Comedy – Third Coast Comedy Club

Introduction to Clowning, Sundays @ 3:15pm (2023-3)

Face your fears, bust a move, support your comrades, and let your clever self fall away as you tap into your inner fool. Learn to meet the audience where they are, respond more honestly to the world around you, and express yourself with emotional depth, openness, and abandon by practicing tools that build a more physical and visual performance style, making the leap into surreal, absurd, imaginative, unconventional storytelling, finding yourself deep in sh*t along the way. You’ll fail big, win big, belly laugh a lot, and experience the pure joy of connection. Students receive free admission to most improv shows at the theater all session long. This is a 7-week class. Third Coast is a safe, creative, and collaborative environment; any behavior to the contrary will be dealt with immediately. Sundays 3:15-6:15 pm starting May 14th (Session 3 runs from May 12-July 18 with no classes May 28, June 18, or July 2) at Third Coast Comedy Club.

Intro to Comedy Writing, Tuesdays @ 6:30pm (2023-3)

Rich Talarico shares insights and techniques from his 30 years experience in comedy and many years in late night TV (SNL, MADtv, Key & Peele, The Tonight Show) and from having written five resident company shows for Second City in Chicago. Students will learn comedy essentials: how to write jokes, desk pieces, blackouts, how to brainstorm and pitch, story structure, how to use proper format and write sketches, as well as how to contribute to other students work, a valuable writers’ room skill. Class will teach how to break writers block and find inspiration for comedy pieces. FINAL CLASS INCLUDES A STAGED READING OF THE BEST OF YOUR MATERIAL FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY! “I seriously don’t think I’ve had the chance to absorb that much good content in a small amount of time ever… even in college!” — Jessica Christopher, Student “I learned more about sketch writing in this class than any other class I’ve taken in the past.” — Mirejah Cruz, Student “Rich knows how to write sketches – that much is obvious. But it was clear that he loves helping people get better too. . . I have never had a sketch class that helps people so much with how to think about comedy. Don’t wait to find a better sketch class. It might not come along.” — Tim Marks, The KC Improv Company & Co-Founder of Fountain City Sketch Company Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm starting May 16th at Third Coast Comedy Club. This is an 8-week class. Third Coast is a safe, creative, and collaborative environment; any behavior to the contrary will be dealt with immediately.

What Else?

Have you ever been to a comedy show and heard a comics say “What else was I going to talk about?” I hate that!! We don’t know what you were going to talk about!! Did you not prepare???? At the What Else comedy show we have banned any phrase that starts with “What Else.” If a comic breaks the rule their set is immediately over and they are banned from comedy for life.

What Else?

Have you ever been to a comedy show and heard a comics say “What else was I going to talk about?” I hate that!! We don’t know what you were going to talk about!! Did you not prepare???? At the What Else comedy show we have banned any phrase that starts with “What Else.” If a comic breaks the rule their set is immediately over and they are banned from comedy for life.

What Else?

Have you ever been to a comedy show and heard a comics say “What else was I going to talk about?” I hate that!! We don’t know what you were going to talk about!! Did you not prepare???? At the What Else comedy show we have banned any phrase that starts with “What Else.” If a comic breaks the rule their set is immediately over and they are banned from comedy for life.