About the
Seminar
To Attend: go to the hotel
and register during on-site
registration, 8 a.m.-8:45 AM
What
They're Saying About
Comedy Intensive
Steve
Kaplan's Bio
About
Creative Screenwriting Magazine
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The One-Day Version Of His Famous Seminar
May 2, 2009 9 am-5 pm, with an hour break for lunch. On-Site Registration 8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
(See main seminar page for location information)
Registration
fee: On-site
Registration $139.
PRE-REGISTRATION CLOSED
But seats are available
To
attend this course, show up at the hotel during the 8am-8:45 am
registration period. On-site
registration is $139;
$99 with current student card
For almost 15 years, Steve Kaplan has been the industry's most
sought-after expert on comedy writing and production. 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's Punch Line Theatre.
Steve's Former
Students Have Written Or Co-written:
 Ugly Betty
Big Love
Everybody Loves Raymond
Hairspray with
John Travolta
Chicken Little
Girl, Interrupted
Tenacious D |
Friends, Sex and the City
Mr. Show, SNL
The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart
Will & Grace, Joey
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Kathy Griffin: "Strong
Black Woman" special
Many Others! |
From the industry's top stars to first time comedy screen and
TV writers, producers, directors and performers, Kaplan has worked with
and coached the best. His Comedy Intensive
seminar and workshop offers proven and practical methods and principles
that help you reveal and understand comedy from the inside out: Why
is something funny? How do you write
funny? How do you make your characters funny?
How do you structure a comedy story? How
do you think funny so it translates from
idea to page to screen? In addition to teaching his class, Kaplan has
served as a consultant to such companies as Dreamworks,
Disney, HBO and others.
| Steve's former student have been nominated
for: |
43 Emmy Awards
6 WGA Awards |
3 Golden Globes
1 Academy Award |
5 SAG Awards
1 American Comedy Award |
And they've won 10
Emmys, 1 Oscar, 2 WGA Awards, the American Comedy
Award and more!
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Whether
you're writing a comedy screenplay, working on sitcom
script, writing a spec script, or directing or
producing a comedy, Steve Kaplan's Comedy Intensive
is a must for any serious professional. Find out why the top writers,
producers and directors from ABC, Disney, Dreamworks,
NBC, Paramount, Touchstone Television and
others attend his famed class.
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| Steve
Kaplan has Produced, Developed or Presented: |
Jack Black (School of Rock)
Nathan Lane (The Producers)
Nia Vardalos
(My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Bob Odenkirk
(Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mr.
Show) |
Dave Crane (Friends)
Peter Tolan (Analyze This, Larry
Sanders)
Kenneth Lonergan
(Gangs of New York)
Kathy Griffin |
Josh Malina (West Wing)
Mark O'Donnell
(Hairspray)
Andy Kindler
(Everybody Loves Raymond)
Sam McMurray
(King of Queens) |
| And
Many More! |
IDEAL FOR: Screenwriters, TV Writers,
Producers, Directors, Creative Executives and more.
Steve
Kaplan was a very important influence on me as a
writer. Many of his techniques for analyzing
a comedy scene I still use to this day.
Although, I make sure I never
give him credit.
--Steve
Skovran, writer-executive producer of Everybody Loves
Raymond
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I
wrote and performed my best comedy sketches, thanks, in no small part,
to the lessons I learned from Steve Kaplan's comedy classes.
Steve breaks the fine art of comedy down into easy to grasp formulas
that help the unfunny become funny, and the funny become funnier.
--David Fury,
Emmy-winning writer- producer for Lost, 24, Buffy the Vampire
Slayer, Pinky, The Brain, & many more.
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Steve
Kaplan is a comedy genius.
-- the Los
Angeles Times
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Refund And Pricing Policy:
Registration is refundable, minus a $10 processing fee, through April 30, 2009. Cancellations after that date and no-shows are not refundable for any reason,
as we must make a final commitment regarding meeting-room costs by
then. | |
