Greg Shapiro

Stand-up Comedy & Storytelling workshop with Dutch American comedian Greg Shapiro. As one of the originals at the Boom Chicago theater in Amsterdam, Greg Shapiro is an expert in training his colleagues and students how to be their funniest. This 6-session course is essentially an entry-level workshop, which offers the possibility to perform a short set at Shapiro’s Open Mic Comedy Club at Bar Boele on the VU campus! You can find more info about the Open Mic Comedy Club here. All performances are in English.

Shapiro’s workshop starts a first half involving group work to help students realize their comic potential. The second half of the workshop prepares students for standing onstage in front of a live audience. Greg Shapiro’s personal training involves the Golden Rule “make your partner look good onstage.” In this class, you are the partner.

About the teacher

Greg Shapiro: Comedian, American, Dutchman. (And the voice of the ‘Netherlands Second’ video with over 50 million views online.) Shapiro was the host of Comedy Central News. His standup specials have appeared on Dutch BNN-VARA and HumorTV. And he helped establish the Amsterdam comedy theater Boom Chicago, which launched the careers of alumni like Seth Meyers, Jordan Peele and the creators of Ted Lasso.

This course is English-only!