SPRING & SUMMER COMEDY CLASSES

CLICK HERE for SPRING CLASS GUIDE

April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
May 7, 14, 21
Bonus/Make-up Class May 28
SHOW June 4

COMEDY 4 TEENS  (13-17yo)
COMEDY 4 TWEENS  (10-13yo)
COMEDY 4 KIDS  (7-10yo)

SUMMER CAMP 2016

For the 4th summer we will be offering our summer comedy camp for kids and teens aged 7-17. Every day will include classes in Improv and Stand-Up Comedy performance. NEW this year will be sessions in Movement for the Performer including Mime, Stage Combat, and Alexander Technique.

TWO WEEKS of Comedy Classes and Performance!

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Click the following links based on your preference. See Below for details. Links include a Early Bird Discount of 20% off when you purchase before May 1.

• REGISTER for FULL PROGRAM  June 28-July 1, July 5-8
• REGISTER for ONE WEEK June 28-July 1 OR July 5-8
• NEW SPECIAL – NYC DOE Students June 29-July 1, July 5-July 8
• DROP IN for ONE DAY June 28, 29, 30, July 5, 7, 8

Our youth programs for kids, tweens and teens incorporate both Improv and Stand-Up Comedy. for 60-75 minutes every week students play warm-up, technique and performance games. Then each students is encouraged to share original stories that are eventually crafted into stand-up comedy routines. By combining both skills this class maximizes creative writing / thinking, public speaking, performance skills and so much more (self confidence, $200 for 10 weeks.

TEEN IMPROV FUNTENSIVE Wednesday Afterschool at #Broadway #Comedy #Club #NYC

FOUR Wednesdays in MAY 4-6pm
TEENS 13-17 yo
$30 ONE CLASS / $100 4 weeks
 NOW ONLINE FOR JUST $75 via https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10000763/prm/NYIT

Broadway Comedy Club NYC
318 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
BTWN 8th/9th Ave
Near Times Square and Columbus Circle
  COURSE DESCRIPTION This 4-week Funtensive Class will give teen students valuable skills in Creativity (writing & thinking), Community (Team, Listening, Focus) and Leadership (Public Speaking). A great way to get the arts back into student's lives, these classes fill the void left by many NYC schools. More than a cultural arts experience, the Improv training is invaluable Language Arts and Character Building. We use this fun activity to overcome insecurities, develop intense focus and create great speakers. Our students become students leaders at their schools. TEACHER

Walt Frasier (TV, Off Bway, 4000+ pro improv shows) has taught this Master Class in numerous NYC high schools,as well as training other teachers and providing his Improv 4 Teens book - IMPROV THIS - for FREE online as a resource for students and teachers. Previously Mr Frasier served as Director of Instruction for the Comedy Hall of Fame and recently gave Keynote at the New Jersey Association for the Gifted Child.

GET COMEDY IN YOUR LIVES EVERY DAY BY BECOMING A COMEDIAN

William Fry, M.D., of Stanford University “Humor and creativity work in similar ways. by creating relationships between two disconnected items, you engage the whole brain.” Ken Robinson – Author of “Creative Schools” said: “the whole system of public education around the world is a protracted process of university entrance. And the consequence is that many highly talented, brilliant, creative people think they’re not, because the thing they were good at school wasn’t valued, or was actually stigmatized.”

Planning for College, Auditions, Classes - great Resources

PLAYBILL EDU - I just discovered this and thought I should share. Great resource for those planning college for an arts career.

PLAYBILL - Playbill is a great resource for keeping up with Broadway News and finding Auditions and other jobs in the arts. FREE casting notices.

BACKSTAGE - This is a subscription site. You can browse for free to a point. But when you are ready to be a working actor, join and go audition every week. Daily when possible. Finding work as an actor is not that different than any other job. You have to leave the house and go interview - we just do it with monologues and songs.

ACTORS ACCESS - Tons of paid film work. Eventually you need an agent, but you can find work in student films and non-union projects, Indy films and sometimes even get yourself cast on legit TV, Film and commercials. Free to browse. You have to pay to submit yourself. When serious, go ahead and pay for the annual breakdown submission service that allows you to submit w/o additional fees (usually $2/submission).

SEPTEMBER NYC area booking special - TWO HOURS of shows and / or workshops JUST $600!!!

Take advantage of our slowest time of the year and SAVE!!!

We have been sending out 2-4 casts daily since March. But we slow down September and October every year. So take this time to introduce our amazing programs to your students and staff for much less...

JUST $600 for Two Hours

- Regularly Priced at $1000
- FOUR teaching artist
- TWO shows back to back OR Show / Workshop
- We can include anti bully themes to help start out the school year
- IMPROV 4 KIDS Grades K-8 www.improv4kids.com
- IMPROV 4 TEENS grades 6-12 www.improv4teens.com
- Both divisions of EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH & SGF PRODUCTIONS 

We performed 600 shows for K-12 audiences in the past year. Over 4000 since 2004. Just this morning we SOLD OUT the 800 seat Children's Theater in the Woods at Wolf Trap in Vienna VA. The show runs off Broadway Weekly in Time Square. (Ask about out NYC Field Trips for just $10-25pp for show, workshop and/or lunch package)

ALL DAY RESIDENCY Just $1000

Four 45-60 minute sessions can be at TWO schools near by or in one building.
Four teaching artists can reach about 120 students / session.

SHOWS 
- 45-60 minute outreach show is a great way to get the entire school excited 
about learning
- No limit on audience size (except by your venue and technical/sound capability)
- Makes school a fun place to be
- CORE CURRICULUM With help of study guides the show promotes cultural arts (theater and music), languare arts (story telling, creativity) and character building (anti-bully, respect etc)

WORKSHOPS
- Creativity - our workshops teach students to think and write tapping into the deepest core of their creativity by freeing them of fear and other blocks. Our games of warm up and technique teach how to brain storm YES AND!!!
- Community - to create as a team, we teach the groups to listen and respect each other. YES AND is all about building up your scene partner. We exist to make others look and feel good.
- Leadership - We teach public speaking, self confidence and self respect. Our students become class leaders. 

Above Offer available to Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Hoboken, West New York (GOLD COAST area), Jersey City and Newark Schools. 

JUST $800 for TWO HOURS in Westchester, Long Island, Northern NJ

JUST $1000 for TWO HOURS Upstate NY, Southern NJ, Connecticut Eastern PA

RESIDENCIES

We have teachers all over the area every week providing 10-30 students training in Improv Comedy. These students really become leaders at the school. Many big personalities need to find focus. But when they do, they are instoppable in the best possible way. At the end of each 6-15 week session the students are ready to perform a showcase at school. But far more than that they become class/school leaders and better students. They learn how to listen, create and process information. They engage in current events and the worlds. They face their fears and inhibitions and turn weaknesses into strengths. Some of our high school students have become interns and even full time professional company members. One of these students,. Bandon Ford (Queens Prep Academy) got a job teaching theater at a summer camp this year. Another, Noel Olivencia (Prep Academy for Writers) is now managing a food service business AND has appeared on MTV. 

We have current and past residencies at the following...
NEST+m Manhattan
The Summit School
JCC Manhattan
Queens Prep Academy
Flushing High School
Prep Academy for Writers
Renaisance High School (Harlem)
Gilda's Club Camp Sparkle
Broadway Comedy Club public classes for Kids and Teens

Don't take our word for it...
Regarding shows, workshops and residencies - Lisa Palotti (Speech Teacher) to John Renner (Principal) from Summit School Queens 


"Here's my report: OMG it was awesome! Truly one of the best activities I've ever seen take place here at Summit! We gave them a very large group of kids to work with, and they handled them wonderfully. The way that they related to the kids was terrific, and the activities they led worked on so many pragmatic language skills in SUCH an effective way, including increasing the kids' awareness of their bodies in space, body proximity, eye contact, voice, and generally how others perceive them from their non-verbal cues. They also did word association and one-word stories that involved verbal expression and required kids to follow a story line. Almost all of the kids looked like they were having a fantastic time, and it was an activity where the shy kids could get to interact with others in a very structured (hence comfortable) way. At the end I spoke to the three members of the improv group and raved about how great they were and told them the specific ways that the activities helped our students. They asked me a number of questions, such as regarding how to handle various students' behaviors, and we talked about upcoming activities." 

LMAO / 8 Improv to play West Liberty University March 27, 2014

Eight Is Never Enough Improv Comedy, parent company of IMPROV 4 TEENS is headed to West Virginia in a few weeks to perform at West Liberty University.

Thursday March 27, 2014 at 8pm
West Liberty University 101 Faculty Drive West Liberty, WV 26074-0295

8 Improv has already played dozens of colleges and university at just about every type of event. At Montclaire State 8 Improv has performed two Labor Days in a row for 700 (2012) and 1000 (2013) incoming freshman in their large auditorium. At College Misericordia, Stonehill College and others we have performed to packed houses at the Coffee/Snack bar club rooms (about 200 ppl each). At Pace you we played 6 shows in 2012 for Spring Preview Weekends & Summer Orientations. At Princeton U - well lets just say I do not think I can talk about that private show at one of their charter houses. Lets just say this was not one of our typical "clean" comedy shows and the scene resembles Animal House The Movie. BUT It was hilarious!!!

Montclaire State University Labor Day 2013

UCONN Waterbury November 12, 2014

2008 Midwest Tour

Teen Class Sunday 5pm Starting this week at the #Broadway #Comedy #Club

Sundays 5pm Thru the end of June.
https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/914195/prm/walter101
(Preteens signup for Saturday 12:30,   Adults 18 and over sign up for Wednesday 5:30pm)
Live near by, save by signing up for 4 & 8 or even 16 weeks.
Traveling to NYC? Drop in a class or show while in town.

FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH - Improv BY Teens. Our teens class joined the pros yesterday for the 3pm show. We will have a similar showcase every month. Start this weekend and get on the April 6 SHOW!!!

Bring Improv to your school, camp, church, temple etc
We can send our teachers to you all over the Tri-State Area for weekly classes.
We send shows & workshops nationwide.

A must for any future star - Improv makes you a better actor and even better at auditions. AND Having Improv on your resume is a valuable resource. Casting directors

A must for all - Improv teaches valuable skills for both worlds social and business. Creative Thinking, Public Speaking, and more will help you in job interviews and rise up the success ladder fast. We teach these same skills to corporate teams from Fortune 500 companies (Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Price Waterhouse, and more including US Medicare Offices).Learn these skill now and you will lead those teams later. And these programs are so fun you don't realize you are learning. So don't worry about us adding another class with more homework.

SUNDAY February 23 SHOW & CLASS at the #Broadway #Comedy #Club

EVERY SUNDAY!!! 
(CLICK LINKS for online discount tix via Ovation / Theatermania)

3pm SHOW Perfect for teens and the whole family
5pm CLASS Just for Teens (14-19 only)
- 18 and over welcome also at Adult Class Wednesday 5:30
- PRETEENS  Saturdays 12:30 (11am Comedy 4 Kids)


More about Public Shows & classes CLICK HERE


WEEKLY CALENDAR
CLICK HERE for $5 tickets to shows
NIGHTLY 9 & 11pm All Starr Stand-Up Comedy
Saturdays 3 & 8pm Improv Comedy
Sundays 3pm Improv Comedy
Sundays 5pm Improv 4 Teens Class
Wednesdays 5:30 Adult Improv Class
Saturdays 11am Comedy 4 Kids
Saturdays 12:30pm Pre-Teens Comedy Class

Broadway Comedy Club
318 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
Between 8th & 9th Ave
Close to Times Square & Columbus Circle trains
Parking garage across the street
1 block form Letterman / Ed Sullivan Theater