"If Sinbad, Howie Mandel, and Pauly Shore had taken Kurtis' class then maybe the rest of us wouldn't be talking about them behind their backs! Kurtis teaches honest, organic comedy. Those other guys teach the kind of stand up that'll have you on the road every night drinking 'till all hours and stumbling into strange motel rooms with a couple of waitresses who's names you don't even know. I did that for 18 years... now look at me.”
The artist formerly known as Johnny Steele (Winner of the SF Comedy Competition in 7 B.C.)

 

Class Descriptions

Introductory Class (click here)

Find out what we already know: you can be funny too! Ask questions, refuse to believe that being funny can be taught, get some great advice, don't sign up for class and leave us to wonder what is wrong with you????

(Beginner) Technique Workshop (click here)

The journey of a thousand TV shows, clubs or speaking gigs begins with your first bad joke! Perfect for everyone including would be comedians, speakers and corporate types.

(Advanced) Performance Workshop (click here)

This group workshop will decrease your unreasonable fear of appearing in public and exponentially increases your material generation and growth as a performer. Immersion to the craft in front of an audience is the quickest way to becoming funny. Stand up comedy is about being funny in front of people and the best open mics in the business occur in front of an instructor and other funny people who are writing material for you! This is great place to become more adept at being hilarious in front of people quickly!

Note: Drop in guests to SFCC advanced classes have included Lewis Black, Kevin Nealon, Brian Regan, David Brenner, Christopher Titus, Maria Bamford, Jeff Jena, John Pinette, Tom Mctigue, Bob Zany, Craig Shoemaker and many others. It's just another reason that we may be the best comedy school in America.

Working Comedians Workshop

The highest level of service for the professional comedian. An ongoing workshop that addresses the week to week management of a comedy career. Comedians define goals and are given weekly assignments and exercises.

This workshop is a combination of public performance, private writing sessions, in class performance and one-on-one meetings. We cover specific booker and club politics, etiquette, promo packages, managers, agents, SF,LA, NY, Midwest, TV, Cruises, Warm Up, Riffing, Call Backs, tags, material generation (Structured and organic) and much, much more.

Membership requirements:

1.  3 years minimum experience as a comedian
2. You are a paid regular at Clubhouse SF,Rooster T Feathers, Punchline, Cobbs, San Jose Improv or equivalent from other cities.
3. Verifiable References from working comedians or bookers

Class size is limited to 8 and new spots only become available if any from the original 8 move on.

Joe Klocek and Kurtis Matthews teach this class together

$220 per month

Intensive One on One or Group Workshop (click here)

The five-week Technique Workshop packed into one weekend. Perfect for corporate types, touring comedians, busy people and out- of-town students.
 

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