Stand-Up Comedy Workshop
Bob Gautreau
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Bob Gautreau is a professional entertainer since 1978. (See clip at www.bobgautreau.com) His comedy and impressions have taken him to clubs, colleges and cruises as well as HBO and An Evening at the Improv. He graduated from Emerson College in 1985 with a BS in Theater Education and has been teaching Stand Up Comedy and Improv Comedy year round at CCAE since 1996. Other courses taught seasonally include Sketch Comedy, Improv 2, Acting in the Romantic Comedy, and Women in Comedy. Not only are his courses fun and informative, they leave his students with a new, unique sense of freedom and empowerment.
Many people tell you that you're funny, and you belong on stage, but you haven't got the slightest idea of how to write or perform stand-up comedy. This class will help you develop your personality or "persona," strengthen your comedy writing skills, and emphasize your hysterical delivery through basic exercises you will do in class and at home. You'll experience the joys of set-ups, punchlines, puns, parodies, and of course... timing. Our goal is to come up with five minutes of material to be performed at the end of the semester. Once the show-biz bug tickles your funny bone, you'll be hooked on comedy forever. Limited to 12.
Sec. 01: 10 Tuesdays, 5:45-7:45 pm. Begins Mar. 30, 56 Brattle St. | $188
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$188.00