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Intro To Sketch Writing: Character, Game, and the Absurd (6 WEEKS)
In this 6-week course you’ll learn the essentials of sketch comedy that will sharpen your writing skills and help you find your own distinctive comedic voice. You will finish this coures with the tools you need to develop characters, premise, Game, and relationship dynamics that get your audiences laughing early and will leave them wanting more!
Fundamentally standup comedy is a conversation. It’s a connection between you and the audience. In this course, you’ll get help plumbing your life and the world around you for humor and connect the fundamentals of standup with your unique voice and point of view. By the end of the course, you’ll understand how to use standup comedy to have authentic conversations AND be funny!
Prerequisite: You must have taken Standup 1 at ColdTowne or get explicit permission from the instructor to register.
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell said it takes 10,000 hours of proper practice to master anything. So let’s get in the gym and continue honing your comedy chops and growing whether or not it ever moves from a hobby to a profession.
Each class will have a workshop format. In the first half, we learn new tools to get to the funny and work on our jokes with input from other comedians. In the second hour, we will have performance opportunities in the form of an open mic where you’ll learn from your classmates and other comedians around town. It’s everything a growing standup needs – reps, reps, and more reps. Let’s sweat!
