Standup Comedy Class with Andrew Frank

Five-week beginners’ class, the next sessions begin 5:30-7 pm Monday April 21st with a graduation shows TBD with comedian Andrew Frank.

$210 for the 5 classes and graduation performance class are creative, fun, motivating and focused on writing and performing stand-up comedy. A graduating class showcase will also be held.

The beginner comedy class is designed to offer guidance and support for new or aspiring comedians with a heavy focus on writing and performing. New comics will spend time writing and rehearsing a 5-minute stand up set. Each student will receive a digital recording of their set from the graduation show.

Everyone over the age of 18 is welcome! Class focuses on writing, performance, stage presence, likability, the search for your comedic voice and confidence on stage.

*Note all students and educators will follow a code of conduct. This is a safe space for everyone to grow, learn and explore there comedic voices. Hate speech, volience and bullying has no place in our classroom or venue. We welcome kindness, friendship and laugher to support our students in exploring standup.

Andrew Frank has studied Satire, Screenwriting, and Talk Show Writing at Second City in Chicago, and has lectured on Comedy Writing and Performing at McKendree University and taught a 10-hour course for aspiring comedians in Munich, Germany.

Andrew Frank is a comedian based out of Seattle, WA. His cerebral, imaginative style and relentless ethic have resulted in twelve tours spanning a total of 285 cities and 11 countries. His love of language, philosophy, sociology, biology, psychology, anthropology, and cosmology are on full display each time he takes the stage. He was a semifinalist in the 40th Annual Seattle International Comedy Competition, the winner of the 2019 Laugh Off at Laughs Comedy Club-Seattle, the winner of Go Bananas Comedy Club's Funniest in Cincinnati 2016, and the runner up of Trial by Laughter 2015. He has performed in the Laughing Devil Festival in New York City, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, Cleveland Comedy Festival, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Edmonton International Fringe Festival, St. Louis Fringe Festival, Pittsburgh Fringe Festival, Midwest Fest, Flyover Comedy Festival, World Series of Comedy, Milwaukee Comedy Festival, and the Edinbugh Fringe Festival. He was recently named one of the Best Undiscovered Comedians in America by Thrillist Magazine, and has toured in France, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Estonia. He has worked with Anthony Jeselnik, Nate Bargatze, Bobcat Goldthwait, Kevin Nealon, Chad Daniels, Jake Johannsenn, and many other great comedic minds throughout his 13 years of performing. His first independently filmed hour special is entitled Macrocosm and may be seen for free on Youtube. His second hour Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof was performed at all 25 days of the 2019 & 2023 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

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