Writers Room 2 – Pitch to Performance

This 8 week Writers Room 2 - Pitch to Performance course takes students out of the classroom and into a simulated writers room as they create a full-hour live sketch show from scratch over the course of the term. Students will work together every week to pitch, write, edit and stage the show, with guidance and direction from the teacher as Head Writer. The term culminates in a live performance of the final sketch show (note: Writers Room 2 students are not required to act in the show unless they would like to).

Specific skills and topics covered:

• Pitching ideas and taking feedback
• Collaborative sketch development
• Writing for live performance
• Editing and re-writing sketch
• Production considerations and show development

Students are required to have either completed Writers Room 1 - Sketch Fundamentals or an equivalent course, or have a competent understanding and previous experience in writing sketch comedy (please submit two script examples of your work to [email protected]).

This course meets for 8 sessions that are each 2.5 hours long. The class also involves the final live show and a tech run for that show.

About Big Fork Theatre

Big Fork Theatre is dedicated to long form improvisation and sketch comedy in the Chicago and New York style, as made famous by Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Mike Myers. Big Fork primarily focuses on comedic improvisation and sketch.

Big Fork's teachers have many years experience both in teaching and performing, many of whom have travelled around the world to learn from some of the best improv teachers there are. Our teachers are committed to creating a fun and enriching environment to learn in and grow the Brisbane improvisational community.

Host or Publisher Big Fork Theatre