Writing Sketch Comedy with Joanna Castle Miller
March 9 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Writing Sketch Comedy with Joanna Castle Miller
Date: Sundays, March 9 – April 13, 2025 | 6 weeks
Time: 12:00-2:00pm AKT
Format: Virtual (Zoom)
Description:
Ever wondered why one sketch on Saturday Night Live lives on forever and the next totally flops? How do you turn a funny idea into a successful 3-5 minute comedy piece? And most importantly, how can sketch comedy writing make any writer’s work better, even across other genres?
This class will look at the structure and styles of sketch comedy writing. You’ll develop new sketches, learn to edit and punch up work in a writers’ room, and discover what makes sketch comedy so fun and such a valuable addition to any writer’s toolbox.
This class will include:
- General structure
- Fish out of water sketches
- Parody
- Satire and political sketch
- Runners and blackouts
- Editing / punchups
- Prepping and submitting sketch packets
- Expanding sketches into longer-form work
- How sketch comedy can help with writing in other genres
Pricing and Registration: This event is open to members and non-members.
- Member Price: $240
- Non-Member Price: $300
About the Instructor:
Joanna Castle Miller is a NY-based writer, performer, and satirist whose sketches have been featured by Time, Fortune, Funny or Die, WhoHaha, Comedy Cake, and performed at iO West, UCB, and Second City. For four years, she worked as a staff writer for beloved LA political sketch show Top Story Weekly and was a house sketch writer for iO West. Her sketches have been adapted into plays, musicals, and short stories, including The World’s Next Tooth Fairy and Fox News the Musical!
Scholarships are available! To fill out a scholarship form, go HERE.
