Posted by Jesse Fox Del Close was the father of modern long-from improv, and last weekend, for the 13th year in a row, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre put on a festival in his honor. The Del Close Marathon last for 52.5 hours, from 4:30PM Friday to 9:00PM Sunday, and I was there for 43 of them. When I interviewed Ben Schwartz a couple months ago, he spoke at great length about how important UCB was both to the honing […]