The Comedy Writing & Sketch Foundations Workshop takes you inside the process of developing great jokes and great sketches, using a structured set of writing tools and comedy principles. These are the building blocks of writing for many types of comedy, including sitcoms and comedic screenplays. Learn the process that is the foundation of success for countless sketches and performers that have appeared on ACME's famous stage and beyond!
ACME has been producing great sketch comedy in Hollywood for over 20 years, and currently features the weekly online TV sketch show HOLLYWOOD SATURDAY NIGHT, with a celebrity guest, featuring all new sketches for every episode, which is performed in front of a studio audience and broadcast LIVE online. Hollywood Saturday Night has been a fixture in Hollywood for several years and because of this challenging format the writers and performers have a working environment that is more like a professional television show than any other sketch show in L.A. The Comedy Writing & Sketch Foundations Workshop is an opportunity to learn the ACME writing method, which has been developed over many years and continues to be refined by the ambitious pace of Hollywood Saturday Night.
The workshop includes:
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A focus on finding your unique writing voice and then honing your writing to better support it.
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An in-depth exploration of crafting jokes as the building blocks of comedy.
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An emphasis on the balance between discovering the comedy in your writing and then clarifying and refining exactly WHAT your comedy/sketch is about.
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Learning the ELEMENTS of what makes good comedy work and applying those elements to your own writing.
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Performance coaching and a final performance, where the ideas you developed in class are performed on stage.
ADVANCE REGISTRATION (ONLINE) REQUIRED.
Eight 3-hour
group
classes,
plus
showcase
opportunity.
Class size
limited.
Tuition:
$350
UPCOMING
SESSIONS:
Sundays, Sep
30 - Nov 11
6:00
- 9:00 pm
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TO REGISTER
NOW
The
workshop fills
up quickly -
Register
today!
ABOUT THE
INSTRUCTOR
Joseph
Limbaugh has
over 15
years of
experience
in the
fields of
improvisational
and sketch
comedy. His
television
appearances
include Curb
your
Enthusiasm,
Scrubs, That
70's Show,
Yes Dear,
and many
others. He
is a
co-founder
of Dad's
Garage
Theatre in
Atlanta,
where he
worked as
the Improv
Director for
4 years
before
moving to
Hollywood.
He has
performed in
numerous
festivals
and worked
extensively
with Keith
Johnstone,
Del Close,
Stan Wells,
Randy Dixon,
and Dan
O'Connor.
The main
focus of his
improv career has
been
blending the
playful
experimentation
of Chicago
style improv
with the
solid
narrative
theory of
Johnstone's
work. He
has
developed
and extended
many improv
forms
including
improvised
cartoons and
the soap
opera
format. He
has worked
with and
directed
dozens of
celebrities
including
Debra
Wilson,
Jimmy Pardo,
Scott
Thompson,
Topher
Grace,
Felicia Day,
Alex
Borstein,
and Brian
Cranston.
He is
currently
the Head
Writer and a
cast member
of the
HOLLYWOOD
SATURDAY
NIGHT
sketch
comedy show,
and the
director of
the
mainstage
improvisational
show
HOLLYWOOD
DREAM ROLE,
both of
which are
online TV
shows
broadcast
live from
the famous
ACME stage.
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