Comedy Sketch Writing Workshop: Write and Perform Short Skits
Learn to write short comedy sketches with professional script format and core comedy techniques, then revise and perform work in a live table read.
Paid once.
- Level
- Beginner
- Ages
- 11–14
- Duration
- 55 min
- Classes
- 1 / Week
- Weeks
- 3
- Not satisfied after the first class? Full refund.
- Pay weekly, or upfront
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Class Experience
This three-class workshop teaches sketch writing fundamentals: professional script formatting, writing sharp dialogue, and using stage directions. Students practice freewriting, learn four comedy tools (exaggeration, surprise, callbacks, comparisons), revise their material as homework, and perform revised sketches in a live table read to receive feedback.
Learning Outcomes
Format sketches using professional script layout (scene headings, character names, dialogue, stage directions)
Generate ideas quickly and overcome writer’s block using freewriting techniques
Apply key comedy tools—exaggeration, surprise, callbacks, and comparisons—to make sketches funnier
Revise sketches based on feedback and techniques
Participate in a table read and hear their work performed aloud
Prerequisites
Materials needed:
Students will need a pen and paper (or a computer) and an imagination. That's it!
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Meet your Instructor
An experienced creative writing instructor with an MFA and a background teaching creative writing and performance, this educator spent several years as an English professor and department chair. Active involvement in comedy writing and stand-up performance shapes a practical, wor…
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