Coaches
Sue Smith
Haaaay buddies! Sue Smith here. I want to coach the shit out of you, but in a nice way. I teach improv and acting at New York Film Academy. I've been an improviser at the UCB since 2007 and have studied with Bobby Moynihan, Lennon Parham, Anthony King, Neil Casey, Dyna Moe, Shannon O'Neill, Port...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Brad Temple
Hi! I've been improvising for nearly ten years. I began in Austin, where I studied and performed at ColdTowne Theater, the Hideout Theatre, and the Institution Theater. I performed in weekly shows for house teams and coached regularly before moving to NYC in Spring 2012. I'm in the Advanced S...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Matthew Sellitti
I've been studying and performing improv since 2007. I have strong respect and love for the craft that I'd like to share with you. I've taken classes under multitudes of fantastic teachers from Magnet, UCB, P.I.T, and Annoyance. I am currently performing on a Magnet house team. I believe all styl...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Sam Rogal
I have been on several house teams at the Magnet Theater and am currently enrolled in Advanced Study at UCB. My goal is to try to be the kind of improv coach that I have always liked; energetic, fun, organized, responsible, and, most importantly, willing to listen to what a group needs and pl...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Rachel MacRae Bouton
Rachel Bouton currently appears as a member of the touring musical improv company Broadway's Next Hit Musical, as the host of Phaedra's Cabaret (Flux Industries), and as a member of the musical improv house team Vern (People's Improv Theatre). She is also the creative director behind This is You...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Samantha Jane Gurewitz
I've been doing improv since 2005 and studied under the most amazing teachers like Armando Diaz, Chris Gethard, Christina Gausas, Joe Wengert, Anthony King, Charlie Todd and Michael Delaney. I was on the Magnet house team Harlequin and in Billy Merritt's awesome UCB show The Ninja. I've been in t...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Mehdi Barakchian
MehdI currently teaches for the PIT and coaches for the 10,000 hours program. You can catch him performing weekly with PIT house team HOLIDAY. He was born in New York City and currently lives in New Jersey — and doesn’t care for your opinion on the matter. He has studied sketch and improv at The ...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Natalia Plaza
- Was rejected by Story Pirates. - Won 3rd place in the 2015 NBC/UCBT Diversity Showcase Scholarship - Came to the UCBT in 2011. - Began coaching in September 2013 for a mash up practice group and then coached Leisure Class for the good part of 6 months. She coached Squalor until Nick F...Schedule updated over 9 years ago
Jon Hess
I've been taking IMPROV classes at the theatre since 2012 (but like really early 2012) with Anthony Atamanuik, Abra Tabak, John Frusciante, Shannon O'Neill, and Lydia Hensler (101-ASH, respectively), along with workshops taught by Billy Merritt, Alex Berg, Will Hines, Mel Cowan, and a host of oth...Schedule updated over 9 years ago