TV SKETCH COMEDY CLASSES
SNL SKETCH COMEDY WRITING CLASS
The GOAL of this class is an SNL sketch packet, comprised of at least eight separate sketches, suitable for submission to literary agents, TV producers as well as SNL itself--and to that end the student has complete access to all that The Comedy Lab and The iO West has to offer, including the performance of his or her material by The Comedy Lab Players (a rotating cast of 15 talented sketch actors), every Sunday night during
The Comedy Lab Live. Here's how it shakes out week-to-week: the students learns to write jokes based on the news, as well as a cold opening sketch (1st week); those jokes are then expanded into two separate host-type Monologues, as if the student were hosting and if a hero of the student were hosting (2nd week); to create a streamlined version of Weekend Update (3rd week); to create two Commercial Parody sketches and one Digital Short (4th week); to write for the live performance of a sketch that parodies an existing TV show, and a current film (5th week); to write a sketch that incorporates an existing character within the current ensemble (6th week); to write a cast scene comprised on six or more characters (7th week); and finally to prepare for the student's live show and to develop a business plan (8th week) toward the goal of getting an agent, etc... that starts with the opportunity for the student to see his or her sketches performed before a live audience by The Comedy Lab Players.
Cost: $325