Writing Comedy That Actually Sounds Like You

A One-Day Stand-Up Intensive with Judy Carter

September 26 · Berlin

You have stories. Opinions. Awkward experiences. Breakups, bad jobs, strange families, embarrassing moments and things that drive you crazy.

But how do you turn all of that into stand-up that actually gets laughs?

This one-day intensive with legendary comedy teacher Judy Carter, author of The Comedy Bible, is designed to help you find the comedy in your own life, develop your unique comic voice, and turn ideas into material that works on stage.

This is not a lecture about comedy.

You will write, develop and work on actual stand-up material using the techniques Judy has taught to comedians for more than 40 years.

Whether you are just starting stand-up, already performing regularly, or feel stuck writing the same kind of jokes, this workshop will give you practical tools you can immediately use on stage.

What You’ll Learn

Find what makes YOU funny

Stop trying to sound like other comedians. Learn how to identify your own point of view, frustrations, stories and personality — and turn them into comedy.

Turn real life into jokes

Learn how to take everyday experiences, relationships, failures, fears and even difficult moments and find the comedy inside them.

Build stronger jokes

Work with proven comedy-writing techniques including:

• setups and punchlines

• comparisons

• act-outs

• characters

• exaggeration

• attitude and point of view

Make your material land faster

Learn how to get to the funny sooner, cut unnecessary setup and capture the audience’s attention from the beginning.

Become stronger on stage

Explore audience connection, performance, act-outs and the difference between a joke that works on paper and a joke that works in the room.

Develop material that sounds like you

The goal isn't simply to leave with more jokes.

It's to understand where your comedy comes from — so you can keep generating original material long after the workshop is over.

Who Is This Workshop For?

This intensive is for:

• Beginner comedians who want to understand how stand-up writing actually works

• Working comedians who want stronger material and a clearer comic voice

• Writers and performers who want to become funnier and more personal

• Anyone with something to say who wants to learn how to turn it into comedy

You don't need to arrive with a finished set.

You just need something you want to talk about.

And If You Want to Take Comedy Further...

Judy will also share material and strategies from her new book, Making Money Being Funny, covering the next step beyond simply writing jokes: how comedians can build an audience, create opportunities, get booked and turn being funny into professional work.

Why Judy Carter?

Judy Carter literally wrote The Comedy Bible — one of the most influential books on learning stand-up comedy.

She is also the author of The New Comedy Bible and has spent more than 40 years teaching people how to write, perform and build careers in comedy.

Her students have included Seth Rogen, Sherri Shepherd and Maz Jobrani.

She has appeared on television more than 100 times, performed in four HBO comedy specials, and Oprah described her work this way:

“Judy Carter can show you how to make your sense of humor pay off.”

Now, for the first time, she is bringing her workshop to Berlin.

One day. One intensive. Limited places available.