This Advanced 6-week course will focus on writing techniques, stage presence, and help you continue to hone your unique comedy voice. Every week you will have the opportunity to get onstage and receive feedback in order to level-up your 5-minute set.

The class concludes with a show at West Side Comedy Club, providing students the opportunity to perform onstage in front of a live audience, and receive a professional recording of their set (please note recordings are subject to be used on our social media platforms).

All of our instructors are working comics themselves with credits to their name; they are able to speak directly to the industry as it is today.

About Brian Scott McFadden: 

Brian Scott McFadden is an actor and comedian who has been doing stand up comedy for over 25 years. He has performed all over the world & appears regularly in clubs all over NYC. He has  been seen on Late Night With David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Star Search as well as MTV, Comedy Central. He has voiced many animated characters in movies like Ice Age 2 & Robots as well as providing the voice of the Honey Nut Cheerio Bee, the M&M Peanut and the Serta Mattress Sheep.

Session Schedule: 

Monday, August 18th, 6 pm – 8 pm, at West Side Comedy Club

Monday, August 25th, 6 pm – 7:30 pm, at West Side Comedy Club

Monday, September 8th, 6 pm – 8:15 pm, at West Side Comedy Club

Monday, September 15th, 6 pm – 8:15 pm, at West Side Comedy Club

Monday, September 22nd, 6 pm – 8 pm, at West Side Comedy Club

Monday, September 29th, 6 pm – 8 pm, at West Side Comedy Club

Policies: 

Payment is required to complete the registration process; No Refunds, No Exchanges, No Cancellations (No semester roll-overs).

We reserve the right to remove anyone from a course and refund their money at any time for any reason

Please note end times are subject to change based on class size.

Graduation shows must have at least 20 tickets sold in order to move forward, FUNY Standup & West Side Comedy Club reserve the right to cancel the show up to four (4) hours prior to start time if there is not a large enough audience. THIS CLASS DOES NOT HAVE A GRADUATION SHOW.

Students will receive a recording of their set from the graduation show for free if they ahve 4 peiple present in the audience otherwise there will be a $25 fee.

Please be sure to read through our FAQ page for additional policies

If you have any additional questions feel free to reach out to us using the contact form or by emailing [email protected]

*scheduling subject to change