The UCB theater's co-founders announced they've made the “heart wrenching, but necessary, decision” to shut down the theater in Hell’s Kitchen as well as the UCB Training Center on 8th Avenue
UCB’s Hell’s Kitchen theater. Photo: Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre/Trip Advisor The coronavirus has led to temporary closures of comedy clubs, theaters, and other venues across the country, but the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York has been forced to make a more drastic decision during the pandemic.
“This is devastating to us, but for some time now, even in a normal, robust economy, we have barely been able to pay the high rents in New York City for the Hell’s Kitchen Theater and the Training Center. Given the indefinite shutdown of all theaters and schools in both Los Angeles and New York City and the anticipated slow and uncertain return to normal when restrictions are lifted, we cannot afford to continue on in our New York City leases,” the email reads.
The lengthy email goes on to explain that, while the UCB theater and training center will be closed, “UCB is not leaving New York City. The school and the theater will continue on in a pared-down form, which will be very similar to how we operated when we first started in NYC over 20 years ago.” Shows will continue at venues such as SubCulture, while classes will be taught “at various locations across the city that we will rent on a per-class basis.
Today’s news of the UCB New York closures comes a month after the theater laid off all theater staff on both coasts, which many former staffers felt was mishandled by the UCB 4. Those concerns were addressed in today’s email to the UCB community, with the co-founders writing, “We understand that this email will bring up a lot of feelings and even more questions. We ask for your patience as we try to institute new policies. We will keep you informed as best we can along the way.
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