The New York School (UCB Game-Theory)
1996-2020
The UCB-dominant NYC lineage — game-of-the-scene as primary discipline, if/then heightening, tight premise-driven long-form.
Known for
- UCB founders arrived in NYC from Chicago (Besser, Poehler, Roberts, Walsh) and systematized the Chicago game-school material for a new training audience.
- Craft difference from Chicago: game is explicit and named, not emergent; premise-first thinking; faster editing.
- UCB closed in 2020 (pandemic); the diaspora (Magnet Theater, Armory, The Pit, independent coaches) carries the lineage.
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