It builds on the Theatre Department?s long and successful tradition of teaching Improvisation and Sketch Comedy as part of its Acting sequence, and its successful nine-year partnership with The Second City in creating a semester-long immersion in the study and performance of comedy.

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

• Generate original comic material using a variety of methods, including ensemble improvisation, solo writing, and group collaboration.
• Develop a personal voice and point of view as a comic artist.
• Develop analytic skills and vocabulary needed to revise their original work based on feedback.
• Develop competencies to translate their work into a variety of media, especially live performance and video