SNL SKETCH WRITING WORKSHOP
Submitted by admin on April 2, 2009 - 3:37am
April 1, 2010 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
With PIT Founder, Former SNL Writer and Second City Alum Ali Farahnakian.
New Dates for this workshop have not been annonced.
Please email us to join our wait list. Space will be limited. classes@filmlabclasses.com.
Attendance will be limited to 12 students per session.
Course Description:
This two day workshop is for anyone who has ever thought about writing sketch comedy for stage or television. If you've got the ideas and want to know how to build a sketch, this class is for you.
This two day workshop is for anyone who has ever thought about writing sketch comedy for stage or television. If you've got the ideas and want to know how to build a sketch, this class is for you.
This class will demystify what an SNL sketch looks like, what a "packet" for SNL or MAD TV consists of and what "readers" are looking for in a "packet." The class will focus on a commercial parody which you will bring to the first class) and two person/5 page sketches for the second day.
As one of the only former SNL writers teaching in North America, Ali will give you a clear concise point of view of someone who has been in the belly of the beast in a fun and nurturing environment. Ali has taught this class to over 1000 people, some of which have gone on to work for SNL, MAD TV, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Letterman, VH1 and MTV.
ALI REZA FARAHNAKIAN studied extensively with Charna Halpern and Del Close in the 1990s at ImprovOlympic (IO). He was also a founding member of the UCB with whom he helped to create the critically acclaimed show, "Virtual Reality". At The Second City in Chicago he was part of the Jeff-nominated show The Revelation Will Not Be Televised (dir. Jeff Richmond) for which he also received a Jeff nomination for Best Actor in a Revue. His one-man show Word of Mouth was an official selection to the US Comedy Arts Festival 2001 in Aspen. He was a writer on Saturday Night Live during its 25th anniversary season and received a Writers Guild Award nomination. He has worked on The Steppenwolf Mainstage in Chicago and BAM in Brooklyn. Television credits include all the Law and Order's, All My Children, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, 30 ROCK. He has been in many films, 3 of which have gone to Sundance and one went to Cannes. In 2002 he founded The Peoples Improv Theater (aka The PIT).
Ali is Founder of The Peoples Improv Theater (The Pit).
The PIT.
Ali on YouTube.
Location: Toronto. $250.00.
Attendance is Limited to 12 Students.
Please call us with any inquiries at 416.570.0522, or email classes@filmlabclasses.com.
Fee:
$250.00. If you have a Coupon Code please email us. We will send an email upon receipt.