ALUMNI
Stephen Rosenfield
“My collaboration with my students works both because of what I do and what I don’t do.- I don’t teach fill-in-the-blanks comedy formulas. I don’t teach how to do comedy the way I do it. What I do is enable my students to discover what is original and funny about their comedy, teach them how to apply the most important techniques of writing and performing comedy to their unique comedy voice, work with them to create stand-up that is so undeniably good that they get paid to perform, guide them on how to keep growing as a comedian to reach the boundaries of their talent and go beyond them.”
“STEPHEN HAS TAUGHT MANY OF THE GREAT COMICS THAT PERFORM ON OUR STAGES.
THIS IS AN INVALUABLE GUIDE.”
— CHRIS MAZZILLI, OWNER, GOTHAM COMEDY CLUB
This book will give both aspiring and professional comedians, as well as comedy writers and comedy lovers, a system to perform and write comedy handed down from the masters of stand-up. These insights will empower you to take your stand-up to the next level and beyond..
CLASSES
STAND-UP COMEDY WORKSHOP
3 group classes
*2 private writing sessions with Stephen
A LIVE show at Gotham Comedy Club
An online show streamed nationally and all over the world.
*These private writing sessions are a unique opportunity to do what the pros do. Work with Stephen to make your material funnier and more original.
SPECIALTY WORKSHOPS
Hosting
Crowd Work
Stand Up Workshop for Teens
Mind-Mapping
Characters and act-outs
PRIVATE COACHING
For beginners through pros
For stand-ups and speakers
Get your writing and performance to the next level and beyond.
Be fully prepared for your upcoming performance, audition or speech.
What Our Students Say About Us!
SEE our UPCOMING SHOWs!
IN-PERSON SHOWS!
ONLINE SHOws!
Business Services
“The skills that successful comedians employ to create riveting, impactful and memorable messages and perform these messages with confidence and enjoyment can be learned, to great effect, by communicators in business,” - Stephen Rosenfield
Make you and your team better communicators.
Learn how to impactfully and appropriately use humor in your business communications.
Upgrade your and your team’s preparedness for presentations, board meetings, speeches, media appearances and interviews, stockholder and investor meetings.
American Comedy Institute will specifically design a workshop to meet your business challenges and needs.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Stephen Rosenfield is a pioneer in establishing comedy writing and performing as a course of study in colleges and universities. He created the One Year Program in Comedy Performing and Writing at American Comedy Institute. The program was accredited by The National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST). It was the first comedy program to earn NAST’S accreditation. He was the founding artistic director of Canada’s Humber College full-time comedy program. He continues to introduce students to comedy as a field of study and a potential career.
Stand-up comedy workshops
Sketch comedy workshops
Lectures on the history of comedy and American comedy.
Lectures on comedy as a career
