Explore career paths in the comedy world
Collaborate, mentor, hang out, nerd out, and bond over comedy in a safe, supportive, ad-free space
Hone and express your true point of view
Discover all the ways that comedy skills are job and life skills
Find your comedy crew.
✔️ Unlimited access to online classes (standup, sketch, improv, satire, storytelling, and more)
✔️ Exclusive online Q&A events with comedy pros and stars, including ✨RACHEL BLOOM, ALINE BROSH MCKENNA, RACHEL DRATCH, ASHLEY NICOLE BLACK, PAULA PELL, JUDY GOLD, OPHIRA EISENBERG, MILLY TAMAREZ, NEGIN FARSAD, PATTI HARRISON, JESSICA CHAFFIN, JENA FRIEDMAN, and writers from SNL, THE DAILY SHOW, COLBERT, FULL FRONTAL WITH SAM BEE, 30 ROCK, THE LATE LATE SHOW.✨
✔️ Feedback on your work from comedy pros and community peers
✔️ Regular performance opportunities including monthly showcases and the nicest open mic in the world (weekly)!
✔️ 24/7 access to an active, inspiring, supportive community of comedy peers, mentors, and nerds
✔️ A community feed full of helpful tips, writing prompts, collaboration, job posts, and more!
✔️ Comedy news, memes, and content, including the funny stuff YOU create and share
[*$1500. No! It's at least a $1500 value ... but—SPOILER—it's $399.99!]
Our flagship courses, led by seasoned pros, are in regular rotation. We also offer workshops on building your comedy brand, developing characters, aceing TikTok, and more. All courses are led live on Zoom.
Runs monthly. The fastest and funniest way to get (or refresh) the tools and skills you need to write jokes that only YOU can write. Through GOLD’s proven methods, you’ll get a new handle on joke writing mechanics, clarity on what makes YOU funny, and the capacity to apply what you’ve learned to other areas of comedy, work, and life. (Taught by Elsa Eli Waithe.)
The stage comic’s ultimate tool is a rock-solid 5-minute set. In this peer-led workshop, we’ll help you craft and nail it.
Level up your standup set. Turn your 2 or 3 or 5 into a tight 10 for your next headlining set! (Taught by Carolyn Castiglia.)
Back to the basics without being boring. Hone your skills, refine your style, and become the sketch boss you always dreamed of being. (Taught by Maggie Scudder.)
Conquer character monologues, break the boundaries of sketch formula, engage deeper with your work, and dip into the endless well of free-writing. (Taught by Maggie Scudder.)
This course is unlike ANY OTHER comedy class out there. We'll take you through the ins and outs, dos and don'ts, will-theys and won't-theys of putting on an amazing live show. (Taught by Maggie Scudder.)
Time to step up and OWN your story. In this course, you'll get all the tools and practice you need to tell the best version of your story. (Taught by Robin Gelfenbein,)
Learn all the basics of “Yes and…”, building a character, getting out of your head, and giving your best “Whose Line” performance. (Taught by Bonita Elery.)
GOLD Comedy is the comedy school, professional community, and content studio where women + non-binary folks grow their comedy careers and creative side hustles, build powerful networks, and make funny stuff. Our classes, celebrity speaker series, digital shorts teams, mics, shows, and more build expertise, careers, and resumes for women and other “others” who are chasing showbiz dreams or all the other opportunities and outlets that comedy provides.
Why GOLD? Times have changed—women can be Ghostbusters now!—but…not enough. Dudes still dominate the comedy world and access to it.
We love these guys! Some of our best friends are very funny men!
But still. Even though women are more and more visible in comedy, men still control and define it. And as long as comedy is defined by men, it’s not designed for women (or anyone else).
That’s why we’re here. That’s why we’re here for YOU.
BRAGGING: Rachel Dratch is an advisor, and our guests + mentors have included Margaret Cho, Paula Pell, Judy Gold, Rachel Bloom, Ashley Nicole Black, Patti Harrison, Paula Pell, Bridget Everett, and staffers from The Daily Show, SNL, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Broad City, Search Party, Inside Amy Schumer, and more.
Founded by award-winning-writer-producer-strategist-creator-multihyphenate Lynn Harris in 2016, GOLD started as online resources—including the first and only online comedy course designed for teen girls—plus live comedy classes/events for teen girls in New York City.
Join GOLD and join the talent/content/power pipeline for funny women.
For more info and inspo, visit our library of how-tos, interviews, and other resources/laughs at www.goldcomedy.com!
***GOLD is an inclusive community. We especially welcome women (trans and cis), non-binary folks, non-gender-conforming humans, and anyone else who considers themselves an "other" in comedy, and/or the world.
Give the gift of GOLD to the comedy lover in your life here.
A limited number of scholarships are available to folks who demonstrate interest and need.
Want to help support our scholarship students? You are so nice! Please contact us: [email protected]. Thank you!
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