The American Comedy Institute is a comedy school in New York City. Founded in 1989 by Stephen Rosenfield and offers a monthly stand-up comedy workshop as well as a One Year Program in Performing and Writing Comedy. This is the first comedy school in the United States to be accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theater (NAST).
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American Comedy Institute (ACI) was founded by Stephen Rosenfield in 1989. It started as a comedy workshop in the living room of his apartment and has grown into a complete comedy school. It is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theater (NAST) in 2012.
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Available Courses
Stand-up Comedy Workshop
The American Comedy Institute offers a monthly standup comedy class that can be completed for 2-3 weeks or as intensive 5 days.
One Year in Comedy and Performance Writing
The One Year Program in Comedy Performing and Writing is a comprehensive training program for people planning to create comedy for their careers. This program offers classes in:
Stand up
Improv
Act
Writing Sketches and Showings
Performance Talking Final Night Writing and Performing
Write Webisode, Doing, and Producing
Sitkom Audition Engineering
Commercial Technical Auditions
Comedy Business
The program offers an industrial exhibition at the Gotham Comedy Club upon completion.
Private Comedy Coaching
The American Comedy Institute offers private training sessions with Stephen Rosenfield and Lexi Cullen-Baker.
Child and Adolescent Comedy Class
The American Comedy Institute recently started a stand-up comedy workshop for children and adolescents in Montclair, New Jersey. Becky Veduccio is the instructor for this workshop.
Famous Alumni
Jim Gaffigan
Lena Dunham
Michelle Buteau
Ben Rosenfield
Tom Shillue
Jessica Kirson
Andrew Ginsburg
Gregory Korostishevsky
Esther Ku
Carmen Lynch
Yannis Pappas
Aaron Karo
Rene Franco
Steven Fales
Michael Somerville
Nick Cobb
Megan McCormick
Ted Greenberg
Joe Grossman
Mara Altman
Dana Eagle
Sunda Croonquist
Brad Trackman
Mary Dimino
Ethan Herschenfeld
Preston Gitlin
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TV
ACI is featured on CBS TV, MSNBC's "America's Talking", STARZ's mini-television series, "Stand Up or Shut Up!", Hosted by Michael Somerville, and the British television show "ChoccyWoccyDooDah".
Radio
Stephen Rosenfield diwawancarai oleh Betty-Lynn White dan Garrison Leykam dari "The Diner n Motorcycle Guys" di Blog Talk Radio.
Artikel Daring
Stephen Rosenfield and the American Comedy Institute are quoted or mentioned in various articles:
BBC news
Comedy Beat
NY Times
University of Florida
Trib Live
Berita CBS
YouTube
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American Comedy Institute: Alumni on Late Night TV
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia