Location:
The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Learner Outcomes:
Develop a 5-minute stand-up comedy routine for performance in a live nightclub setting.
Instruction:
Implement writing techniques that include the basic understanding of joke structure, timing and rhythm, point of view, and character/persona development. Emphasis on differences and similarities between acting and stand-up performance; use of a Writing Circle in which students act as each other's sound boards for developing material, under the supervision of the instructor.
Credit recommendation:
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television (7/07)(6/08 revalidation).
