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Humor Writing Class Series
Summary
Participants in this four-class series with Dr. David B. Axelrod will discuss what makes things funny. After a lifetime of arguing, they will also be instructed on popular formats for humor/comedy writing. Each session will offer a chance to tell a joke, present a short-standup routine, or even stage a brief skit. Creations, of course, will be critiqued. Those who fail to be funny will be given a choice of boos or booze. Because what people find funny is so variable, the contents of each session will be spontaneous, though some tried and true principles will be shared.
♦ DATES: Tuesdays - Oct. 5, 12, 19 & Nov. 2, 2021
♦ TIME: 10:00am - 11:30am
♦ REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 4 by 10am
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. David B. Axelrod, of The Creative Happiness Institute, has written and sold jokes to magazines, published a humor magazine, worked on the set of the TV show Cheers, performed and emceed at numerous comedy clubs. Author of books like The Man Who Fell in Love with a Chicken, his career as a performance poet was built around making poetry entertaining for the mass public. Dr. Axelrod has also sold memoirs, stories and satire, and won both a playwriting award and a Gilman Fellowship in theater at The Johns Hopkins University. As an actor, he was Mr. Smith in Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, and Thisbe in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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♦ DATES: Tuesdays - Oct. 5, 12, 19 & Nov. 2, 2021
♦ TIME: 10:00am - 11:30am
♦ REGISTRATION DEADLINE: October 4 by 10am
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. David B. Axelrod, of The Creative Happiness Institute, has written and sold jokes to magazines, published a humor magazine, worked on the set of the TV show Cheers, performed and emceed at numerous comedy clubs. Author of books like The Man Who Fell in Love with a Chicken, his career as a performance poet was built around making poetry entertaining for the mass public. Dr. Axelrod has also sold memoirs, stories and satire, and won both a playwriting award and a Gilman Fellowship in theater at The Johns Hopkins University. As an actor, he was Mr. Smith in Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano, and Thisbe in Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.