WORKSHOP: Character Crash Course with Jon Bander

Dallas Sketch Festival is a four-day sketch comedy takeover of Dallas Comedy Club. With nearly 100 performers participating, this event will attract comedy fans from the Metroplex and beyond to Deep Ellum for a laughter filled weekend! The lineup includes homegrown Texan comedy troupes as well as acts from cities across the country including Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C, and more.

Character Crash Course!

Want to create memorable solo characters from scratch? Great! This is the workshop to help you build bold, funny, fully-formed characters from the ground up. In this class, you'll learn to stop overthinking and gain practical tools for:

• Generating character ideas quickly
• Finding voice, point of view, and comedic game
• Making strong physical and emotional choices
• Heightening and sustaining POV throughout
• Turning half-formed ideas into tight scripts

Feel free to bring some ideas you already have, or just a notebook and your weird brain - we'll get silly and fun in a safe and supportive class setting. You'll leave with at least one new character for stage, video, or whatever you desire - and a repeatable process for creating many more.

* Perfect for sketch performers, stand-ups, improvisers, and anyone looking to expand their solo comedy toolkit. *

About Jon Bander

Jon Bander is a 10-year character and sketch teacher for the UCB Theater. He's been a member of UCB's Betty teams and the Characters Welcome collective. Jon was also selected for the Just For Laughs Characters showcase and has previously worked for The Second City. Most people call him Bander - feel free to do the same.

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