Workshops
Debra Cole’s Wisecrack University is offering COMEDY FOR KIDS
This 5-Week Beginning Course for KIDS AND YOUTH, around the ages 10 to 15. Begins Tues., Feb 7th!
Does your Kid have a knack for talking to people? Does your kid seem to “come alive” in front of an audience? Is your child or teen interested in politics, business, teaching, ministry, science, journalism, entertainment, activism, or law? Does your child or teen need something to get excited about OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL? The truth is, it doesn’t matter what career your son or daughter wants to pursue. They may want to be a comedian or actor. They may not. However it doesn’t matter because comedy is for everyone. Whether it’s acting or engineering, being able give an effective presentation WITH HUMOR will open doors during the college years and beyond. All industries have conferences and seminars that require participants to deliver information while keeping audience members from yawning and rolling their eyes. Presenters who can effectively use humor will be able distinguish themselves at the university, in the boardroom, or on stage.
Great speakers don’t always make straight A’s. They may not even do well on the SAT. They’re not necessarily the best looking or even the most popular. However, great speakers who can be funny while delivering an organized speech with energy and passion set themselves apart. Humor relaxes people. A good joke allows a speaker to gain favor with the group. Humor is also a way that your child or teen can release tension. Perhaps they have gone through a difficult time at school, with friends, or have experienced divorce and other family problems. Humor is a great healer and a fantastic way to channel feelings into something positive. If you want your kid to learn more about connecting to others from the podium, build confidence in a challenging yet fun environment, and learn from a pro working in the field, sign up for this course now with professional comedienne and former educator Debra Cole.
Debra Cole is a staple in the Atlanta comedy scene. She is the host of Funny Fridays at the Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville. She recently performed in New York City and travels regularly to audiences in clubs and at events. You may have seen her at the Ansley Park Playhouse, Buford Variety Theatre, The Warren, The Star Bar, Eddie’s Attic, The Laughing Skull, The Funny Farm, The Punchline, and other venues. She’s also performed for charity events like the Hotlanta Roundup, Pets are Loving Support (PALS), Comedy for Critters and others. A former school teacher, Debra is now known for her smart, sophisticated humor delivered with sarcasm and an authentic southern Georgia twang. As an educator, Debra taught English and orchestra in the public schools for 9 years before turning to her true calling as a comic. She has undergraduate degrees in music and history and a master’s degree in educational leadership. She teaches a drama class at the First Presbyterian Church Preschool and is the mother of a toddler.
Sign up below for a course at Wisecrack University with professional comedienne Debra Cole!
In her course your teen will learn the basics of an effective speech, writing techniques, creativity warm-ups, how to act on stage, and how to find his or her voice. Also, many of the concepts covered will be reinforced in your youngster’s literature or drama class in school. Whether a novice or more advanced speaker, Professor Debra guarantees that your child or teen will be able to give an effective presentation with APPROPRIATE HUMOR Classes will be FUN, RELAXED, and NON-THREATENING! Language and topics will be age appropriate. Participants are encouraged to bring food given the time of class. Requirements are a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and a great work ethic!
Click below to sign up now to reserve your seat! The 5-Week Class meets each Tuesday from 6 to 8:30 beginning February 7 and concludes with a graduation class of final presentations March 6, 2012. Parents will be invited.
Just $320 for this 5-week course including materials and a graduation “show.”
Still need convincing? Here are some more concepts to be covered in the Debra Cole’s Wisecrack University Stand-Up Comedy Workshop:
- Stage Presence, Vocal Projections, Fluency, and Pacing
- How Public Speaking will open doors personally and professionally
- Techniques Great Speakers Use
- Knowing your audience
- Organizing your Speech
- Understand the Power of Humor
- Tricks for Memorizing
- Distinguish and Apply Different Styles of Humor
- Writing an Effective Joke
- Coping with Performance Anxiety
- Make a Great Impression at the Microphone
This Wisecrack University Public Speaking Workshop with Debra Cole is designed to help your teen develop skillful delivery and begin their journey into public speaking. Here are more concepts to be covered:
- Build Confidence at the Podium
- Connect with Others
- Find his or her Passion
- Experience the Joy of making people laugh
- Manage Mannerisms
- Recognize elements that make a Speech powerful
By the end of this class, your teen will have a better grasp of professional humor-writing techniques:
- Repetition.
- Misdirection: Appear to go one direction with your writing, but end up in a completely different place. For instance: Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx
- Escalation: Start out reasonable and sensible, then become increasingly extreme, irrational, and absurd.
- Being Self-referential.
- Understatement. For instance, “many people would say that the Holocaust was not a good thing”.
- Reversal. Example: Work is the curse of the drinking classes. – Oscar Wilde.
- Be silly about serious things.
- Be serious about silly things.
- The Straight Man. A common beginner’s mistake is to be ridiculous the whole way through. However, being serious is a vital part of being frivolous. They’re yin and yang, opposites that need each other.
- The Importance of Writing in a Consistent Style
If you want to pay 1/2 now and the rest the first day of class, click below to reserve your seat! The 5-Week Class meets each Tuesday from 6 to 8:30 beginning February 7 and concludes March 6th.
<>Cost: Just $320 for this 5-week course including materials and finale.
