Coaches

Shane Nielsen

Hello! I would love to coach your team/practice/audition prep group! I'm currently on Raaaatscraps and the musical improv team Rumpleteaser. I was previously on the UCB Harold Team Game 7 and the UCB Lloyd team The Outlaw. Past indie teams include: Gym Crush, I Love Juicy, and Muffy. Thanks...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Jessie Jolles

HELLO! I have been taking classes since 2012 and was on UCB Lloyd team Lisa From School and before that Witch! I perform with Gulf Oil and I love coaching all size teams! I can help with: TEAMWORK! Harolds, 2nd beats, group games, 2 prov, listening, game, organics, pattern game, ...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Adam Hurd

Adam Hurd is a writer and comedian who writes slightly surreal genre fiction. He came to NYC in search of some kind of meaning to life and found improv instead. Working with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater as an intern and a student, he learned improv and comedy writing from some of the best...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Matt Czap.

Hey, I'm Matt! I can coach your team/practice group at any level. We can also practice and run drills for auditons. I've been improvising since 2007 and have been at UCB since 2011. I was on the UCB Harold team Highwater and previously with Moose, Zaddy, and The Union. I was also in the Way of...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Donald Chang

"Support & Specify" is my improv philosophy. I want to help you play your smartest, funnest and togetherest. Either over Zoom or in person. If y'all need to cancel, please give me 24 hrs warning ahead of time. Cancellations made within 24 hrs will still be charged. I was on Lloyd...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Christine Magee

Hi Everybody! I would love to coach your group or your team. I've been improvising in NYC since 2005 when I started taking classes at UCB and then, later, at the Magnet. I am currently on a Magnet house team (Buttercup), and have been a member of several other Megawatt teams over the years. ...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Sanket Rane

Sanket is a performer on Magnet theater house team Boy-Girl Party. He's always been a theater kid, having acted in and directed a number of plays and sketches. He began doing improv the week he landed in New York in 2018, and it completely transformed his life. Sanket has various theories on '...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Max Bank

Hi, I'm Max! I'm studied improv and sketch at UCB, Magnet, PIT, and WGIS, and have been a performer at those theaters as well. I was also a simultaneous member of improv, musical improv, and sketch (writing and acting) house teams at the Magnet. Also, I'm an actor who has studied drama at B...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Matt McCormick

Matt's been performing long-form improv for over a decade, but he was also funny before that. He took his first class at UCB LA in 2014, fell in love with it, and never stopped. He was in the UCB Academy program right up until the end. Get access to all the knowledge Matt's gained from Legenda...
Schedule updated about 1 year ago

Murphy McHugh

Hi, I'm based in Washington, DC and well versed in Zoom improv! I'd love to coach a session for your team and specialize in forms and fundamentals. I started doing improv in 2005 and have kept active with both improv and sketch since. I completed the improv and sketch training programs at UCB and...
Schedule updated over 1 year ago