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In this five-class workshop, writer, comedian, actor, and spiritualist Christian Cintron will teach you how to write jokes, the secrets to comedy performance skills, and how to turn your traumas and tribulations into treasures.
Have people always told you that you were funny? Are you painfully shy and dying for a way to be more outgoing? Are you chock full of stress and trauma and looking for an outlet? Stand-up comedy provides you with a ton of tools for managing your discomfort, speaking your truth, and standing up for yourself. Sharing your innermost thoughts in front of strangers can be the scariest thing you can do, so why not conquer it with this class?
Christian Cintron is a jack-of-all-trades, master of fun. He is a writer, comedian, actor, and spiritualist. He created Stand Up 4 Your Power, a class that uses stand-up comedy as a tool to help students with personal empowerment and trauma healing. It uses the tools of stand-up comedy writing and performance and extends into the areas of intersectionality, negotiating conflict, and energy management. Christian teaches stand-up comedy at LA City College’s Rodney Dangerfield Institute which is committed to making comedy education accessible. His writing appeared in Backstage, Hollywood.com, Queerty, The Authentic Gay, and Ranker, to name a few. Christian is a graduate of Vassar College, The Second City: Hollywood, and iO West.
Sponsored by the Friends of the West Hollywood Library.
Attendance is limited and advance registration is required. Please register every individual in your party. This will be used to save your spots in the program. We cannot guarantee availability for any unregistered attendees.
This event is held in person. LA County Public Health strongly encourages masks and physical distancing indoors regardless of vaccination status. Masks will continue to be available for customers upon request. Please see the Guidelines for Attendees during the registration process for more information.
AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Theatre, Film, & Media | Entertainment | Books, Poetry, & Writing |
TAGS: | Workshop | Creative Careers |
West Hollywood Library began service to the area (then unincorporated ) in 1913. The library was previously located at Sherman School, a cottage on Clark Street, a building on Westbourne Drive, and a building near the present site. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.
The new library was dedicated October 1, 2011.
