Unusual Things: A Guide to Sketch Comedy
Marina Tempelsman, Caitlin Bitzegaio, Jason Sweeten, Madalyn Baldanzi, Kevin Hines, Frank Garcia-Hejl, Natasha Vaynblat, Shem Pennant (each1teach1), Geoff Garlock, Niccolo A Moretti, Achilles Stamatelaky, Damian Chadwick, Tristan Griffin, Kate Sidley, PMA 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
Caitlin is a writer whose recent television writing credits include Big Trick Energy, Magic For Humans, Girls Behaving Badly, The Rundown with Robin Thede, Impractical Jokers, and Project Runway (wild, right?)
Jason is a writer living in Brooklyn.
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
Natasha Vaynblat is an NYC based writer/performer/director with frequent flyer miles seen on The Tonight Show, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, and Comedy Central.
Comedy righter
Geoff Garlock is a musician (Orchid), podcaster (108.9 The Hawk), writer, and according to a Cameo from Michael Biehn a “dope dad”.
Me
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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