Unusual Things: A Guide to Sketch Comedy
Marina Tempelsman, Jason Sweeten, Kristen Bartlett, Madalyn Baldanzi, Kevin Hines, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Dru Johnston, Niccolo A Moretti, Matt Gehring, Tristan Griffin, Kate Sidley, PM, Jonathan BraylockA place for all things sketch comedy & writing. Subscribe to hear more about the forthcoming book!
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Former Academic Director of UCB Training Center. Author of upcoming book "Unusual Things: A Guide to Sketch Comedy." Featured by The New Yorker, Comedy Central, and more. Co-writer/director of THIS WILL NEVER WORK
Jason is a writer living in Brooklyn.
Kristen is a five-time Emmy-nominated writer. Her credits include How to Die Alone, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and Saturday Night Live. One time, someone broke into her car and decided none of her stuff was worth stealing.
comedy writer, director, and teacher
I am a guy who is bad at writing profiles. Hello!
Los Angeles formerly NYC formerly Texas. Actor, Writer, Director & Teacher
Writer. Actor. Runner. Idiot. Longtime writer and performer at the UCB NY and The Chris Gethard Show. My work has been featured in The New Yorker, Funny Or Die, Slate and Short of the Week.
Me
I am Matt Gehring
Kate is a WGA Award and Peabody Award-winning, Emmy-nominated comedy writer and performer who most recently wrote for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Her first book, How to Be a Saint, is out now.
Human writer and fan of hedgehogs.
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