Jon Bander has been a Character and Sketch 101 teacher at UCBT since 2016. He also taught and performs musical improv with Premiere: The Improvised Musical at the Magnet Theater in NYC. Jon was selected to perform in Montreal's Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, and has also worked for The Second City aboard the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship. Jon has also performed and taught workshops at festivals and cities across the country. TV credits include HBO Max's "The White House Plumbers" and "Search Party", and the Netflix shows "Master Of None", "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and "The Characters".

Most people call him Bander. Feel free to do the same.