Drop the Mic Improvised Hip-Hop and The Solo Comedy Lab with Jeff Quintana

Bundle two workshops with Jeff Quintana for a discounted price!

For $120, learn the skills of improvised hip-hop and building your own solo show all in one day:

• Saturday, September 19 from 11 am to 2 pm- Drop the Mic: Improvised Hip-Hop for Comedians
• Saturday, September 19 from 3-6 pm-The Solo Comedy Lab: Build a Solo Comedy Show on the Fly

Drop the Mic: Improvised Hip-Hop

You don't have to be a rapper to freestyle; you just have to be willing to commit.

This high-energy workshop uses freestyle hip-hop as a tool for becoming a faster, bolder, and more playful improv comedian. Through games, rhythm, collaborative exercises, and improvised rap scenes, students will strengthen the same skills that great improvisers, stand-ups, and comedic performers rely on: commitment, listening, pattern recognition, confidence, and discovering the funny before the inner critic gets in the way.

Whether you perform improv, stand-up, sketch, clown, musical comedy, or simply want to become more fearless on stage, this workshop will give you practical tools for thinking faster, making stronger choices, and having more fun.

Prerequisites: No musical experience is necessary. Some stage experience recommended.

This workshop will focus on:

• Freestyle rap fundamentals
• Finding comedy through rhythm and wordplay
• Thinking faster on stage
• Confidence through commitment
• Pattern recognition and comedic heightening
• Musical rap group games
• Improvised rap scenes
• Ensemble support and listening

The Solo Comedy Lab: Build a Solo Comedy Show on the Fly

Great solo comedy doesn't always begin with a script; it begins with a point of view.

Whether you perform stand-up, improv, clown, character work, storytelling, or alternative comedy, this workshop teaches you how to generate funny, original material in real time.

Using Jeff Quintana's S.P.E.C.S. framework (Specifics, Physicality, Emotion, Context, and Status), students will build comedy from a single idea, creating memorable characters, heightened versions of themselves, improvised stand-up, audience interaction, and unique theatrical moments that feel spontaneous, personal, and hilarious.

Through structured improvisation and creative performance exercises, you'll discover a repeatable process for creating comedy without relying on a finished script. Whether you're developing a solo show, exploring a new character, sharpening your comedic voice, or looking for a fresh creative process, you'll leave with practical tools you can use immediately.

This workshop will focus on:

• Creating comedy from nothing
• Building memorable characters
• Discovering heightened versions of yourself
• Improvised stand-up techniques
• Using physical comedy and clown to create unforgettable performances
• Audience interaction and crowd work
• Finding your unique comedic voice
• Alternative performance structures
• Turning improvisation into repeatable material
• Using the S.P.E.C.S. framework to generate original comedy

About the Instructor:

Jeff Quintana is a comedian, director, educator, and creator of The Circuit Method and the S.P.E.C.S. Performance System, developed through more than 23 years of continuous performance, teaching, and research. He has trained with nearly every major school of American improvisation and has taught at The Annoyance Theatre, iO Theater, Home Comedy Theater, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, One Group Mind, and The Playground Theater. Jeff headlines nationally with The Powerful Hourful starring Antonio Quintana, Motivational Speaker, an immersive avant-clown stand-up experience that blends improvisation, audience interaction, and physical comedy into a one-of-a-kind live performance.

This bundle is for two 3-hour workshops held Saturday, September 19 from 11 am to 2 pm and 3pm to 6pm, The instructor is visiting instructor Jeff Quintana. All sales are final. Classes are non-refundable. All students must adhere to policies in the Stomping Ground Student Handbook. Must be 18 years or older.