EVENT: 2 JULY to 4 JULY, AUCKLAND, CHRISTCHURCH
“The biggest mistakes many comedy writers and performers make is…trying to anticipate what will work and worrying about not pleasing enough of the audience rather than relying on their own instincts…Comedy is the art of telling the truth about yourself and about other people. It’s about telling true stories.” – Steve Kaplan
Script to Screen presents two seminars with renowned US comedy expert Steve Kaplan as part of our Te Ao Marama Creative Development Series 2010. Kaplan will run his 2-day Comedy Intensive in Auckland before travelling South to present a 1-day Romantic Comedy Seminar in Christchurch.
2-day Comedy Intensive: Friday / Saturday 2 / 3 July, 9.30-4.30, Jubilee Hall, the Jubilee Building, 545 Parnell Road, Auckland
1-day Romantic Comedy Seminar: Sunday 4 July, 9.30-4.30, NZ Broadcasting School, CPIT, Madras St, Christchurch
NB: the 2-day Comedy Intensive will include all material from the 1-day Romantic Comedy Seminar.
Steve Kaplan is the most highly sought-after comedy expert in the US. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve Kaplan created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan Punch Line Theatre. He regularly serves as a consultant and script doctor to such companies as Dreamworks, Disney, HBO, Paramount and Touchstone and has worked with many writers including Peter Tolan (Analyze This, Finding Amanda), writer and producer David Crane (Friends, Joey, The Class), writer/producer Tracy Poust (Ugly Betty, Will & Grace), Michael Patrick King (The Comeback, Sex and The City, Will & Grace), David Ives (All In The Timing) and Will Scheffer (Big Love).
“I wrote…my best, funniest sketches thanks, in no small part, to the lessons I learned from Steve Kaplan” – David Fury, Emmy-winning writer/producer (Lost, 24, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
“Steve Kaplan was a very important influence on me as a writer. Many of his techniques for analysing a comedy scene I still use to this day” – Steve Skrovan, screenwriter (Everybody Loves Raymond)
2-day comedy intensive, July 2 & 3 Auckland: $220, $160 concession* book now online
1-day Romantic Comedy Seminar, July 4 Christchurch: $110, $80 concession*, book now online
If you cannot pay by credit card email info@script-to-screen.co.nz or call us on 09 360 5400 to make an alternative arrangement.
Steve Kaplan’s visit is generously supported by the NZ Film Commission
* You qualify for a concession if you hold a paid membership to an industry organisation or if you are a student, senior citizen or a beneficiary.
The NZ Film Commission provided a number of free tickets on a first-come first-served basis for writers who will incur substantial travel costs to attend a seminar. These tickets have all been allocated.
