Full Ammo will host the NYC improv troupe tonight that jumpstarted the careers of well-known comedians like Amy Poehler, Rob Riggle, Bobby Moynihan and Ed Helms, said Brad Einstein, president of the Full Ammo Improv Troupe.

The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), both a theater touring company and a training center, will present a free show at 10 tonight in HUB Alumni Hall with LateNight Penn State.

Founded in the '90s, the company has brewed a slew of successful alumni, including Poehler on Saturday Night Live, Riggle on The Daily Show, Moynihan on SNL and Helms on The Daily Show and The Office, Einstein (junior-theatre) said.

Full Ammo tries to emulate the styles that go on at UCB, Einstein said. This is a group of high-caliber comedians that focus on long-form improvisation, taking the form of scenes similar to sketches seen on SNL opposed to the Whose Line is it Anyway? short-form games that cut energy, Einstein said.

UCB interviews an individual from the audience and deconstructs the themes of that interview to craft scenes based on those themes, Einstein said.

"It is really amazing and almost impossible to define," Einstein said. "It's a lot like a grenade exploding. Things are going everywhere, shrapnel is shredding your flannel shirt, but you can see where it all came from and that's where the genius lies," Einstein said.

Tonight's performers are any combination of trainees, teachers or regular performers at UCB, Einstein said, adding, "These people get huge."

In fact, Moyniham was touring with UCB right up until he became the newest cast member of SNL, Anthony King, artistic director of UCB theater, said. King will also be performing in tonight's show.

The UCB troupe had a show on Comedy Central from 1998 to 2000.

"This is a real taste of what's happening in the big city, coming to State College," Einstein said.

Full Ammo will open tonight with long-form improvisation, Einstein said. Similar to UCB's method, in two to five minute scenes, Full Ammo will ask a member of the audience for a word, proceed to build up that word in a monologue, and then expand on the monologue's themes, improvising all the while, Einstein said. There are no props and it is very character-based, unlike TV comedy games, Einstein added.

"Penn State is a very sports-oriented school and the chance to see a glimpse of some of the finest comedians in the country and of New York in a show like this doesn't present itself every day," Einstein said. "You won't see anything like this for the rest of the year, I can tell you that."

Full Ammo has performed with the UCB before, including in an NYC marathon at the UCB-hosted festival and in a festival at the University of Delaware. However, this will be its first time performing in State College, King said.

"This show will never be performed again," King said. "So if you miss it, there's no way to ever see it again."