WORKSHOP: Sketch for the Desk with KC Shornima

Write bits and pieces so sharp you can perform them sitting down! Join SNL Weekend Update writer KC Shornima for a journey through her process for writing topical desk pieces every week.

This workshop blends the principles of Sketch and Stand-Up writing into effective methods for producing sharp, fun material. Learn actual techniques used in the SNL writers' room to churn out hundreds of jokes in record time. Then examine best practices for organizing your new material to create compelling monologue-style pieces.

Take your writing to the next level with this cross-disciplinary lesson in Late Night comedy!

ABOUT KC SHORNIMA

KC is a Weekend Update writer on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. She previously was a staff writer on Comedy Central’s TOONING OUT THE NEWS and was selected as a Just For Laughs 2022 New Face in Montreal this past summer. KC has also performed at Just For Laughs Moontower, and alongside comedians Neal Brennan, Nate Bargatze and Dave Attell amongst others. KC was named the Best Up-and-Coming Comedian in Nashville by the Nashville Scene Magazine and was a semifinalist for STAND UP NBC. She has also written for and performed on Kevin Hart’s LOL Network.