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We're happy to announce that we’ll begin our next four-week session of standup comedy classes on Sunday September 19th with a final graduation show feature all students at the Fake Gallery Performance Theater in Hollywood.

The 12 Shiny Nickels standup classes are different and better than any other offered in the city for many reasons. Here are just a few:

1. -Our classes offer actual practical instruction on how to become a competent standup comedian. Not a bunch of touchy-feely, new age, wannabe life coach bullcrap and pie-in-the-sky promises of opening for Vegas headliners after your first three months on stage.
   

1. -Our classes are taught by actual working standup comedians who are still actively performing at A-list clubs and shows around town as well as clubs and colleges around the country. Not people who gave up on performing 10 or 15 years ago and are now just trying to rake in cash from novices.
   

1. -Our students don’t get just one teacher’s point of view. In addition to structured classroom instruction we also have a different guest comedian come in each week to share their experiences, expertise and techniques with our students. All of our guest lecturers are professional comedians who have performed standup recently on television and at major festivals.
   

1. -Our students receive something no other standup comedy classes offer - real world standup comedy experience. Throughout our four-week course our instructors take our students out a minimum of twice a week to actual standup comedy shows, ranging from open mics to professional booked shows at clubs, to perform and/or observe live standup comedy. Our students receive live instruction three days a week instead of just one for the same price or less than other classes.
   

- Our students not only learn how to write and perform jokes but also learn how to avoid the pitfalls and scams to which new comics are often exposed. Our students learn why they should never pay to audition for any festival or performance opportunity, and how to get booked on comedy shows without being a nuisance and annoying show bookers.

Each four-week class session takes place every Sunday afternoon for four weeks in a row and culminates in a standup comedy showcase the following Sunday evening featuring performances by all of the class’s students and a guest headliner.

Tuition for this four-week course is only $400. This is a superb deal considering that you not only get four hours of lecture per week but also in the field instruction at least twice a week during the course as well as the free graduation show for your friends to attend.

Students also get free admission for themselves and one guest to all of our Friday and Saturday night shows for the duration of the course (a $160 value).

If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at standup comedy there is no better time than the present. We hope you’ll sign up for this class and that you’ll pass this info along to anyone interested in pursuing standup comedy as well.

Class size is limited and first-come, first-serve. A $100 deposit is required to secure a spot in the upcoming class session. Once you’ve paid your deposit your are also entitled to free admission for two to all shows until the end of your class session.

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Feel free to contact us with any questions at classes@twelveshinynickels.com.

Thanks. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

The Twelve Shiny Nickels Staff

Upcoming Class Dates/Times

Next Class 4-Week Class Session Begins

Sunday September 19th. Here are the class dates:

Sunday September 19th from 2pm to 6pm

Sunday September 26th from 2pm to 6pm
Sunday October 3rd from 2pm to 6pm

Sunday October 10th from 2pm to 6pm

Classes will be held at the Hothouse Improv Theater at 4934 Lankershim Blvd.