles theaters.  You are invited!

The marathon show sells out quickly, but we will release more tickets, and try to get everyone in from standby.

https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/schedule/07/2018

Full line-up below:

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Top improvisors and actors from New York and LA, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Alvin Crawford (Broadway: Candide, The Lion King)
Michael Delaney (Conan, Broadway: You're Welcome, America...)
Maria Dizzia (Orange is the New Black, Broadway: In the Next Room (Tony nom.))
Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live, Bob's Burgers)
Becky Drysdale (Orange is the New Black, Key & Peele)
Lena Hall (Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony Award winner))
Cristin Milioti (Fargo, Black Mirror, Broadway: Once (Tony nom.))
Ian Roberts (Bring It On, Key & Peele)
Krysta Rodriguez (Smash, Trial & Error, Broadway: First Date)
Stephen Ruddy (Skype Duet, Stolen House)
Tami Sagher (Orange is the New Black, 30 Rock)
Brian Stack (Conan, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
Matt Walsh (UCB, Veep (Emmy nom.))

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

 

Due to a fire at FIT(!), we have been moved a few blocks north to the historic Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center. Same time, same date, same amazing cast.  We were extremely sold out, but have just released some new tickets:

https://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/54661

(We try to keep the improvisation to the stage, but this time it spilled over into real life... ) You are all invited.

 

Every year, as part of the Upright Citizens Brigade's Del Close Marathon, we do a special all-star Saturday night Gravid Water show, and you are invited!  This year's cast features Michael Cerveris, Veep's Anna Chlumsky and Matt Walsh, 30 Rock's Scott Adsit, Cristin Milioti, Ari Graynor, Maria Dizzia, and many more. (Details below) Tickets are $20, and can be purchased here:

https://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/54661

Saturday, June 24th, 9:30 p.m. at FIT Haft Auditorium on 7th Avenue and 27th Street.

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The LA and New York casts of the Upright Citizen Brigade's Gravid Water come together at last for the Del Close Marathon!  Amazing actors from Broadway, TV, and film join the country's top improvisors in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Michael Cerveris (Fringe, Broadway: Fun Home (Tony winner), Assassins (Tony winner))
Anna Chlumsky (Veep (Emmy nom.), My Girl, Broadway: You Can't Take It With You)
Maria Dizzia (Horace and Pete, Broadway: In the Next Room (Tony nom.))
Becky Drysdale (Orange is the New Black, Key & Peele)
Ari Graynor (I'm Dying Up Here, The Sopranos, Broadway: The Performers)
Cristin Milioti (Fargo, How I Met Your Mother, Broadway: Once (Tony nom.))
Ian Roberts (Key & Peele. Reno 911!, Upright Citizens Brigade)
Tami Sagher (Girls, 30 Rock, Don't Think Twice)
Brian Stack (Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan)
Matt Walsh (Veep (Emmy nom.), Upright Citizens Brigade)

And more performers to come!

Hello,

Tony winners Shuler Hensley and Cady Huffman join an all-star cast in The Upright Citizens Brigade's theater/improv mash-up, Gravid Water, for their January show--and you are invited!  Tickets are, um, $7.  This show sells out very quickly, but we get everyone in from standby.  Full cast and details below!

http://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/51044

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New York top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring:

Michael Delaney (The Stepfathers, Broadway: You're Welcome America...)
Becky Drysdale (Orange is the New Black, Key & Peele)
Shuler Hensley (Van Helsing, Broadway: Oklahoma! (Tony Award winner))
Cady Huffman (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Broadway: The Producers (Tony Award winner))
Tim Martin (Broad City, Tosh.0)
Nina O'Keefe (Steppenwolf: Mary Page Marlow, Golden Boy (Jeff nom.))
Susan Pourfar (Manchester By the Sea, Scandal)
Amy Rutberg (Daredevil, HBO's Recount)
Tami Sagher (Girls, 30 Rock, Don't Think Twice)
Brian Stack (Late Night with Stephen Colbert, Conan)

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

Gravid Water
Monday, January 30th, 8 p.m.
$7
307 W. 26th Street (at 8th Avenue)

Rachel Dratch, Scott Adsit, Cady Huffman, and more, join the Upright Citizens Brigade's Gravid Water this month, and you are invited!  Tickets are, um, $5. This show sells out early, but we get everyone in from standby.  Full details below!

http://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/50014

Gravid Water, Monday, November 28th, 8 p.m.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
307 W. 26th Street (at 8th Avenue)

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New York top improvisors and actors, from Broadway, 30 Rock, Conan, SNL, and beyond, perform in scenes from Stoppard to Sophocles, and everything in between. The actors will know their lines, and the improvisors will improvise, with no prior knowledge of the scenes!

Featuring this month:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Michael Delaney (The Stepfathers, Broadway: You're Welcome, America)
Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live, Privacy)
Mark Gagliardi (The Thrilling Adventure Hour, Drunk History)
Jeff Hiller (Nightcap, Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)
Cady Huffman (Broadway: The Producers (Tony Award), The Will Rogers Follies (Tony nom.))
Mallory Portnoy (Privacy, Shakespeare in the Park: A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Tami Sagher (Girls, 30 Rock, Don't Think Twice)
Julie Sharbutt (The Good Wife, Shakespeare in the Park: Twelfth Night)
Brian Stack (Conan, Late Night with Stephen Colbert)

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy