
Amy Poehler doesn't know if UCB will reopen
CNN
Amy Poehler is unsure about the future of the Upright Citizens Brigade, the improv theater she co-founded.
"What we said in our statement was true, which is, we were trying to own up to the things we did wrong or didn't know or know now," Poehler told The New York Times of the struggling theater. "It's a tough time to survive." Poehler says she took the past year to work with Project Rethink, formed by UCB alums in order to get their feedback, and while she's hopeful for some sort of "new version" of the space and group, she is unsure UCB will survive.
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