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Comedy Bootcamp
March 7 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern
This six-week class will meet on Saturdays: March 7, 14, 21, 28, April 11, and 18 (skip April 5). 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.
Participants will have weekly writing “homework” to prepare a 5-minute set for their graduation show.
About the Instructors
Sherri Priester is a Navy wife who has performed in clubs throughout the Southeast & has appeared on Coast Comedy Live, CBS, and UBSN on Roku. Since 2019, she has performed with comedians Lindsay Glazer, Helen Keaney, Tracey Locke, Cederick Middlebrooks, Jason Moliterno, Mat Alano-Martin, Chris Harvey, Quicy Carr, Tanya Lee Davis and Shelly Belly and more. Her unique take on parenting, marriage, the military, friendship and aging will make any audience laugh.
Ian Brice is a stand-up comedian, actor, and caretaker for his cousin in the Air Force. As a former mentor and current assistant instructor with ASAP’s stand-up comedy program, Ian brings both experience and heart to the stage. He has won the Sean Malec Comedy Smackdown Roast Battle, placed in the Clash of the Comics at the Virginia Beach Funny Bone, and in 2024 became the first-ever winner in the U.S. Comedy Contest to take home titles in both the Headliner category and the Two Years and Under category. Ian also hosts the investigative podcast Under the Tree: The Murder of Shellie Carson and runs a thriving TikTok presence, where he mixes comedy with affiliate marketing—selling everything from bold underwear to quirky products. His work blends humor with advocacy, promoting diversity, mental health, and addiction awareness.
