Standup 101: The Alchemy of Comedy

Wednesdays 5-7 pm PT, Sept 13 - Oct 11, 2023

Always wanted to try your hand at standup comedy? Been sitting on a notebook of half-baked bits and funny thoughts? Wondering if you’ll ever finally get out there?

Standup Comedy 101 is a 5-week LIVE online workshop facilitated by moi – internationally acclaimed comedian Alicia Dattner. We’ll use a combination of joke-writing exercises, comedy immersion, and roundtable collaboration, totally preparing you to write a five-minute standup set or comic monologue, and perform it in our final show at the “comedy club”.

Discover your comedic voice
Get personal & spiritual growth you won’t find at any other standup workshop
Find supportive, high-quality fellow tricksters
Write & perform your tight five minute set

5-Week, Live, Online Workshop

Wed 5-7 pm PT, Sept 13 – Oct 11, 2023

Limited Enrollment

Early Bird Rate

$497 $397

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Fast-Action Offer
First 3 people to register receive a half-hour punch up session with your facilitator Alicia Dattner ($150 value)

Workshop Structure: What will we do together?

PAN FOR GOLD

Turn observation into premises
Mine every day life for humor
Keep a comedy notebook
Improvise to create material
Joke exercises & games

FIND YOUR COMEDIC VOICE

Clarify your comedic voice
Learn from comedy masters
Find moments of gravitas to contrast humor
Discover what makes you funny

HONE YOUR MATERIAL

Collaborate and contribute to bits
Learn memorization tricks
Get coaching on delivery & timing
Perform your set at the final show!

“Alicia is a creativity midwife.”
Jane MSolo Showdown

“Alicia`s workshops are the gentlest, best-intentioned, gun to the head. I`m producing more work than I have in years.”
Kurt PEmbodied Writing

“To say that`s it been transformational is an epic understatement. If you allow this workshop to do it`s magic on you, it has the power to change your life.”
Sheila TSolo Showdown

“This class will stretch you in ways you haven't dreamed, taking you deeper creatively than you thought you could go.”
Kermit GSolo Showdown

“Alicia creates a space for you - to do what you didn't even know you were capable of doing. If you have a story inside of you that needs to come out, join and it will blow you away. Time of your life!”
Robyn ASolo Showdown

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But wait, there’s more!

Bonus: 1-1 mini punch-up session with Stephanie, a second comedy coach, before your set

Bonus: Comedy Buddies – a small pod of cracker-jack fellow creatives to spark ideas with

Bonus: Admission to Alicia’s weekly Write Here Now workshop on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays

Our workshop culminates in a final (online) comedy show, featuring your standup set or comic monologue

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Bonus

Get The Write Here Now Weekly Workshop

One month of live, weekly online classes – a guided writing space where you’ll have time to generate your material ($129 value).

Jumpstart your process with this juicy, embodied creative workout.

Get in your body and get words on the page.

Meets Tuesdays, 5-7pm PT/ 8-10pm ET and join the bonus class Sundays 5pm PT and Thursdays 9am too!

Standup 101: The Alchemy of Comedy

Wednesdays 5-7 pm PT, Sept 13 - Oct 11, 2023