Profile for 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

We're doing a special Gravid Water Halloween show with Tony winners Michael Cerveris and Cady Huffman, along with 30 Rock's Scott Adsit and Tami Sagher, and many more guests--and you are invited.  (Maybe come dressed as your favorite character from Smash?)

Monday, October 31st, 8 p.m., UCB Theatre in Chelsea.

Tickets are, um, $5.  This show sells out very quickly, but we will get EVERYONE in from standby.

https://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/49370

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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:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6, Veep)
Michael Cerveris (Broadway: Fun Home (Tony Award), Assassins (Tony Award))
Jennifer Grace (Our Town (Drama Desk Award), Lincoln Center: Nikolai and the Others)
Cady Huffman (Broadway: The Producers (Tony Award), The Will Rogers Follies (Tony nom.))
Nina O'Keefe (Mary Page Marlowe (Steppenwolf), Golden Boy (Jeff nom.))
Tami Sagher (Girls, 30 Rock, Don't Think Twice)

Frank Spitznagel on the piano.

Gravid Water at the Uprights Citizens Brigade Theatre in Chelsea
307 W. 26th Street (at 8th Avenue)
Monday, October 31st, 8 p.m.
$5

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

Cady Huffman, Krysta Rodriguez, Ari Graynor, Jeremy Bobb, Scott Adsit, and many more, star in the Upright Citizens Brigade's monthly theater/improv mash-up, Gravid Water--and you are invited!  It's Monday, May 30th, at 8 p.m.

https://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/45654

Tickets are, um, $5, and it sells out quickly.  But we sincerely try to get everyone in from standby (and almost always do.)  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)
Jeremy Bobb (The Knick, Broadway: Translations, Is He Dead?)
Ari Graynor (The Sopranos, Broadway: The Performers, Relatively Speaking)
Cady Huffman (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Broadway: The Producers (Tony award), The Will Rogers Follies (Tony nom.))
Jonathan Kaplan (Broadway: Falsettos (Tony nom.), The Diary of Anne Frank)
Krysta Rodriguez (Smash, Broadway: First Date, Spring Awakening)
Tami Sagher (Girls, 30 Rock)
Brian Stack (Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan)

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

Monday, May 30th, 8 p.m.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
307 W. 26th Street (at 8th Avenue)
$5

 

 

Hello,

Dianna Agron and Sarah Stiles will be making their Gravid Water debuts on Monday, April 25th, at New York's Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, alongside Aidy Bryant, Scott Adsit, Tami Sagher, Jonathan Kaplan, and many other theater and comedy stars.  Tickets are, um, $5, and you are invited!

(This show sells out very, very quickly, but we sincerely try to get everyone in from stand-by.)

https://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/45128

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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 this month:

Scott Adsit (30 Rock, Big Hero 6)
Dianna Agron (Glee, The Family)
Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live, Horace and Pete)
Michael Delaney (The Stepfathers, Broadway: You're Welcome America...)
Jonathan Kaplan (Broadway: Falsettos (Tony nom.), The Diary of Anne Frank)
Amy Rutberg (Daredevil, The Divine Sister)
Tami Sagher (Girls, 30 Rock)
Brian Stack (Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan)
Sarah Stiles (Broadway: Hand to God (Tony nom.), Avenue Q)
Kate Tellers (The Moth, He Said, She Said)

Gravid Water
Monday, April 25th, 8 p.m.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre-Chelsea
307 W. 26th Street (at 8th Avenue)
$5

Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy

 

Hello,

Vanessa Bayer, Cady Huffman, Scott Adsit, Oliver Chris, and many more, join the Upright Citizens Brigade's long-running theater/improv mash-up, Gravid Water, and you are invited!  Tickets are, um, $5, and we do our best to get everyone in from standby.

https://chelsea.ucbtheatre.com/performance/41909

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Gravid Water, Monday, October 26th, 8 p.m.

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 this month:

Monday, October 26th, 8 p.m.
UCB Theater--Chelsea
Created and directed by Stephen Ruddy