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Faster & Funnier: Stand-Up Comedy Performance Mastery

Learn how to dominate on stage, engage audiences, and perform like a pro
Rating: 4.2 out of 54.2 (35 ratings)
491 students
Created by Jared Volle
Last updated 2/2016
English
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30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Effectively prepare for a live comedy performance
  • Find venues to perform at all around the country
  • Approach show bookers and get stage time
  • Translate written material into an engaging live performance
  • Capture and retain audience attention (even if the audience is loud or inattentive)
  • handle performance interruptions and hecklers
  • recover from a bad joke to get HUGE laughs

Requirements

  • Students should already be familiar with basic comedy writing concepts, such as line length, keywords, click-points, tag-lines, etc.

Description

***This is Part 2 of the Faster & Funnier Stand-Up Comedy Mastery Program***

Part 2 of the Stand-Up Comedy Mastery Program focuses on performance mastery. In Part 2 - Performance Mastery, you'll learn performance skills that are critical to success on stage. You'll learn how to take your written material and effectively translate it onto the stage.


SECTION 1: VENUE GUIDE

In section 1, we'll show you exactly how to find places to perform all over the country. Find local shows where you can get consistent stage-time (even if you're new or under 21) or book performances from the other side of the country. You'll learn exactly how to find available shows, approach bookers, and get stage time.

You'll also discover how to break out of open-mic performances and get invited to exclusive shows. Learn critical skills for performing high-level shows, such as material selection and time-allotment.

Discover how to be successful in all types of venues: Comedy clubs, bars, outdoor shows, churches, and corporate shows.


SECTION 2: UNSTOPPABLE STAGE PRESENCE

In this section, you'll learn exactly how to prepare for your performance. You'll be introduced to "performance variables," that professional comedians use to effectively translate their written material into a live, spoken performance.

You'll discover how to give your performance a natural flow, how to (and when to) use profanity, how to write an effective intro to create audience anticipation, and a simple mistake that puts the audience to sleep 5 seconds into your performance.


SECTION 3: DEALING WITH THE UNEXPECTED

In this section, you'll learn how to create momentum throughout your performance to keep the audience engaged, whether you're performing for 2 minutes or 2 hours. You'll discover how professional comedians handle unplanned interruptions to create massive laughter.

Next, you'll discover the 4 strategies for dealing with loud audiences. Learn exact steps on how to capture the audience's attention.

Last, you'll learn a simple trick that can turn any bombed joke into roaring laughter.


*****ABOUT JARED VOLLE*****

Jared is a professional comedian and creativity trainer. He was a finalist in the Great American Comedy Festival and has been an opener for top-comedians like Kyle Cease (#1 Comedy Central Special of 2008, 10 Things I Hate About You, Not Another Teen Movie) and Louis Anderson (#92 on the "100 Greatest Comedians of All-Time" List by Comedy Central). He received a master's in Creativity & Innovation in 2014, and has since developed several programs designed to increase comedians' creativity.


*****TESTIMONIALS*****

“This is one of those courses that covers the basics and goes beyond. It gives you the box and then tells you what is outside of it. I am not sure if it is ahead of its time, but it is DEFINITELY TIME FOR IT!"

~Dave Johnson- Award-winning Comedy/Magician, clients include various conventions and Fortune 500 companies.

*****

"This course offered much insight into the creative mind of the comedian. This information is not only brilliant but also intuitive. They've found a way to put the creative process in measurable terms. This course is mandatory for all people wanting to have a career as a stand-up artist."

~Nick Olivas- Lewis and Floorwax Show, 103,5 Fox FM

******

“You're my new hero. This course is a much-needed resource for the thousands of comedians (including me!) who need no-nonsense, practical advice for generating ideas, fine-tuning material, overcoming challenges, developing an original style, and mapping out a career."

~Paula Johnson- Co-Producer, The Joke Gym, Los Angeles

******

Faster & Funnier is a must for anyone serious about making a career in comedy. It has valuable insights to creating and performing original material. I found the course easy to understand and implement the recommended strategies. Thanks for putting this together, it has helped me become a better comedian.

~Dickey Bill Wagner- Producer, Host, and Headliner

*****

This course has brought a new dimension to my understanding of comedy. Jared breaks down what the pros are doing and how you can achieve amazing results on stage. I've read many stand-up comedy books. This is the only book that has given me a deeper understanding of why comedy works and how to use that knowledge to further my career.

~Comedian Ellery Allexis- Actor, Comedian, Producer, and Host

Who this course is for:

  • Comedians that have already taken "Part 1- Comedy Writing Mastery"
  • Intermediate comedians that have already written material
  • Veteran comedians looking to enhance their storytelling technique

Featured review

Jeffrey A Shaw
Jeffrey A Shaw
10 courses
1 review
Rating: 5.0 out of 58 months ago
I'm a veteran headliner with over 30 years in the business and I love reading books on comedy in order to constantly refresh "the basics." So I took this course of of curiosity to see how a "young comic" might have a handle on the art of stand-up. Didn't teach mean anything I already didn't know, but confirmed just about everything I do know. And said it much better than I could if I would try to impart the same knowledge upon newer comedians. Bravo!

Course content

3 sections • 23 lectures • 2h 56m total length

  • Preview08:44
  • Preview09:27
  • Booked Shows: Time Requirements, Bringing Your “A Game,” & Booker Politics
    09:30
  • Strategies For Performing Awkward-Shaped Rooms
    07:17
  • Strategies for Bars, Corporate Work, Outdoor Gigs, & Cruise Liners
    06:17

  • Storytelling Technique – Standing Out From Other Comedians & Becoming Memorable
    07:02
  • Storytelling Technique – Avoiding a Hacky Comedian Persona
    03:55
  • Preparation: How to Be on the Top of Your Game & Developing Stage Comfort
    09:01
  • Creating Comedic Tension – Timing, Pauses, & Pacing
    06:10
  • Performance Energy Level – Being Congruent With Your Material & Persona
    09:16
  • Filler Words: How to Use Them to Build Rapport
    08:50
  • Distractor Lines: Creating a Conversational Feel On Stage
    05:51
  • First Impressions: Your Intro & Confidence Level
    06:12

  • Audience Dynamics: How the Audience Relates to Itself
    09:05
  • Engaging the Audience, Breaking Down the 4th Wall, & Being “Real” with Audiences
    06:48
  • Handling Interruptions, Maintaining Audience Trust, & Segueing Back to Material
    06:14
  • Hecklers: 3 Strategies For Dealing With Hecklers
    04:49
  • Combating Hecklers & Coming Out As “The Good Guy”
    05:38
  • 4 Ways of Maintaining Control of an Inattentive Audience – Part 1
    09:57
  • 4 Ways of Maintaining Control of an Inattentive Audience – Part 2
    09:23
  • How to Recover From a Bad Joke While Maintaining Rapport With the Audience
    08:33
  • Using a Bombed Show to Take Your Career to the Next Level
    09:57
  • Analyzing a Bombed Show: Discover What Audiences Are Trying To Tell You
    08:09

Instructor

Jared Volle
Comedian, Author
Jared Volle
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 311 Reviews
  • 6,404 Students
  • 6 Courses

Jared has been an opener for top comedians such as Kyle Cease (#1 Comedy Central Special of 2009) on his Wake Up College Tour and Louie Anderson (Ranked #83 on Comedy Central's "Greatest Comedians of All-Time" List). He was also a Finalist in the Great American Comedy Festival and has performed in A-list comedy clubs, theaters, amphitheaters, and universities. As a comedian, he’s known for his unique blend of audience interaction, improvisation, and comedic storytelling.

Jared's career got off to a rough start. After struggling for 2 years to excel at joke writing, he threw out all his material and started from scratch. Jared began purposely ignoring "best practice" and ruthlessly analyzing top comedians, spotting where current comedy teaching broke down. The new style paid off quickly. Within a few months, he went from dive bars and open mics to getting paid to headline showcases (modest 20-minute sets). A year later he began doing full-length headlining (45+ minutes).

In 2008, Jared began teaching live comedy classes in Denver, CO. In 2011, Jared published Faster & Funnier, one of the highest-rated courses on stand-up comedy. In 2019, Jared published Playfully Inappropriate, one of Comedypreneur’s “Best Comedy Books Every Comedian Should Read.” He also received his Master’s in Creativity & Innovation from Drexel University in 2014.

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