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.

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.

 

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