Whether classical comedy, light theatre, improvisation or comedy, the comic in the theater has many faces! The present work is an introduction and disclosure of the mechanisms that are behind comedy in the theater and how they can be operated. First the basic conditions of the comic are defined and introduced: distance and harmlessness. The response to comedy, the laughter will be explained from the perspective of Sigmund Freud and after Henri Bergson understood as a social gesture. Even as comedy is produced by contrasts and incongruities, is illustrated by examples and concise theories. Finally, the main theses of the work are summarized / and noted: No one considers the things offered from the same perspective as another, so there is no objectively perceived Theater and also no objective comedy. However, there are theories and mechanisms that contribute significantly to generate comedy.