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Sketch 101 — Sketch Comedy Writing

Sundays 12-3pm starting Jun 29, 2008
Cost: $325

This course is an introduction to the UCB philosophy on sketch comedy, specifically using “the game” to write short comedic scenes. Each week students will engage in writing exercises that will explore different sketch formats. Students will be exposed to different methods for turning funny ideas into even funnier written sketches. Students will leave the class with an understanding of popular sketch formats and a portfolio of writing.

No prior sketch writing experience is necessary – the only requirement for this class is a desire to write and learn. Students should be prepared to work each week outside of class, preparing sketches for presentation in class. Students will be required to see two live sketch shows before the end of the course.

Class Size: 12 Students

No Class July 6th or August 10th & 31st.

Dominic Dierkes

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Dominic has been performing sketch and improv at the UCB Theatre since 2003. He is a founding member of the popular internet sketch group DERRICKcomedy with whom he co-wrote and developed a show for Comedy Central. Dominic served as a staff writer for the Onion News Network and has written sketches for MTV and Fuse. He can be seen performing at Harold Night with fwand and monthly at the UCBT with DERRICKcomedy.