West Side Comedy Club

Building Your Hour, Workshop with William Kean

Longer Sets: Put "The Me" In "Theme" 

Are you transitioning from tight 5's towards longer sets or even full specials?
This is THE workshop to perfect the skills needed to stay ahead of the competition. You'll learn how to craft a thematic work of art that stays cohesive from your intro to your outro. This includes dramaturgical tricks to make your callbacks more memorable, your stage pictures more dynamic, and your transitions true moments instead of filler. If you want the audience to feel like you've done more than just bit #1, bit #2, bit #3, closing bit, then these are must-have skills for your professional toolkit.

This three hour workshop will consist of taking current material and pulling out deeper themes as well as strengthening the bridging material between bits. There will be exercises specifically focused on the liminal moments of your set and ways to use stagecraft to augment your comedic messages. The skills can be learned with or without prepared material by watching those who come with sets, but ideally at least a tight 5 is needed to get the most out of the lessons. Additionally, all of your jokes will be punched up as an added bonus.

Please come prepared with material ready to perform and workshop!

EARLY BIRD PRICING AVAILABLE THROUGH DECEMBER 25TH - PLEASE REACH OUT TO [email protected] FOR DISCOUNT CODE

About William Kean

William Kean has performed comedy almost his entire life. He has a BFA in Theater from NYU: Tisch. He toured the country with Improv4Kids, the Coast2Coast Comedy Tour, and FaceOffUnlimited. For the past decade he's been a cast member of NYC's live Japanese Game Show BATSU! as well and runs their standup show Laughter Party. In his private teaching practice, he currently coaches comedians around the world (16 states and 8 countries at the time of writing). And some of his work includes helping Chase O'Donnell with her set "People Pleasure" which was put on both NPR and NYT's "Best Comedy Albums of 2023" lists.

Policies:

Class is for 18+

No Refunds, No Exchanges, No Cancellations (No semester roll-overs).

We reserve the right to remove anyone from a course and refund their money at any time for any reason.

Students who enroll are entitled to free open mics at West Side Comedy Club for the duration of their course.

Please be sure to read through our FAQ page for additional policies 

If you have any additional questions feel free to reach out to us using the contact form or by emailing [email protected]



Building Your Hour, Workshop with William Kean
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Building Your Hour, Workshop with William Kean

Saturday January 18th, 2025 - 1:00PM

Location : West Side Comedy Club NEW YORK, NY

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