The Art of Sketch Comedy for Students in Grades 2-8
This course will teach students the basics of scene devising and comedic technique. They will learn Rule of Three, Size & Speed, Over-Exaggeration of a Character Trait, Unexpected Outcomes, and much more! Students will work in groups to create their own sketch-comedy routines in the style of Saturday Night Live! They will learn to improvise, devise, write, rehearse, direct, and perform their own original routines. Sketch-comedy projects may be performed at live showcases and/or recorded and broadcast on Triple Promise’s YouTube and TikTok channels! This course is open to students ages 7-14.
This class meets 31 times during the 2024/25 school year. There is no class during 3xP Show Tech Weeks, national holidays, or whenever NYC public schools are not in session. No class on: 12/18, 1/27/25, 2/19/25, 4/16/25, or 5/7/25.