Lauren Clark

Figure out what works for you and do it as much as possible. There's no right or wrong, there is only weak and strong.

I am honest and direct with my notes. I report what I see and we typically go from there, always jumping off from the basics and fundamentals of sustainable and repeatable comedy. If we're talking sketch, I'm ride-or-die that UCB training so I'm looking for the game on page 1 and then how many different ways can you tell the same joke. Also... does your sketch just end or does it end on a joke? If you don't know, I can help you!

It's important to note that as we go, I am learning from you, too! Because of this fact, I am going to be your biggest cheerleader. When you succeed, so do I! And so we shall.

I can promise to bring it with the positivity and optimism. I got it for days man. Anything is possible, comedy is fucking easy, holding back profanity isn't. Improv is beautiful, life is beautiful, YOU'RE beautiful, let's make magic!

I've been a member of several independent comedy troupes and I’ve studied sketch and improv at UCB under Ryan Karels, Keisha Zollar, Will Hines, Neil Casey, Gavin Speiller, Brandon Gardner, Dan Hodapp, Corey Brown, Anthony Atamanuik, Leila Cohan-Miccio, Chris Kelly, Chelsea Clarke and others who are now LA based and dead to me because of it. (jk, but also hey come back?) I also briefly trained at Annoyance with Philip Markle and Anthony Oberbeck. iO Chicago with Tara DeFrancisco, Charlie McCracken and Charna Halpern (Summer Improv Intensive 2013 yeeeeah buddy!!)

$25/hr. is my general rate, but depending on your group size I am willing to negotiate.

Also, if you're a group of all white dudes, give me a headsup on that so I can say no. Otherwise....

Message me!

Looking forward to working with you :)