The jokes don’t write themselves.
ASAP’s Comedy Bootcamp™ is the first-ever stand-up comedy class designed exclusively for the military community.
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Call for Auditions: Comedy, Storytelling, or Spoken Word
Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP) invites all military-connected artists to submit your content for upcoming performance opportunities. Outside of graduation and community shows, ASAP hosts curated performances through partnerships (corporate and government) and for our biggest fundraising event of the year: Armed with the Arts. The goals of each performance vary based on the partnership, […]
Comedy Bootcamp
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 […]
New Jokes Workshop
Comedians have five minutes to present new material they're working on, followed by a short feedback session with ASAP comedy instructors. This is a 2 hour workshop for alumni of ASAP's Comedy Bootcamp. About the instructors PT Bratton is a pastor-turned-comedian and one of the DMV’s only veteran & African-American comedians who delivers clean, conscientious […]
Sketch Writing Workshop
Have you ever watched “In Living Color," “Chappelle's Show,” or perhaps “Saturday Night Live”? Do you have a burning desire to learn the basics of writing your own sketches? If […]
Comedy Crash Course
Comedy Crash Course is a three-hour introductory workshop into the art of stand-up comedy. Professional comics teach you how to uncover humor in your personal experiences. You’ll learn the basics […]
Michael Carrasquillo
Army Veteran, Comedy Bootcamp Alum
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