Writing Workshops
The workshop that came up through Crackers Comedy Club. Thirty-two years of stage time, distilled into a room where you learn to write jokes that survive contact with an audience.
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Stand-Up Writing Workshop — October Session
The workshop that came up through Crackers Comedy Club. Bring a premise, a notebook, and a thick skin — leave with tighter...
Workshop Alumni
The Crackers Stand-Up Comedy Writing Workshop has been turning first-timers into working comics for years. Its graduates include:
DONNY BAKERBOB & TOM Show regular
TROY DAVISOne of Indy's most successful comics
OTTO THE COMICNational touring headliner
What You'll Work On
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Premise → Joke
Turning the weird thing you noticed into a bit that actually gets laughs.
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Editing
Cutting every word that isn't funny. Brevity is the soul of wit; Gerry proves it weekly.
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Stage Craft
Delivery, pacing, and handling the silence before the punchline lands.
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The Path to Stage
Gerry runs the open mic. Workshop students get the path to their first set.