About Us
Our Mission & Vision
Our Mission is to be is an artist-led company dedicated to supporting the North Texas comedy community through performance and education. Our vision is to innovate the art of comedy while providing an accessible home for like-minded artists and provide a welcoming space for inspiration, collaboration, creativity and fun.
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Since 2017, The Comedy Arena Training Center has been dedicated to providing affordable and accessible comedy education to adults and kids in Downtown, McKinney, TX as well as in other regions of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. We've been super fortunate to offer a range of classes, workshops, and performance opportunities that foster creativity, confidence, and community engagement.
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A portion of our revenue supports youth programs, scholarships, and community outreach initiatives, ensuring that everyone has access to the transformative power of comedy.​
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The Comedy Arena Training Center is a destination for those interested in meeting new people, trying something new, or expanding one's creativity. We've partnered with beginners wanting to dip their toes into the world of comedy as well as experienced performers who were aiming to sharpen their skills. We are passionate about creating a supportive and fun environment for our students to learn and grow in their comedic abilities.
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At The Comedy Arena Training Center, we are dedicated to providing a platform for individuals to challenge themselves, curb anxiety, step out of their comfort zone, try something new or just want to have fun. We are committed to fostering a community where students can learn, collaborate, and have fun!
Top 10 Reasons
to get started
01
Will Help You Make Friends
Will Help You Make FriendsMost people who take our comedy classes or workshop get to feel closer to the people who are in their class, and sometimes they make friends that last a lifetime. Some have even met their forever scene partners and got married. It just happens, due to the nature of the games, exercises and the philosophy we teach and the environment we help create.
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Will Help You
Find Time To Play
When was the last time you just played? If you were to answer this honestly, you would probably say years ago. As adults, we need to play -- for our survival, for our sanity, for our mental health. So many of us are driven, goal-orientated people rushing from one thing to the next all in the name of getting ahead. We stress out about our jobs, our finances, and what’s going on in this crazy world. We create the space so students can play and we all need more of that in our lives, even if only for a of couple hours a week.
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Will Teach You How To
Go With The Flow
Listen up control freaks, this is for you. We will help force you to drop your so-called brilliant agenda and go with what is presented. Pre-planning what you are going to say and trying to control others will not work in this spontaneous art form. So, the next time you’re out in the real world and things don't go according to your plan, instead of being devastated, you’ll start to improvise. You’ll be more comfortable going with the flow, and sometimes, you’ll realize that things actually end up better than if everything would have gone according to your plan.
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Will Make You
A Better Listener
We all need to talk less and listen more. When we really listen to others, we are able to connect with them on a deeper level, and people feel more respected and heard. By learning how to shut up and really listen to others, we can improve all of our relationships, in business and in life.
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Will Teach You To
Be More Mindful
Doing comedy requires you to be in the moment, because instead of pre-planning what you are going to say to make yourself sound funny, you have to respond to the last thing that just happened – and if you aren’t paying attention, it’s easy to miss. That is what mindfulness is all about -- focusing on what you are doing in the moment. There’s a lot of talk these days about the benefits of being mindful, but if you’re interested in actually experiencing being mindful rather than just reading about it, then have we got a class for you.
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Will Help You Not Take Yourself So Seriously
We all know that person who takes themselves too seriously. We all think we are important, but when we start to take ourselves too seriously, we lose our sense of our humanness and our sense of humor at the same time, making us difficult to be around. Ten minutes into your first class when you are playing, you’ll realize that taking yourself too seriously in class is not going to work – and that’s a good thing.
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Will Help You Take Risks
Sometimes, when people first start out in class they are terrified. They think they are going to be humiliated and embarrassed. In fact, that is the number one reason people don't take the class in the first place. On day one, people are often reluctant to take any risks and are just worried about self preservation. That soon goes away after they start building trust in the group. Soon, people who were shy at the beginning start making big, bold choices all over the place. They start laughing and having a good time, and they’re not even aware they are taking risks. And all of that risk taking in class often translates into being more comfortable taking risks in the outside world too, from being more confident speaking in front of a group to becoming more comfortable sharing your ideas and more.
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Will Make You More Creative
We teach you how to be more collaborative in everything you do, and being open to other people's ideas will lead you to being more creative. It also teaches you how to be less judgmental of your own thoughts, which can help creativity flow as well.
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Will Build Your Confidence
We’ve taught improv to executives, mothers, teenagers, real estate agents, actors, design students and more. And they all had the same results: We give each person a newfound confidence in how they interacted in the world.​
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Will Make You A Kinder Person
We will teach you how this all can be a team sport, and how to make the other person look good. That spirit of working together can spill over into our lives and truly make us kinder human beings.
BONUS: 11
Will Save You MONIE$
While enrolled, students get to see shows at The Comedy Arena for FREE while enrolled.