Underground Comedy School at the Comedy Caravan

Live Your Dream and Perform as a Professional Comedian...
Overcome Stage Fright and Learn to Control Large Audiences...
Absolutely No Previous Writing or Stage Experience Required!


Our Comedy School is a one-of-a-kind experience that allows you to live your dream of becoming a comedy performer. No matter what walk of life, occupation or upbringing, we will help you explore your creative side in fun and interesting ways. Our interactive approach to learning allows students to express their natural sense of humor while gaining an understanding in the craft of comedy writing and performance. In a non-judgmental environment, we teach valuable concepts, not cookie cutter formulas - a recurrent quote in our courses is "there are no right or wrong answers." Whether you?re enrolling in classes purely as a hobby, to enhance your public speaking skills, or looking to pursue comedy seriously as a career, our Comedy School offers training that satisfies all purposes.

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Stand-Up Comedy 101: Basics For Beginners click here for class schedule & registration

Our beginners course gives students a blueprint for writing and performing stand-up comedy, simple ways to create original material using aspects of your own life, the secrets to formulating structured jokes and the ingredients to develop a killer stage presence.

Great for business people looking to add humor into their speeches & presentations or just about anyone who wants to improve their public speaking and writing skills. Perfect for those looking to start an exciting new hobby or serious leap into professional comedy.

We?ll train your funny bone for 5 weeks and teach you how to achieve maximum effect to generate humorous material using your own life experiences, construct basic jokes with simple writing exercises, expand your ideas with brainstorming to find more laughs, overcome stage fright and connect with the audience, performance & memorization techniques used by the pros as you build a unique five minute stand-up routine!


Stand-Up Comedy 102: Advanced Techniques click here for class schedule & registration

Our advanced course teaches students how to develop a professional quality comedy act viable for a career in stand-up - using more complex methodologies for constructing jokes, refining material to suit a unique point of view, honing improvisational skills and learning commanding stage techniques. A great class for the aspiring comedic performer or serious students of the craft.

We?ll train your funny bone for 5 weeks and teach you how to write a countless number of punchlines using simple logic puzzles, expand your material with tangential thought and circular brainstorming, structure your jokes effectively to achieve maximum laughs, find a unique and consistent point of view in your act, improve riffing and improvisational stage skills, handle live audiences like a pro, build a solid showcase set for industry auditions and television spots and how to get gigs stepping up to the paid professional ranks as a performer.

After the final session, we help you punch up your stand-up routine with one-on-one high-powered coaching. Get your material dissected with a fine-tooth comb and ask for final individualized advice on just about anything. We?re committed to preparing you for the your audition showcase, so you can just get up on stage and knock ?em dead!


Improv 101: Theatre Games click here for class schedule & registration

Our beginners course teaches students the fundamentals of improvisation ? to think more creatively and be better able to express themselves to others. Guided by basic improv concepts, the class will be directed through many interactive exercises, explore techniques to eliminate stage fright and play games well known from the series ?Who?s Line Is It Anyway??

A great course for those looking learn how to think quicker on their feet, working within a group mentality and exploring their creative side while having a ton of fun in the process!

We?ll train your funny bone for 5 weeks and teach you easy-to-play improv games for the stage as well as at home with your friends, explore how just about anyone can be funny by being in the moment, enhance your spontaneity through simple exercises and an open mindset, the ?Yes, and? methods of agreement ? the single fundamental concept of improv and integrating these skills into public speaking functions of any kind.


Improv 102: Characters & Scenes click here for class schedule & registration

Our intermediate course teaches students the core fundamentals and improvisational concepts for a professional quality stage performance ? how to enhance listening abilities, utilize standard game structures and other effective group scene techniques required for killer stage work.

A great class for those interested in pursuing ensemble work, understanding scene writing constructs from a actor?s point of view or those looking to take the leap into starting or performing with professional-level improv and sketch comedy troupes.

We?ll train your funny bone for 8 weeks and teach you how to achieve maximum effect to develop solid characters with effective status and depth, learn storytelling elements and honing group dynamics within a scene, how to make active choices, building upon ideas and scene forwarding tricks of the trade, exploring your mind with the use of imagery to portray an environment as well as live stage performance formats and how to step up to the professional ranks.

Our class instructors are highly qualified working professional comedians with
25+ years combined experience in the comedy & entertainment industries!

Adam White is a 10-year comedy veteran who quickly gained professional work as agents recognized him as a talented comedy writer. Eventually, he moved to Chicago to study comedy writing for TV and improv at the famous Second City training center, Improv Olympic, The Annoyance Theater and screenwriting at the Chicago Film Institute. Adam has appeared on the Bob & Tom radio show and regular joins legendary Emo Phillips on the road as his opening act.

Still touring in clubs around the Midwest, Adam currently resides in Louisville where four years ago he helped revitalize the local stand-up comedy scene with his late night series Louisville Comedy Underground. Adam takes a personal interest in seeing people of all ages and backgrounds learn the joys of standing on stage to make strangers laugh at life.


Jordan Cooper is a 14-year comedy veteran who currently works full-time perfoming stand-up at comedy clubs, colleges, private events and conferences around the country. Originally from New York City, Jordan honed his craft in the top clubs there as an opening act for many top headliners including Dave Attell, Jim Gaffigan, Louis C.K., and Zach Galifianakis. He has also made appearances on NBC, MTV, USA and the Howard Stern radio show.

In addition to stand-up comedy, Jordan is a successful independent marketing consultant with specialties in online business, viral advertising, guerrilla promotions and event planning. He enjoys helping struggling performing artists take their careers to the next level using a solid web presence so their talent may shine through to bigger audiences and get the recognition they deserve.

For more information on our classes:

Visit our website at www.undergroundcomedyschool.com
E-mail us at mail@undergroundcomedyschool.com
or call Adam White at the Comedy Caravan (502) 459-0022