What you'll learn

In this workshop, you will learn how to generate comedic premises, develop a writing practice, understand sketch structure, styles, and types to write the kind of sketches you have seen on Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show, and Key & Peele. You will have a chance to take your own sketch from brainstorm to outline to first draft! You’ll then get notes on how to make it better. This workshop is a great way to start building a portfolio of your work or just to get yourself writing! There will be an optional sketch assignment to be completed between the two sessions.

About the teacher

Curious Comedy Founder and Artistic Director, Stacey Hallal has been writing and performing sketch comedy for over 20 years. She trained at Second City Chicago where she also taught and Assistant Directed the Second City main stage smash hit, Between Barack and a Hard Place. Stacey has directed sketch at Curious Comedy, served as sketch comedy producer, director, and head writer for Audible.com, as well as written, performed, and toured her own sketch comedy shows at over 100 festivals - including a 5 month fringe festival tour across Canada in 2014.