Comedy Bootcamp®

This six-week class will meet on Thursdays: July 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13, and 20. 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” in between class sessions to prepare a 5-minute set for their graduation show on August 27.

PT Bratton is a pastor-turned-comedian and one of the DMV’s only veteran & African-American comedians who delivers clean, conscientious comedy through a uniquely lighthearted mixture of perspectives. He has shared the stage with some of the best comics in the nation including PJ Walsh (Blue Collar Comedy Tour) and Chinnita Morris AKA Chocolate (HBO’S Def Comedy Jam). Read more here. https://www.ptbratton.com/

Demi Chang got her start (in life and comedy) in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area. She is a Marine Corps veteran and ASAP Comedy Bootcamp graduate and instructor. She has performed at the DC Improv, The Comedy Chateau, and Vulcan Gas Company in Austin, TX as featured on the Kill Tony podcast and The Secret Show. Find her on social media @TheDemiChang.