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SUMMER COMEDY CAMP
Improv & Sketch Comedy for Kids & Teens
August 11-22, 2008

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you
put a little curlicue at the end.
-Sid Caesar

The National Comedy Theatre wants to help students
do just that, by giving them the opportunity to explore the
worlds of improv and sketch writing. Much like NCT’s
professional team, our group of students will quickly form
an ensemble of performers, working together to develop
their skills and, ultimately, build a quality performance that
friends and family will be invited to attend at our state of the
art off-Broadway theater in midtown Manhattan.

Our camp is Monday through Friday, running for a total of
two weeks. Students will have the option of studying improv,
sketch writing or taking both classes. In the end, our goal is
to give our students the skills they need to go on creating
long after our camp ends…and, of course, have a blast in the process.
 

Improvisation: Monday-Friday, 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Learn improvisation with the world famous
National Comedy Theatre. Our workshops feature the
fundamentals of stagework and improvisational comedy,
character and scene development, self-confidence,
living "in the moment," and the experience
of planning and putting on a full performance
open to family and friends.

Sketch Comedy: Monday-Friday, 1 PM - 3:30 PM
“What is funny and why?” is where we begin in the sketch
writing class. Through scene study and improvisation,
our students will begin to answer that question and
write/develop their own scenes focusing on structure,
character, and timing. Our second week focuses
on our final performance - writing, rewriting,
and rehearsing our scenes in preparation for our
invited show, a structure very similar to professional
sketch comedy shows like SNL.

Tuition (for entire course)
Improv - $350
Sketch Comedy - $350
Combination of both courses - $600 (save $100)

Summer Comedy Camp Application
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Any questions, please call us at 212-629-5202