[bioundgrd] Fwd: non-credit IAP Stand-Up Comedy Crash Course | Deadline to apply - Dec. 20

[Janice Chang]

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From: Andrea J Wirth <awirth at mit.edu<mailto:awirth at mit.edu>>
Subject: non-credit IAP Stand-Up Comedy Crash Course | Deadline to apply - Dec. 20
Date: December 17, 2021 at 11:41:49 AM EST

Please spread word of both the course and the final performance (Jan. 28) to your grads and undergrads.

Non-credit IAP Stand-Up Comedy Crash Course
Please spread the word to students!
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 Dan Crohn<http://www.improvboston.com/users/dan-crohn>, 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 Friday, January 28, 2022.

Applicants should send a 300-word essay to stand-up-comedy at mit.edu<mailto:stand-up-comedy at mit.edu> by December 20 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.

Contact: Kieran Setiya, 32-D916, 617-715-4264, stand-up-comedy at mit.edu<mailto:stand-up-comedy at mit.edu>
Enrollment: Advanced sign-up required via essay
Sign-up by 12/20/2021
Limited to 12 MIT participants

Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Full schedule of sessions here.<https://shass.mit.edu/node/3063>
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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