Hosting & Crowd Work

 

Instructor: Jeff Lawrence

 

Join us for our most popular class and learn the skills to host your own show.  Lead by Jeff Lawrence, Founder and Director of Laughing Buddha Comedy Jeff has hosted at Catch a Rising Star, Gotham Comedy Club, Stand Up NY, and countless other venues.

Students practice crowd work with a simulated audience and also includes an overview on the business side of hosting, and how to deal with producers, club owners and staff.  This workshop is loads of fun, and a must for comics looking to emcee, or those who just want to work on their crowd work skills.  

 Learn:

The secrets of hosting and warming up a crowd Dealing with "cold" or difficult crowds Finding "targets" in the audience for crowd work Handling hecklers, ringing phones and difficult situations  Joke writing exercises for every situation (Audience arriving late, waitresses dropping  trays of drinks, the room being too hot, etc.) When to do material or mix in crowd work How to get paid road work as a host Professionalism Working with bookers, managers, and owners And much more... Tuition: $50

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