Stand-up Comedy

Quotes from Students in the

Standup Comedy Workshop

“I just wanted to thank you again for offering your Comedy Class. The interlacing of both writing and performing in class, and in front of the class, was extremely helpful. Personally, I never realized how much the performing aspect would help the writing aspect. They work in conjunction together. With your direction and suggestions, I feel that you have helped to raise the level of my delivery and writing by tenfold.” DE

“First of all I just wanted to thank you so much for having me in your class—The time I spent with you has been invaluable. You have made me more confident with myself on stage - all my friends have said they have seen a dramatic change for the better in my material as well as my stage presence. Most of all I feel the change within myself - being confident on stage is the most important thing to a comic and under your guidance I was able to get there. Your patience and creativity has been amazing! If you ever need a reference please tell the person to call me and all your classes will be full! LLR

“I can honestly say I have never encountered any coach that is more well-rounded (performance, material, exploring creatively) and committed than Cheryl is.” K

Cheryl coproduced the Funny Women Fests in Chicago, IL in 2000 and 2001and the East Coast Funny Women Fest in 2002. She sold out her Standup Comedy workshops at every festival.

About Funny Women Fest: The first annual Funny Women Fest was held on August 24-27, 2000 in Chicago. Over 100 women from the United States attended the Festival classes and panels, and over 400 people attended the performances. In Funny Women Fest, February 2001, women from the United States, Canada and Japan helped to make the FWF a truly international festival. The first East Coast Funny Women Festival was held on October 24th – 27th in NYC and brought together nationally acclaimed performers of all types; stand up, improv, short films, sketch comedy and musical acts.

FWF's mission is to provide a supportive environment in which women performers, writers and directors are encouraged to explore and develop their talent and themselves through a uniquely feminine viewpoint. Our goals include strengthening the FWF outreach program, which focuses on minority women, teens and women who demonstrate financial need, and to endow our world with confident, strong, and knowledgeable female artists able to express a collective and individual voice.