#020: Steve Kaplan - Moving Beyond Fear

Steve Kaplan is an author, producer, director, consultant and
teacher. He has been the industry’s most sought-after expert on
comedy. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other
top universities, Steve created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New
Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of
Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He has consulted and taught
workshops at companies such as HBO, DreamWorks, Disney, Aardman
Animation, Sony Pictures Network India, Globo Brazil, and
others.

He is also the Author of THE HIDDEN TOOLS OF COMEDY, and THE
COMIC HERO'S JOURNEY. In addition to private coaching and
one-on-one consultations, Steve has taught his Comedy Intensive
workshops to thousands of students all around the world.

In this podcast we talk about, how a cab driver became a comedy
expert and leader in the comedy space, fear of failure, love of
comedy and truth in comedy, finding your voice, hustle,
reinventing yourself (more than once), vulnerability to pain and
success.

If you'd like to keep up to date with Steve, check him out on:
Facebook: KaplanComedy Website: www.kaplancomedy.com Instagram:
skcomedy52 Twitter: skcomedy

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