Are you looking into taking a comedy workshop? If so, here’s what you need to know…

While comedy workshops may be good for the extreme newbie to get some very basic information about stand-up comedy and the comedy club scene, don’t expect to be able to produce and deliver headliner level any time soon as a result of a comedy workshop.

Here’s why I can say that, having attended several comedy workshops myself early in my comedy career (which haven’t changed in decades):

1. Most comedy workshops still teach the old school and highly difficult “set-up/punchline” joke writing approach to developing stand-up comedy for the stage.

As a matter of fact, many comedy workshops merely regurgitate the exact same ineffective information provided in several of the more popular books on stand-up comedy. Read the rest of this entry

About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional

Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site.

Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.

There are a number of very good reasons why you should consider attending a comedy workshop or comedy class, especially at the beginning of your comedy career.

And one of those reasons is NOT to make you funnier. If you have read my work before, then you know that you bring funny to the table—you don’t somehow become magically funny.

But a comedy workshop or comedy class can give you some things that you just can’t get anywhere else, specifically stage time and peer review depending on the class or workshop you attend.

Here’s a brief laundry list of how you can benefit from taking a comedy class or comedy workshop (depending on the curriculum of course): Read the rest of this entry

About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional

Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site.

Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.

The following is an article from a source not affiliated with this blog that attempts to provide useful stand-up comedy tips. My comments are provided in bold below.

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People say you’re funny. You’re always making people laugh. It’s something you enjoy doing and when people laugh it is the ultimate reward. You fell like you understand comedy, and now you want to take it to the next level by becoming a professional comedian.

But, being a stand-up comic and comedian is a lot different than making a joke and waiting for your friends to laugh. With comedy, you need to be conscious about the audience, learn about stage presence, and write jokes that have a universal appeal.

Yes, you need to develop comedy material that has universal appeal.  But you don’t have to “write” one single joke.

Joke writing in the conventional sense is old and antiquated. Unfortunately, it’s statements like this that lead people to stare at a blank piece of paper for hours trying to “write” a joke from some plucked from the air concept. It doesn’t have to be that way. Read the rest of this entry

About the Author/Founder of The Stand-up Comedy Professional

Steve Roye is the author of the Killer Stand-up Comedy System and author of the content made available in the Comedy Pro Membership Program available on this site.

Over the past decade, Steve has established himself as a leading, globally recognized expert in the field of stand-up comedy material development, delivery and entertainment business strategies for comedy entertainers as well as speaking professionals.

For more information about Steve, please check out the About The Author section on this site.