Polish Your Bits: 

A Stand Up Workshop - $20

Have you always wanted to try stand up comedy? Do you have 2-5 minutes of material floating around in your head, but haven't found the courage to get on stage and perform it? This workshop is for you! Participants will participate in improv activities to warm up, and then practice their stand up material in a supportive setting. Feedback will be provided so that participants can learn how to refine and trim their act in real time. Don't have any material? No problem! We'll do some writing exercises and discuss how to find inspiration. 

The workshop will be followed by a pop-up open mic for a 2nd chance to polish those bits!

Friends and Family are invited to the Open Mic to see the fruits of your labor. $5 tickets available by hitting the buy button.

Tom is an elementary school PE teacher turned stand-up comedian. He began his comedy career as an improviser, training at both iO Chicago and The Second City Conservatory before turning to stand-up comedy in 2015. He developed his social media persona (The Angry Gym Teacher) in 2020 and has since gone viral several times with his hilarious videos and sketches, amassing over 400k followers across TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook. Tom has performed in notable comedy clubs such as Zanies, Helium, and Funny Bone both as a headliner and as a feature on the Bored Teachers Comedy Tour. Tom’s comedic style is edgy and relatable, with hilariously wholesome stories from his life as a teacher and a dad.