STAND UP FOR YOURSELF
A STAND-UP INTENSIVE WORKSHOP WITH CRAIG ANTON & JANN KARAM
For people who want to get serious about comedy
We will make you stronger, faster, funnier!
CRAIG ANTON
holds an MFA in Acting & Directing, is a current faculty member at Cal State Long Beach University where he teaches Acting For The Camera, Intro to Acting and Improvisation – in addition to conducting his own scene-study classes in LA. Craig began working comedy clubs in 1980, while still in high school and, soon after, performed on an international stand-up tour for the USO. Further, he’s appeared at over 1500 colleges and was nominated 3 successive years for NACA's prestigious Campus Entertainer of the Year Award. He was an original cast member on MAD TV. Most recently he's been seen on MAD MEN, 2 BROKE GIRLS, WORKAHOLICS, THE OFFICE, ENTOURAGE, WEEDS, THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAM, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, KING OF QUEENS, and played the dad on the Disney Channel series, PHIL OF THE FUTURE. His stand-up, he has been featured on Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, NBC Late Fridays, Comic Strip Live on FOX, Caroline's on A&E, and several stand up shows for Comedy Central.
JANN KARAM
is a New York Meisner trained actor with a BA in theatre from ASU,
where she began her stand-up comedy career at age 19. She’s been
called “a woman blessed with looks, talent and the gift of restraint,”
by the LA Times, and “a comedic breakthrough,” by the New York Times.
Her many television appearances have included series-regular as well
as guest-starring roles on HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS, SEINFELD,
MAD ABOUT YOU, NORM, DR. KATZ, POLITICALLY INCORRECT, and
THE NEW CAROL BURNET SHOW. She has released 2 well-received comedy
albums LIVE AT THE BLUE LOON and SAME GUY, DIFFERENT SHIRT; she
also wrote, directed, and starred in the multi festival-award-winning film
UNDER THE BIG MUU-MUU (Castle Rock Entertainment), a funny, touching
look at mother- daughter relationships. Jerry Seinfeld calls it "Funny and original! If you have a mother -- when you get to the end -- you can't not cry."
Currently, on LA stages, she performs her critically acclaimed solo play,
RECLINING NUDE ON LA CIENEGA...A STAND-UP’S STORIES ABOUT LIFE,
LOVE AND FINDING A PLACE TO LIE DOWN... Of Jann’s work Larry David raves, “She was good when I saw her.”