Crowd Work – Find the Funny in Your Audience

Greg Dean's weekly crowd work mastery workshop

Crowd Work – Master This Essential Comedy Skill

Master crowd work with Greg Dean, The Professor of Stand-Up Comedy. This ongoing weekly workshop is designed for comedians at every level who want to command comedy clubs, crush open mics, and become crowd favorites on any stage.

Why Crowd Work?
Every professional comedian hits a night when the crowd is cold or their best material bombs. The answer? Crowd work.

With Greg Dean’s revolutionary method, you’ll learn how to ask questions, bend the answers, and bring on the punchlines! Greg Dean’s method turns everyday answers into laugh-out-loud moments that keep your set flowing and the audience laughing.

What You’ll Learn:

  • How to naturally talk to any audience to get answers and use the techniques to turn them into jokes.

  • Techniques for reading the room, resetting the energy, and keeping every show fresh with spontaneous comedy..

  • Proven method to stop lockup by always having something to say that leads to the laughs.

FREE Video About the Workshop:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp-m3_h8Z8s

Prerequisites: None

Schedule:
Every Thursday from 12 noon – 1pm PST

Weekly Format

  • In-depth discussion of last week’s technique and implementation

  • Focus on a new crowd work technique 

  • technique practice in every class

  • Solution feedback from Dean and the entire class

Subscription Information

Your registration fee will automatically renew every four weeks. You can join at any time.  You can cancel your subscription at any time.

FAQ

What sets this course apart?
Greg Dean teaches real-world techniques, not just opinions, with workshops grounded in decades of international teaching experience.

Who should take this class?
Any comedian from beginner to professional looking to boost their stage presence, MC skills, and ability to connect and create big audience laughs on any night.

What if I’ve never done crowd work before?
No prerequisites or prior performing or crowd work experience needed! The supportive, feedback-rich environment means you’ll gain skills quickly and confidently.

$199
/ 4 wks

MeetYour Instructors

Greg Dean
The Professor of Stand Up Comedy
Gayla Johnson
Certified Greg Dean Instructor
Greg Dean, the Professor of Stand-Up Comedy, is the author of the international bestseller, Step-by-Step to Stand Up Comedy. It’s now sold in six different languages. Creator of the original Joke Structure technique. Greg Dean has been teaching stand up comedy for over 40 years and is a true innovator in the field of stand-up comedy education, having launched the first stand-up comedy school in the world.
Gayla Johnson is a well-known talented actress and Stand-up Comedian, appearing on Comedy Central, Comics Unleashed, and Showtime Special, “Fierce Funny Women, Headlining at the comedy store Improv, Ice House Comedy Club and Laugh Factory. She toured London and Montreal comedy clubs. She’s also toured many west coast comedy clubs, such as Laugh Out Loud, Rooster T. Feathers, Laughs Unlimited, and Santa Barbara Comedy Club.

Two Ways to Learn

Zoom

Gayla Johnson teaches over Zoom on Thursday afternoon from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm PST. Zoom links and documentation will be sent to you prior to your first class. Please look for this email from us 1 to 3 days before your class starts.

In-Person

Greg Dean teaches at the Santa Monica Playhouse on Tuesday nights from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm PST.

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