Nikita Burdein

Nikita is an improviser, performer, and teacher of Improv & Musical Improv. He performs at the UCBT East Village on Lloyd Night with his team seventeen and with Fancy Man at Fancy Man Sings!, as well as hosting the XYZ Jam (also at the UCBT East Village). Nikita is an instructor of Musical Improv at the Magnet Theater, where he performs with Musical teams Wonderland and Premiere: The Improvised Musical, as well as non-musical Megawatt House Team Bodywork. He is also currently starring off-off-Broadway in Happy Karaoke Fun Time. He has studied improv since 2011 with Rick Andrews, Louis Kornfeld, Miriam Tolan, Shannon O'Neill, Elana Fishbein, Will Hines, Kirk Damato, Peter McNerney, Ben Rameaka, Achilles Stamatelaky, Amber Petty, Abra Tabak, Erik Tanouye, Chelsea Clarke, Lydia Hensler, Brandon Gardner, Michael Lutton, Aaron Jackson, Oscar Montoya, and Armando Diaz. He is a big fan of live theater and performance and art in general.