Comedy School at Vail Comedy Festival May 25, 2023

One day comedy school for wanna-be comic, working comics and professionals who want to be funnier.

Schedule TBD but approximately 10AM to 4PM with an opportunity to perform.

The day will feature 25 minute sessions with 5 minute breaks all day long. In-person topics may include:

• Strategies for dealing with hecklers

• Strategies for using your time wisely when you’re still an open mic'r

• Using details to make your joke pop

• Taking a story from the dinner table to the stage (possible double session)

• Body Language crash course

• Hosting do's and dont's

• Getting a good tape

• Connecting to emotion to write jokes

In addition we will have special guest teachers joining by video conference and in-person with topics expected to include -

Comedy Club Etiquette - How to not be annoying, how to get booked and how to say booked at clubs (from a nationally touring headliner)

Ask a TV booker anything - Q&A with a booker for a comedy show with millions of viewers (from the booker of a major network television program)

Making a writer's packet - how to get hired on a comedy TV show as a write (from the writer on a TV comedy program)

And much more!

The comedy school is curated by Christie Buchele a nationally touring comic and comedy instructor who has taught seminars in Denver, Aspen and beyond.