by Angela Bourassa (@angelabourassa1) Steve Kaplan is the go-to guy when it comes to comedy in Hollywood. He has taught at UCLA, NYU, and Yale, and he created the HBO Workspace, the HBO New Writers Program and was co-founder and Artistic Director of Manhattan’s Punch Line Theatre. Steve has consulted with Disney, DreamWorks Animation, HBO, and... Continue Reading →
3 Hidden Tools of Comedy: Lessons from Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive
by Angela Bourassa Several weeks ago I had the chance to attend Steve Kaplan’s Comedy Intensive in LA. For those of you who don’t know, Steve is considered the guru of comedy. He has studied comedy for decades, and along the way he has taught at UCLA, NYU, and Yale while also consulting for such... Continue Reading →
The Secrets of Comedy: Steve Kaplan on the Hardest Genre
by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) [Editor's Note: Steve Kaplan has a Comedy Intensive coming up at the end of January in Los Angeles. Learn more and sign up here!] A scientific study once found that 96% of people think they have an above average or average sense of humor. I think we can all agree that a significant... Continue Reading →