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Make Them Laugh! Stand Up Comedy Class

October 26 @ 2:00 pm 4:00 pm

Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025 – February 8, 2025
Time:
 2:00 – 4:00 PM
This class meets
weekly for 5 weeks
Instructor:
 Jesse Fernandez
Location: Room 200
Ages:
17+
Skill Level:
All Levels 
Registration Fee:
$200

About the class

Discover the techniques that top stand-up comedians use to grab and keep attention, and make audiences laugh. This 5-week comedy course provides the essential skills you’ll use to mesmerize crowds, boost your confidence, power-up your performance, and be funny. And don’t worry—you don’t need to be a natural! This course is built specifically to shepherd you from complete beginner into comedy competency. The best public speakers use humor. Successful corporate presenters are funny. Job candidates who make interviewers laugh get hired. Whether your goal is to conquer stage fright, climb in your career, or embark on a new path as a comedian, this program’s focus on comedy material, preparation, and delivery will set you on the right track.

The 5-week course culminates on the 5th week with an optional stand-up comedy showcase in front of loving and laughing friends and family.

This class will not be meeting on November 16

Please share any special considerations (medical, physical, learning) that will help your instructor make your class accessible and accommodating for you. You can share these considerations when register or by emailing Sean at sean@sonomacommunitycenter.org.

The Sonoma Community Center (the Center) strives to create an inclusive, safe community where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. The Center is committed to creating such an environment because it brings out the fullest potential in each of us, which, in turn, contributes directly to creating a community of belonging. In order to ensure a positive, safe, and welcoming experience for everyone, all program participants are asked to abide by the following policies, community agreements, and restorative safety protocol.

About the instructor

Jesse Fernandez

Instructor / Comedian

The course is taught by Jesse Fernandez, a 17-year stand-up comedian who regularly performs at all the major Bay Area clubs, has been featured in 11 SF Sketchfests, written and produced for Emmy-winning teams and videos, presented research at The International Society For Humor Studies Conference, and won the Speechless improvised PowerPoint competition as well as the National College Comedy Competition. Among the countless people he’s opened for are Maria Bamford (from Netflix’s Lady Dynamite), Andy Kindler (judge on NBC’s Last Comic Standing), Mary Lynn Rajskub (from Fox’s 24), and even Steve-O (you know what he’s from). He’s written in the funniest parts of great TED Talks, Starbucks, MSN, ABC, eBaum’s World (yes, they’re still around), famous comedians, and many more.

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