Presenters - Upright Citizens Brigade

Alex Fernie

Alex Fernie has been performing improv since moving to Los Angeles after graduating from Vassar College in 2004. He has performed for decades with Convoy (which has been named "Best Improv Show" several times by LA Weekly) as well as shows like Sentimental Lady, Puzzles, J.A.H. and more. He works as a writer and/or director on shows like Childrens Hospital, Bajillion Dollar Properties, NTSF:SD:SUV::, Last Week Tonight & Hotwives of Orlando, and in front of the camera, he's appeared on Reno 911!, Key & Peele, Terriers, Conan, and a bunch of other stuff. He is also afraid of boats

Ali Ghandour

Ali Ghandour is an actor and writer from Azusa, CA who can be seen performing every weekend with 'ASSSSCAT', 'Bangarang!', & 'The Dragons' and monthly with 'Benetton.' TV credits include The Unicorn, Ghosted, Drunk History, The Goldbergs, The Guest Book, and The Truth About Christmas.

After graduating from UCLA, Ali and some buds founded the film/improv team The Wait List where they produced sketches and short films, including their original series 'Teenage Mountain Lion,' which premiered on Hulu. Ali was also selected as a performer for the ABC Discovers Talent Showcase but his mother is most proud of a commercial where he eats a big sandwich.

Allyn Pintal

Allyn Pintal is a writer and performer living in Los Angeles. She was born in the Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She co-hosts/co-produces the comedy variety show, Filipino AF, that has performed at UCB, San Francisco Sketchfest, and the Hawaii Comedy Festival. Currently, she can be found performing on Harold Night with Bitchin'! Previously, she was a writer for Maude Night and hosted an improv/storytelling show with her indie team k3wlAZN420. You can watch her sketch collaboration with Wong Fu Productions on YouTube. She has been teaching improv at UCB since 2020.

Aman Adumer

Aman Adumer is a writer and performer from Denver, Colorado. You can see him perform with his UCBLA Harold Team, Leroy and around town with his all black Indie team, Arcade Currency. If you see him do a good job call his parents and say so.

Ari Voukydis

Ari Voukydis has been performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre since before you were born, and has been teaching there for over 15 years. An award-winning writer of funny things, Ari has performed thousands of hours of comedy, some of it good, from LA to London. He has written for Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, BuzzFeed, GQ, Esquire, SPY, and Entertainment Weekly and has appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show, and about a thousand VH-1 pop culture shows like The Best Week Ever and All Access. Ari is one half of the comedy duo Mark & Ari, whose last sketch show, Loft, ran at UCB NY for a year and was a Time Out New York Critic's Pick. Their comedy short "Small World" was directed by John Landis and featured on The Tonight Show. They have produced several comedy shorts and pilots, and have won an award or two for screenwriting. Ari spent 11 years on Harold Night house teams, and has been part of countless shows, including ASSSCAT, Let's Have a Ball, and Wicked F***in' Queeyah, an annual salute to his home town of Boston that he co-created with Amy Poehler and Rob Corddry. Ari lives in Los Angeles with his wife and comedy partner Betsy Stover. When plague stalketh not the land, they co-host "Teacher’s Lounge: The UCB Faculty Show" at UCB Sunset. They have three very loud sons.

Arik Cohen

Arik Cohen is a founding member of the long-running UCB sketch team Bombardier, and served as Artistic Manager of the Los Angeles UCB theaters. Along with writing a plethora of UCB shows, he has written jokes for MTV, BBC America, and various online outlets. He has a love for spreadsheets, trying to be “hip” and “cool” but failing hard, and is widely considered to be the world’s worst Black Belt.

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