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Developing Your Comedic Voice in Prose with Zahra Noorbakhsh (9/29 11/10)
"Funny is funny" is the greatest myth ever written about comedy. All of us have a sense of humor that is specific to context. The real question is, "Is your audience in on the joke?" How do we create comedic set-up, pacing, and timing in prose that pulls out of our readers that genuine laugh-out-loud moment? How do we walk the line between comedy and drama? How do we take a moment loaded with humor and deflate it so that it's taken more seriously? How do we know if our writing is as funny to others as it is to ourselves? This course is a series of workshops geared at honing you comedic voice and inner-editor. It's designed to provide growth for writers at all levels. You may enter the course with a piece to workshop or you may develop your piece over the course of the class. All students will leave with the fundementals and guidance to master the laugh.
Instructor Bio: Zahra Noorbakhsh is a writer, performer and stand-up comedian. The New Yorker Magazine dubbed her one-woman show, "All Atheists Are Muslim" a highlight of the Int'l NYC Fringe Theater Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in North America. Her performances have sold-out theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. As a memoirist, Zahra is a contributor to the groundbreaking, NY Times featured anthology, "Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women" featuring her piece, "The Birds, The Beesand My Hole." Zahra is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Theater and Performance Studies. She was mentored by W. Kamau Bell (Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, FX) and Martha Rynberg (writerTotally Biased, FX) in SF"s Solo Performance Workshop. As a comedian, she was awarded the Grand Prize as a finalist in the Aspen National Rooftop College Comedy Competition and has performed with international acts, Maz Jobrani (Axis of Evil), and Shazia Mirza (Last Comic Standing). In addition to the NYC Fringe Theater festival, and numerous campuses, Zahra also tours nationwide with the troupe, DISoriented, a trio of Asian-American performers. www.ZahraComedy.com
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LocationSan Francisco Writer's Grotto (View)
490 2nd St., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States
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| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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