From the writer’s room to the stage, put up a fully realized sketch show with Kickstand’s Sketch Academy Pro class! 

This 8-week class will take students through an intensive process of writing, rehearsing, and performing an original sketch show. This class is tailored to advanced sketch writers and performers who are seeking to expand their craft and collaborate with others to create a fully developed and exciting sketch showcase!

 
INSTRUCTOR: Zack Poitras
DAY / TIME: Mondays 6:30 - 9 PM (2.5 hours)
DATE RANGE: 6 weeks. 1026, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 11/23, 11/30
REHEARSALS: 12/1, 12/8 6 PM & Tech 12/13 2- 4:30 *subject to change
CLASS SHOWS: Tue 12/15 & Wed 12/16 *subject to change
LOCATION: 1006 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR 97214  (ADA accessible)

PREREQUISITE: Advanced Sketch Academy at Kickstand  or equivalent elsewhere

ABOUT ZACK POITRAS
He/Him
Zack Poitras is a recently returned Portland native who has been doing comedy for twenty years. He wrote for and performed on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, The Kids Tonight Show, and made a comedy-science show for HBO Max and Discovery that he also co-starred in called High Science. Before that he was head writer of Funny or Die, a writer for The Onion, and taught sketch, performed and directed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. He’s got a great wife, kids, dog, and cat. In his free tim,e he makes lamps where the on/off switch is a urinal flush lever. 

ALL SALES ARE FINAL, AND NO REFUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR CLASSES   

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Thanks again for your interest in classes at Kickstand! We cannot wait to meet you!