The Actors Little Instruction Destruction Book
by Tracy Lybbert
Category: Performing Arts

Writing ComedyUnit Objective: Students will demonstrate a deepening awareness of the comic sketch by writing and performing a nine minute sketch.Life Skill: Students will record life events and observations strengthening their understanding of self, work, and life and then stretch this into comic proportions.Theatre Skills:Students will•Create a paragraph describing who they are and how they will project themselves as a comedian.•Develop observation journals of times, places, countries, facts, and people•Write jokes and practice using them on stage•Research jokes and practice jokes of the successful comedians•Create a comedy sketch and perform this.