A little about the class:

Besides teaching standup in Atwater Village for the past 9 years, I've also been teaching at USC for 4 years.  I pour all that experience into my work and this class.  You will get up twice each class, developing material you feel excited about.  It will be authentic and new, and totally you.  We do this together, in a small class environment, giving and getting useful feedback, striving and laughing.  We end with a great show, each comic doing 7 minutes.  Then you head off to those open mics and shows informed and confident, even hopeful.  This is my goal for each student 

and I will do my very best to get you there!  

Besides my classes in Atwater, I am a faculty member at USC, teaching four stand up classes in the School of Dramatic Arts and Improv workshops in various engineering and business classes.  I try my best to continue to grow as a teacher and a comic.  I do not teach formulas, exactly. I prefer to ask questions, give prompts, get you up over and over so you can discover and tell me what kind of comic you are, not the other way around. I want to help you be you, to tell the truth, to make a connection. 

I want to help you create something new. 

This is my joy, I've worked with over 1,100 students now and it's fun, every single time!