Smokeshow takes to the stars in an Earth-shattering sketch comedy event featuring UCB mainstays and LA’s top talent!
Maude Night graduates Smokeshow take over UCB Theatre’s Saturday night with Smokeshow Escape From Earth, a live sketch comedy special that is out-of-this-world funny. When an apocalyptic event makes the planet uninhabitable, the elite class voyages into space in search of a new home while the rest are left to fend for themselves in the wreckage. This dystopian sci-fi comedy hour takes sketch comedy into a genre-bending new territory unlike anything you’ve seen before.
Take to the final frontier with some of LA’s funniest comedians and UCB’s top sketch comedy talent, bringing you a live comedy event that’s the perfect way to spend a Saturday night on the town or live-streamed direct to your home. If you’re looking for a Saturday night comedy show in Los Angeles featuring Hollywood’s best comedians and rising stars, then Smokeshow is the sketch comedy team you’ve got to see to believe.
Smokeshow is a sketch comedy team formed in the 2024-25 Maude Night season and featuring some of LA’s most exciting comedians. Members of the team have appeared in St. Denis Medical (NBC), America’s Got Talent (NBC), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Sony Pictures), Strays (Universal Pictures) and more. Their writing talents have been showcased in A Little Late with Lilly Singh (NBC), the Sundance Film Festival, The AV Club, the Hollywood Fringe Festival, and more.
SMOKESHOW: Jeung Bok Holmquist, Alan Johnson, Leysan Khabibullina, Andrew Lindh, Emily Murnane, Artoun Nazareth, Devin O’Brien, Andres Parada, Kelsi Roberts, Lauren Scharf, Jackie Young
With special guest James III!
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Livestream tickets are $10. Buyers will receive an email with the livestream link one hour before the show. Link will remain accessible indefinitely unless otherwise advertised.
All sales are final. The show starts at the time listed. If you are not at the theater more than 5 minutes before the start of the show, we may release your tickets to the waitlist.
Under 17 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Please use discretion, as all our shows can potentially use adult/sexual material, language, and images.
Lineup is subject to change.
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 5919 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
About UCB FRANKLIN
The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is a comedy institution and training center founded by Amy Poehler, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh in 1996. With theaters in New York City and Los Angeles, UCB has become a hub for some of the best live comedy in the world. Alongside improv, UCB showcases a diverse range of sketch comedy, stand-up, and experimental performances, making it a breeding ground for emerging talents and a stage for established comedians.
