<p>Studio, three to four hours. Exploration of many aspects of comedy using American vaudeville traditions, acts, and performers as historical base to experience importance of rhythm, timing, delivery, speech, and body language in all styles of comedy, to find value of improvisation/imagination as well as innovative writing skills in all comic forms, to discover how comedy draws from so many art forms, including music/songs, dance, storytelling, clowning, magic, design, and tumbling/stunts, and to build overall confidence/ease in comic performance skills. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Theater

The school's comprehensive arts curriculum gives motivated students the means to challenge the constructs around them as multifaceted artists and scholars, filled with the knowledge, insight, and point of view to create meaningful experiences pointing toward a better world.

School of Theater, Film, and Television

The department offers comprehensive training for the profession, including study of theater’s long history and rich literature.

General Catalog

From Vaudeville to Standup Comedy

THEATER27

4 units