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The Stand-Up Workshop is taught by award-winning, comedy director and writer Stephen Rosenfield

The workshop is conducted so that when it's time for your club appearance you will have solidly written, funny material and you will be well rehearsed and ready to perform at your peak and beyond. The workshop is offered to both beginners and advanced students
Turn your funny ideas and stories into stand-up comedy material
Learn the structures of comedy writing
Develop your own comedy persona
Advance your abilities as a performer
Showcase your talent at Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club, and other top comedy clubs

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Five-Day Intensive

For students who live outside the metropolitan New York area, The Stand-Up Comedy Workshop is offered as a five-day intensive workshop each month. Classes and private writing sessions with Stephen Rosenfield, and your club appearance are all scheduled within five days.

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Stephen Rosenfield will help you write your comedy material in private writing sessions. In the group classes he will guide your performance. His ability to bring out each performer's own, individual comic voice is a reason that his students are performing in every club in N.Y. and L.A., across the country and around the world.

Workshops are conducted every month of the year. Each workshop meets eight times over the course of three and a half weeks. Four of the meetings are classes. They are scheduled on weekday evenings. They begin at 6:00 and end by 8:30. Two of the meetings are private writing sessions with Stephen Rosenfield.

Following your four classes and two private writing sessions is the seventh meeting - your performance at the club. The eighth meeting is a screening during which you and your fellow performers will see your show on video. This session concludes with a discussion on how to pursue a professional career in comedy - how to start performing in the comedy circuit, how to get booked in comedy clubs, and how to get agents and managers.

You don't need to have written or performed before. All you need is a pencil and your sense of humor.

Veteran performers use the workshop on an on-going basis as a place to create new comedy material and to strengthen their skills as performers. The price of the workshop for returning students is at a reduced fee.

A Bridge To The World of Professional Comedy
Stephen Rosenfield says that making a career of comedy comes down to two things: "Get good and get seen." His workshop provides students with the opportunities to do both.

By providing direction to their performing and writing, plus on-going opportunities to perform at major clubs such as Gotham Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club, he creates the opportunity for his students to be seen and well received by industry professionals.

The accomplishments of Stephen Rosenfield's students include starring roles in movies, network and premium cable television series, commercials, broadway and off-Broadway productions, and hosting their own radio programs. His students have made development deals with CBS, ABC, Fox, HBO, Paramount, the Henson Co. and Tribune Entertainment. They have made appearances on Letterman, Leno, Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show, SNL, Last Comic Standing, and Comedy Central shows including Comedy Central Presents, one hour specials, and Comedy Central's Premium Blend. They have appeared in the Montreal, Aspen and Las Vegas Comedy Festivals. They have appeared in both the Edinburgh and New York International Fringe Festivals, and in every comedy club in N.Y. and L.A., and in clubs throughout the U.S. and around the world.

The Performances
Stephen Rosenfield's Stand-Up Comedy Workshop performs at New York's finest clubs including Gotham Comedy Club and The Broadway Comedy Club. These clubs have launched the country's greatest comedy talent.

Your appearance will be a Prime Time Weekend spota great place and a great time to invite your friends and family. To relive your triumph you can purchase a DVD of your stand-up comedy performance.

Once you complete your first workshop, you are eligible to perform in the American Comedy Institute Shows. These stand-up comedy shows, scheduled twice a month, provide you with on-going, quality stage time.

Does the thought of performing make you nervous?
Good. This is the healthy response to the prospect of being on stage. Professional comedians have learned to use their nerves to enhance their performance. Stephen Rosenfield's Stand-Up Comedy Workshop will teach you their techniques.
Reserve your place now
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TUITION IS:
The three-week and five-day workshops are $450
If you are a returning student the tuition is $380
If you are a current One Year student or One Year alum, tuition is $350

Email or call (212) 279-6980 to Register.

To pay by check:

To reserve your place, send a $50 deposit check to:

American Comedy Institute
481 8th Avenue, Suite 736
New York, NY 10001

All fees are non-refundable.

Include your phone number and email and please indicate which month you wish to take the workshop. When your payment is received, our workshop manager will phone you to schedule your classes, private writing sessions, and performance.

"When I first started stand-up comedy, the idea of standing in front of people was pretty intimidating. Moreover, with so many comedians in New York, just getting on stage was a challenge.

That's why I was thrilled to discover Stephen Rosenfield's class.

I started taking it regularly, finding that I was getting more comfortable in front of audiences and was actually starting to accumulate material. I was starting to feel like a comedian.

Stephen's instruction is the most constructive I've seen. He doesn't try to fit you into some preconceived notion of what comedy should be. He embraces who you are - be it an alternative performance artist or classic setup-punch comedian - and helps you find and hone your voice.

Now that I am making my living in the business, I continue to use the workshop as a place to try out new material. What takes weeks of stage time to create and refine, happens in a few days working with Stephen. For anyone from a beginner to an experienced comedian, I highly recommend Stephen's class. In fact, I'll probably see you there!"

Michael Somerville made his network television debut on The David Letterman Show and hosted the Starz Comedy Network miniseries about the American Comedy Institute, StandUp or Shut Up. He has been featured on Comedy Centrals Premium Blend and at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. . He was voted by New York's Improper Magazine as one of New York's "Ten Hot Comics." He is a headliner in clubs throughout the country.

Steve Rosenfield teaches students what they need to know about stand-up comedy from 'A to Z', everything from microphone technique to finding your own original persona.

This class will definitely speed up your understanding of the ins and outs of the business and give you a strong foundation that will stay with you forever.

– Brad Trackman

Brad Trackman is a national headliner, appearing regularly at Carolines, The Comic Strip, Stand-Up NY and Gotham. He has appeared on Comedy Central's "Heroes of Jewish Comedy" and "New Joke City" with Robert Klein. His CDs include "Safecraker" and “Live at the DC Improv.”

"Before I met Steve Rosenfield, I was an actress in England. Now I'm a comedian in America. This man changes lives!"

– Alison Larkin

Alison Larkin's one person show, The English American successfully ran at the Edinburgh Festival and London's West End.  Her novel, also called The English American, published by Simon and Shuster, is an award winning best seller.  Alison is currently writing the screenplay adaptation of her novel for Bright Pictures UK.  While living in Los Angeles, she was a regular at the Comedy Store.

"As a comedian you never live a normal life. At the American Comedy Institute you learn how not to be normal - in a professional way.

Stephen Rosenfield and his team at ACI give you the feedback you need to develop your own unique comedy and grow as an independent artist. Stephen Rosenfield is not only a great comedy teacher and coach, he also manages to perfectly catch every comedian's unique personality and the way they can grow and develop it.

The teaching is actually a training to produce new material constantly, and become more and more professional as you are performing in front of a real audience.

My one person show, For Kingdom and Fatherland that was featured at the New York International Fringe Festival, and which is now touring nationally, was first developed in American Comedy Institute's One Year Program."

– Shabana Rehman