Debra Cole’s Wisecrack University is offering a “Divorced” Women’s Comedy Class!
This Beginning Comedy Weekend Workshop will be Sat & Sun May 4-5 , 11-5. Price includes wine, refreshments, booklet, field trip to comedy club Sat night, and “finale” performance for classmates and friends.
Do you have a knack for capturing an audience? Have you “divorced” someone or something and want to channel your emotions in a positive way? Are you naturally funny and want to develop your skills? If you’re a woman on a new journey, this is the class for you. Humor is healing. Whether it’s bad luck, bad decisions, or bad boyfriends, comedy is the ultimate revenge. In fact, comedy is for everyone. It doesn’t matter if you work in politics, business, teaching, etc., telling a good joke will open doors in your profession, improve your social life, and heal your spirit. Besides, life has been kicking you around with layoffs, sickness, and break ups. Why not try something new? Maybe you’ve had to move, change jobs, or get rid of toxic people. Sometimes the pain from these experiences cement you, making it impossible to move forward. But, you don’t have to remain in that “bad” place forever. Laughter can get you to the next level. With the camaraderie of other women and a working comic as the instructor, what could be better?
So Sign up below for a course at Wisecrack University with professional comedienne Debra Cole!
Debra Cole is a staple in the Atlanta comedy scene. She is the host of the Funny Fridays series 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. Debra is known for her smart, sophisticated humor delivered with sarcasm and an authentic southern Georgia twang. 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.
Debra has experienced her share of heartache and disappointment. Along with a formal divorce, she’s also broken up with Public Education, Kroger,and recently dumped her hairdresser! In her course you will learn how to find the funny in the midst of problems, along with writing techniques, creativity warm-ups, and stage presence. Professor Debra guarantees that the class will change your outlook on life. You will have progress from your pain! The course will be FUN, RELAXED, and NON-THREATENING! Participants are encouraged to bring food and ALCOHOL. All you need is a willingness to share.
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Just $360 for this Weekend Workshop includes wine, refreshments, booklet, Sat Night field trip to a comedy club, and “finale” performance.
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
- 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
Here are more concepts to be covered:
- Building Confidence at the Podium
- Connect with Others
- Find your Passion
- Experience the Joy of making people laugh
- 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 for May 4-5.
<>Cost: Just $360 for this weekend workshop May 4-5.
Also for SHOCKING REAL LIFE ALUMNI: You may receive a $40 discount on Deb’s class. This option is ONLY for folks who have taken classes from Hollis Gillespie.