Finding Your Voice

This class is limited to 12 students.

Have you always wanted to perform stand-up but don't know where to begin? In this class, we will breakdown how to get started writing a stand-up routine and find your voice as a comedian. Our methods will include how to mine personal stories for material, how to write one-liners and premises, and how to use improvisation to generate ideas instead of staring down a blank page. Classes will also give students the lay-of-the-land on the NY comedy scene - from welcoming weekly open mics to the best shows to see pros in action. Every class will include stage time to try out original material in front of classmates.

7-Week Class: Sundays, 12:00 - 3:00 PM, April 27th - June 15th

• Class may end between 2:30 - 3:00 PM depending on number of enrollments.

• This class skips Sunday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day.

Where: The BCC Pig Pen, Studio A (130 Graham Ave)

Class Show: Sunday, June 22nd. 7:00pm. Eris Deep Space.

Teacher: Maggie Crane

Bio:

Maggie Crane is a double Aquarius, a lapsed Catholic, a 34 DD, an organ donor, and unfortunately, a Brooklyn based stand up comedian. Maggie regularly features at clubs, cabarets and dive bars all over New York City. In 2017 and 2018 she featured at High Mud Comedy Festival and in 2019 she toured all over the U.S with Dan LaMorte on the Infect Me Once tour. In 2021 she was featured in the New York Comedy festival and hosts various shows around New York (Soup of the Day, Sacred Heart Middle and High School Talent Show). Maggie is also a writer (who isn't!) who’s plays have been featured at Dixon Place and The Brick Theatre and won the 2019 Fade in Award for best comedy pilot.