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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Andrea J Wirth <<a href="mailto:awirth@mit.edu">awirth@mit.edu</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Subject: non-credit IAP Stand-Up Comedy Crash Course!</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">December 7, 2021 at 4:10:09 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Non-credit IAP Stand-Up Comedy Crash Course</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="largerx1"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Do you want to make people laugh? Here’s your chance. In this crash course, you will go from the fundamentals of comedy writing and
performance technique to constructing your own stand-up set. Material will be workshopped in a supportive, constructive environment led by stand-up comedian <a href="http://www.improvboston.com/users/dan-crohn" target="_blank"><span style="color:#990000">Dan
Crohn</span></a>, who has appeared on Last Comic Standing and the popular WTF podcast with Marc Maron. With years of experience teaching and performing stand-up, Dan will help you work towards a final graduation performance, MC-ed by him and scheduled for </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Friday,
January 28, 2022</span></strong><span class="largerx1"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">. </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><br>
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<span class="largerx1">Applicants should send a 300-word essay to <a href="mailto:stand-up-comedy@mit.edu"><span style="color:#990000">stand-up-comedy@mit.edu</span></a> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">by December 20</span></strong><span class="largerx1"> explaining
why they want to take this series. Participants must commit to regular attendance and to the final performance on Jan. 28. Prepare to amuse! Funded by the De Florez Fund For Humor.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif">Contact:</span></strong><span class="largerx1"> Kieran Setiya, 32-D916, 617-715-4264, <a href="mailto:stand-up-comedy@mit.edu"><span style="color:#990000">stand-up-comedy@mit.edu</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Enrollment:</span></strong><span class="largerx1"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> Advanced
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<span class="largerx1">Sign-up by 12/20/2021 </span><br>
<span class="largerx1">Limited to 12 MIT participants </span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Attendance:</span></strong><span class="largerx1"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> Participants
must attend all sessions</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="largerx1"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://shass.mit.edu/node/3063"><span style="color:purple">Full schedule of sessions here.</span></a></span></b></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#007800">Andrea Wirth</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">Cambridge, MA 02139 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">phone: (617) 253-4441</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"><a href="mailto:awirth@mit.edu"><span style="color:#954F72">awirth@mit.edu</span></a><br>
<a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/2960695625"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://mit.zoom.us/j/2960695625</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica">(pronoun: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.mypronouns.org/sharing/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#954F72">she</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"> )</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">=>÷</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://shass.mit.edu/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#954F72">great ideas</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#FF2C3A"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#E78D20">change
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