Script to Spotlight
Script to Spotlight
This class is an introduction to the core ideas behind sketch comedy; no prior experience required. You’ll learn every part of the sketch process, from generating ideas and writing sketches to rehearsing and performing them on stage. Through guided exercises and collaborative writing, you’ll explore how sketches are built, what makes ideas funny, and how characters, patterns, and point of view drive comedy. By the end of the class, students will have created original sketches that will be performed in a final showcase. This class is about understanding how sketch works and gaining confidence creating comedy in front of an audience.
Class sessions will meet offsite at a separate location (The Festival Center in Adams Morgan) for four weeks. Through guided exercises and collaborative writing, you’ll explore how sketches are built, what makes ideas funny, and how characters, patterns, and point of view drive comedy. In the final week, students will perform their original sketches in a graduation showcase at the DC Improv Comedy Club.
About the Instructors: Nikki Frias is a comedy teacher specializing in helping people find their voice in comedy. She’s the author of "Does This Divorce Make Me Look Fat?" and "Damn, You Still Single?" She teaches comedy writing at The Writer’s Center. Her work has appeared in PopSugar, Forbes, The Daily Beast, and Boardroom. Other instructors for the course come from Bad Medicine, DC's premier sketch comedy troupe. Trained by the Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City, Bad Medicine has performed at North American festivals like Montreal Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, and Sketchfest Seattle. They also produce award-winning short comedy films, and a podcast about the craft of sketch comedy called Sketch Nerds.
Classes will meet at The Festival Center in Adams Morgan. Wednesdays, April 8 - April 29, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Graduation show at the DC Improv on Sunday, May 3 at 1 p.m.
This class is an introduction to the core ideas behind sketch comedy; no prior experience required. You’ll learn every part of the sketch process, from generating ideas and writing sketches to rehearsing and performing them on stage. Through guided exercises and collaborative writing, you’ll explore how sketches are built, what makes ideas funny, and how characters, patterns, and point of view drive comedy. By the end of the class, students will have created original sketches that will be performed in a final showcase. This class is about understanding how sketch works and gaining confidence creating comedy in front of an audience.
Class sessions will meet offsite at a separate location (The Festival Center in Adams Morgan) for four weeks. Through guided exercises and collaborative writing, you’ll explore how sketches are built, what makes ideas funny, and how characters, patterns, and point of view drive comedy. In the final week, students will perform their original sketches in a graduation showcase at the DC Improv Comedy Club.
About the Instructors: Nikki Frias is a comedy teacher specializing in helping people find their voice in comedy. She’s the author of "Does This Divorce Make Me Look Fat?" and "Damn, You Still Single?" She teaches comedy writing at The Writer’s Center. Her work has appeared in PopSugar, Forbes, The Daily Beast, and Boardroom. Other instructors for the course come from Bad Medicine, DC's premier sketch comedy troupe. Trained by the Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City, Bad Medicine has performed at North American festivals like Montreal Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, and Sketchfest Seattle. They also produce award-winning short comedy films, and a podcast about the craft of sketch comedy called Sketch Nerds.
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Admission Policies
- Patrons must be 18 or older to attend events or classes at the DC Improv. Any exceptions are clearly noted in the event descriptions.
This class is an introduction to the core ideas behind sketch comedy; no prior experience required. You’ll learn every part of the sketch process, from generating ideas and writing sketches to rehearsing and performing them on stage. Through guided exercises and collaborative writing, you’ll explore how sketches are built, what makes ideas funny, and how characters, patterns, and point of view drive comedy. By the end of the class, students will have created original sketches that will be performed in a final showcase. This class is about understanding how sketch works and gaining confidence creating comedy in front of an audience.
Class sessions will meet offsite at a separate location (The Festival Center in Adams Morgan) for four weeks. Through guided exercises and collaborative writing, you’ll explore how sketches are built, what makes ideas funny, and how characters, patterns, and point of view drive comedy. In the final week, students will perform their original sketches in a graduation showcase at the DC Improv Comedy Club.
About the Instructors: Nikki Frias is a comedy teacher specializing in helping people find their voice in comedy. She’s the author of "Does This Divorce Make Me Look Fat?" and "Damn, You Still Single?" She teaches comedy writing at The Writer’s Center. Her work has appeared in PopSugar, Forbes, The Daily Beast, and Boardroom. Other instructors for the course come from Bad Medicine, DC's premier sketch comedy troupe. Trained by the Upright Citizens Brigade and Second City, Bad Medicine has performed at North American festivals like Montreal Sketchfest, NYC Sketchfest, Chicago Sketchfest, and Sketchfest Seattle. They also produce award-winning short comedy films, and a podcast about the craft of sketch comedy called Sketch Nerds.