This six-week class will meet on Saturdays: September 14, 21, 28, October 5, 19, and 26 (skip October 12). Each session is 3 hours.
Learn the basics of standup comedy in this six-week class taught by professional comics. The class ends with a graduation show where you’ll deliver a five-minute comedy set to a public audience. Our 600+ graduates have gone on to perform on some of the world’s biggest stages, including Warner Theater, Gotham Comedy Club, and The White House.
This class has a graduation show on Wednesday, October 30 where participants will perform for an audience of friends, family, and the community.
About the Instructors
Hayes Larsen is a veteran of the Iraq war and an active duty lawyer for the US Navy. A graduate of ASAP’s Spring 2018 Comedy Bootcamp class in Hampton Roads. In 2019, he became a lead instructor for the program. Now stationed in San Diego, he continues to teach comedy in ASAP’s newest chapter.
Geoff Grooms is a U.S. Navy Information Professional specializing in the Navy’s cyberspace defensive operations and communications. He started his stand-up routines at various comedy clubs around the Southern California area and performs all around San Diego and Los Angeles. He joined ASAP in 2022 with the expansion into San Diego. When he’s not working or telling jokes, you can find him doing bicep curls in the gym.
