Intro To Stand Up Comedy Class, Wed. July 25

Whether you are a working comedian or just looking to get your feet wet on stage, Roosters can help you get to the next level.  We offer classes and consulting in stand up comedy, emcee skills, and promotion that are designed to bolster your knowledge and skills. Regardless of your goal or level, studying comedy at Rooster T. Feathers is a fun way to network with new people and expand your skills.

 

Intro to Stand Up Comedy

All you need to know to get started with standup comedy. 

 

Whether you’re getting on stage for the first time or you’ve tried your jokes out on an audience or two, this is the class for you.  We want to help you speed up the learning curve a little…or a lot with all the answers to the questions you didn’t even know to ask!

 

Topics to cover:  Joke development, where to start, how to get stage time, performance style and microphone techniques, the comedy “not so common sense” and the basics of performing stand up!

 

This session is taught by Roosters owner and booker, Heather Barbieri. $35.

 

Next session*: Wednesday July 25, 2012, 5:30pm—7pm

Please email us to sign up for a spot at  roosterbookings@yahoo.com and then call 408.736.0921 with your credit card number to pre-pay, or sign up online here.

Two Great Comedy Classes; One Great Price!

Comedians love what they do. They love what they do so much, many of them never get paid work yet keep going! But let's face it: That feeling of satisfaction is so much greater when it comes attached to a paycheck, right?

On Saturday February 25, Rooster T. Feathers is offering two great classes designed to help you get paid work and gain fans to keep your career going. Take one, or both! $35 for each class, or $50 if you take both.

got work?

Are you wondering…
…why you're not getting booked?
…why other people are getting booked and you’re not?
…if you're ready to get booked?
…what bookers want?
…what is the next step to get paid comedy work?
…if your promotional materials are up to snuff?
…who to call? And when?
If you want the answers to these questions, and more, you should get them from an expert in the field. Someone who books comedians for a full-time professional comedy club, who knows agents and managers. Someone who is honest and not afraid to tell it like it is....Wait a minute....We know someone like that! This one-and-a-half hour class is led by Heather Barbieri, veteran comedian and owner/booker of Rooster T. Feathers.
Saturday, February 25, 1:00pm, $35

making the web work for you

Social Media Marketing for Comedians

Do you have a fan page? Are you blogging? What's your Klout score? When’s the best time to tweet? Have you claimed a unique URL for your Facebook page? Do you even know what that means? The Internet has changed the way comedians promote themselves and opened up huge opportunities to gain fans around the globe, but it can also be overwhelming. This class will show you how to make the most of the free tools now available to comics online, manage your online “image,” promote yourself to bookers, grow fans and share original content. This one-and-a-half-hour session is taught by comedian and Roosters' marketing manager, Beth Schumann.
Saturday, February 25, 3:00pm, $35

Both classes will be held in Roosters' showroom, 157 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087. To secure your spot, email roosterbookings@yahoo.com or call 408.736.0921.

Announcing another class with master riffer Joe Klocek! 1/28/12

Headlining comedian Joe Klocek is one of the best riffers out there, and he can show you how to riff too! Rooster T. Feathers is proud to present Riffing: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques; a class for any comedian who wants to be more comfortable going off script.

"Not only is Joe a master of being funny on his feet, but he is also a great teacher who provides an entertaining, and customized, learning experience. Taking his class significantly increased my audience interaction and enabled me to further develop the quality and professionalism of my act." -Comedian Duncan Riach

"Joe has an amazing ability to make everyone he interacts with feel comfortable. When you take this class, you will be EXCITED and looking forward to the next opportunity you can riff. Even better, you will be excited to start showing audiences who you really are." -Sandy Stec

Riffing: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques

Riffing. You have all seen it. The comic says something perfect in the moment and kills harder than their best written joke. It is an incredible feeling for the audience and the comic. These moments don’t have to be random. There are simple tools every comic can learn, apply and use to stand out in a show. Riffing is the most important tool to have for live performance.

Saturday January 28, 2011

1pm-4pm, $75

Rooster T Feathers Comedy Club

157 W El Camino Real

Sunnyvale CA 94087

Enjoy this video of Joe at Roosters, riffing on the blind in Modesto:

Email Heather at roosterbookings@yahoo.com with any questions or to reserve your spot, or you can pay in advance on our Web site here.

Regardless of your goal or skill level, studying comedy at Roosters is a fun way to network with new people and expand your public speaking skills.

Connect with Roosters!

Facebook www.facebook.com/RoosterTFeathers

Twitter: @RoosterTF

Youtube: www.youtube.com/RoosterTFeathers

Yahoo Groups: RoosterComedyInfo

Intro To Stand Up Class, 10/19/11

Whether you are a working comedian or just looking to get your feet wet on stage, Roosters can help you get to the next level.  We offer classes and consulting in stand up comedy, emcee skills, and promotion that are designed to bolster your knowledge and skills. Regardless of your goal or level, studying comedy at Rooster T. Feathers is a fun way to network with new people and expand your skills.

 

Intro to Stand Up Comedy

All you need to know to get started with standup comedy. 

 

Whether you’re getting on stage for the first time or you’ve tried your jokes out on an audience or two, this is the class for you.  We want to help you speed up the learning curve a little…or a lot with all the answers to the questions you didn’t even know to ask!

 

Topics to cover:  Joke development, where to start, how to get stage time, performance style and microphone techniques, the comedy “not so common sense” and the basics of performing stand up!

 

This session is taught by Roosters owner and booker, Heather Barbieri. $35.

 

Next session*: Wednesday Oct 19, 2011, 5:30pm—7pm

Please email us to sign up for a spot! roosterbookings@yahoo.com

Riffing Class with Joe Klocek: Saturday August 13

Headlining comedian Joe Klocek is one of the best riffers out there, and he can show you how to riff too! Rooster T. Feathers is proud to present Riffing: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques; a class for any comedian who wants to be more comfortable going off script.

"Not only is Joe a master of being funny on his feet, but he is also a great teacher who provides an entertaining, and customized, learning experience. Taking his class significantly increased my audience interaction and enabled me to further develop the quality and professionalism of my act." -Duncan Riach

"Joe has an amazing ability to make everyone he interacts with feel comfortable. When you take this class, you will be EXCITED and looking forward to the next opportunity you can riff. Even better, you will be excited to start showing audiences who you really are." -Sandy Stec

Riffing: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques

Riffing. You have all seen it. The comic says something perfect in the moment and kills harder than their best written joke. It is an incredible feeling for the audience and the comic. These moments don’t have to be random. There are simple tools every comic can learn, apply and use to stand out in a show. Riffing is the most important tool to have for live performance.

Saturday August 13, 2011

1pm-4pm, $75

Rooster T Feathers Comedy Club

157 W El Camino Real

Sunnyvale CA 94087

Enjoy this video of Joe at Roosters, riffing on the blind in Modesto:

Email Heather at roosterbookings@yahoo.com with any questions or to reserve your spot, or you can pay in advance on our Web site here.

Regardless of your goal or skill level, studying comedy at Roosters is a fun way to network with new people and expand your public speaking skills.

Connect with Roosters!

Facebook www.facebook.com/RoosterTFeathers

Twitter: @RoosterTF

Youtube: www.youtube.com/RoosterTFeathers

Yahoo Groups: RoosterComedyInfo

New Class: How to be a GREAT Emcee

Photo: Patrick Lydon

There’s more to it than just 10 minutes of jokes and a drink ticket…

Have you ever wondered why no one tells the emcee how to do their job? We wondered the same thing. If you are starting to get work as an emcee, or would like to, this is the class for you. The basics of being a good host will help you feel more confident and comfortable in your comedy career. Great emcees don’t just happen…they learn the skills that are necessary to get hired and paid to host real shows in real comedy clubs. There are a lot of great comics out there that don’t know how to emcee a show. Bookers hire someone who can do both. This class will teach you the basics, give you examples and show you how to be a great host!

This session is taught by Roosters' owner and booker, Heather Barbieri. $35.

How to be a GREAT Emcee is scheduled for March 30th, 2011 from 5:30pm to 7pm at Rooster T Feathers, 157 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.

Call 408.732.7781 or email bookings@roostertfeathers.com to secure your spot.

New Class! Making The Web Work for You: Social Media Marketing for Comedians

Do you have a fan page? Are you blogging? What's your Klout score? Have you claimed a unique URL for your Facebook page? Do you even know what that means? The Internet has changed the way comedians promote themselves and opened up huge opportunities to gain fans around the globe, but it can also be overwhelming. This class will show you how to make the most of the free tools now available to comics online, manage your online “image,” promote yourself to bookers, grow fans and share original content.

This two-hour session is taught by comedian and Roosters' marketing manager, Beth Schumann. With over 20 years experience in marketing in Silicon Valley, Beth handles all social media marketing for Rooster T. Feathers.

 

 

Wednesday March 2, 2011, 5pm—7pm

Rooster T Feathers Comedy Club

$35 per person

Send an email to roosterbookings@yahoo.com or call us at 408.732.7781 to secure your spot.

New Comedy Class: Riffing Tools, Tricks and Techniques - Jan 29

The smoothest comedians out there do their act and make it sound as if it's off the top of their heads. But some comedians, in the course of their act, do come up with stuff on the spot. That's called "riffing," a term that originated in music, but comedians adopted and bastardized. According to a Wikipedia entry, 

Use of the term has also misleadingly been extended to comedy where riffing is used to mean the verbal exploration of a particular subject, thus moving the meaning away from the original jazz sense of a repeated figure over which the soloist improvises, to instead indicate the improvisation itself: that is, improvising on a melody or progression as one would improvise on a subject by extending a singular thought, idea or inspiration into a bit, or routine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riff#Riff)

Let's not get hung up on terms. Suffice to say riffing is what makes stand up comedy a living, breathing thing, and why Rooster T Feathers believes live stand up comedy is the best stand up comedy.

We also believe Joe Klocek is one of the best riffing comics out there, and really thought his workshop would be a great addition to the Rooster's class schedule.

Riffing: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques

 

Riffing. You have all seen it. The comic says something perfect in the moment and kills harder than their best written joke. It is an incredible feeling for the audience and the comic. These moments don’t have to be random. There are simple tools every comic can learn, apply and use to stand out in a show. Riffing is the most important tool to have for live performance. 

 

Saturday January 29, 2011

1pm-4pm, $80

Rooster T Feathers

157 W El Camino Real

Sunnyvale CA 94087

Joe Klocek

This is a 3 hour workshop lead by San Francisco stand-up comic, Joe Klocek. 

Joe has appeared on Comedy Central's Live at Gotham and NBC’s Last Comic 

Standing, and came in second at the San Francisco Comedy Competition

Email Heather at roosterbookings@yahoo.com with any questions or to reserve your spot, or you can pay in advance on our Web site here.

Regardless of your goal or skill level, studying comedy at Roosters is a fun way to network with new people and expand your public speaking skills.

 

Use Roosters One-on-One Direct Feedback sessions to take your development as a comedian to the next level.  One-on-One sessions are designed to focus on any topic in which you have the most interest, be it stage performance, product management, material development or performance review.   Sessions are held with Heather Barbieri, owner and booker of Rooster T. Feathers and stand up comedy veteran of 15 years. One hour session is $100.

 

Connect with Roosters!

Facebook www.facebook.com/RoosterTFeathers

Twitter: @RoosterTF

Youtube: www.youtube.com/RoosterTFeathers

Yahoo Groups: RoosterComedyInfo

Intro to Stand Up Class Scheduled for Wed Dec 1

All you need to know to get started in stand up comedy! If you're thinking about getting on stage for the first time or you've tried your jokes out on an audience or two, this is the class for you. We want to help you speed up the learning curve a little...or a lot...with answers to the questions you didn't even know you had yet!

We'll cover: Joke development, where to get stage time, performance style and microphone techniques, comedy not-so-common-sense, and the basics of getting on stage. Taught by veteran comedian and Roosters' owner, Heather Barbieri.

Class begins at 5:30pm and ends at approximately 7:00pm. Fee is $35, payable by cash or credit card.

Email roosterbookings@yahoo.com to claim your spot, or purchase tickets here.