Online Classes:

Stand Up New York: The Tight Five | Cost: $187 | Description: In the world of stand up comedy, a "tight five" is your best five minutes of material arranged to have the biggest impact on your audience. And for many comics, it takes years to learn how to write, refine, and perform a great five-minute set.

We Are Funny Project: Stepping Into Stand Up Comedy w/Alfie Noakes | Cost: $99 (80GBP) | Description: Stepping Into Stand-Up Comedy is a comprehensive online course for newcomers to stand-up and for comedians with fewer than 100 gigs. Joke-writing, structuring your set, on-stage persona, performance skills, even booking your first gig, and what to do after the show--it's all covered in-depth and online in this course.

We Are Funny Project: How To Be A Brilliant Stand Up Comedy MC | Cost: $175 (140GBP) | Description: How To Be A Brilliant Stand-Up Comedy MC is a comprehensive online course for comedians with 50+ gigs, and MCs who want to raise their game. Crowd work, heckler-management, spontaneous and work-in material, setting the tone, even keeping the night on track and on time--it's all covered in-depth and online in this course.

Live Stand Up Comedy Classes

San DIego, CA

National Comedy Theatre: NCT offers classes in Stand Up Comedy that are perfect for either beginners looking to try out a new skill or advanced performers looking to hone their craft.Classes are taught weekly by professional comics and are a fantastic, low-stress way to develop the art of stand up comedy.Some of our students have even gone on to perform at local and regional comedy clubs. Find your inner funny and join our stand up comedy classes at NCT!

Mic Drop Comedy: (CHECK WEBSITE FOR CURRENT SCHEDULE) Join our six week stand up comedy workshop, and develop a 5 minute set that you can perform at open mics and live shows! This course is led by professional stand up comedians with years of experience. The workshop simulates a small show environment that gives each student an opportunity to be on stage each session. The MicDrop Comedy Workshop is fun, engaging and an amazing resource for anyone looking to start stand up comedy!

Los Angeles & New York

The Westside Comedy Theatre: SANTA MONICA, CA | The Westside Comedy Theater is one of the premier stand up clubs in Los Angeles having celebrity names like Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennen, Tig Notaro and a ton more regularly on our stage. Industry professionals teach our Stand Up classes and you’ll get to perform on our stage after you’ve completed each level. Real time experience with expert instructors. Sign up today! Three tiers of classes: 101 Find Your Voice, 201 Develop Your Material, 301 Hone Your Act 3 Tiers / 6 Weeks / 3hr per week with a performance at the end of each class. We won’t teach you how to be funny but we will help you find your voice, develop successful habits and help you put together your set. Let us help you bypass some of the pitfalls every comic must pass through.

Tao Comedy Studio: LOS ANGELES, CA | The Tao of Comedy approach is unlike any other stand-up comedy class in Los Angeles or anywhere out there. Based on Bobbie Oliver’s book The Tao of Comedy: Embrace the Pause, our method is grounded in Zen Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, and helps each person tap into their creativity and their authentic voice as a comedian, to have a unique take on subjects and become a more prolific joke-writer. Our approach is organic and extremely positive. The feed-back is detailed and constructive, and while specific to each individual comic, is placed in real-time and comedic historical context so that everyone in class benefits. Our stand-up comedy classes in Los Angeles are fun and supportive. We provide a safe space to create, experiment and find your own comedy voice.

American Comedy Institute: ACI’s standup comedy classes are conducted by award-winning, comedy director and writer Stephen Rosenfield and his standup staff. They are conducted so that when it’s time for your club performance, you will have solidly written, funny material and you will be well rehearsed and ready to perform at your peak and beyond. These standup comedy classes are offered to both beginners and advanced students. The workshops are comprised of group classes, private coaching sessions and a performance at Gotham or West Side Comedy Club.