Comedy Improv & Improvisation Classes
Your child can reach their full potential at PTW-with lots of learning and lots of fun!
Our expert faculty will engage & teach your child with knowledge, care and passion.
PTW Students Have Appeared in TV Commercials For Products Such As:
Comedy Improv & Improvisation Classes
Your child can reach their full potential at PTW-with lots of learning and lots of fun!
Our expert faculty will engage & teach your child with knowledge, care and passion.
PTW students have appeared in Broadway shows such as:
Comedy Improv & Improvisation Classes
Your child can reach their full potential at PTW-with lots of learning and lots of fun!
Our expert faculty will engage & teach your child with knowledge, care and passion.
PTW Teachers Have Performed in Broadway Shows Such As:
Comedy Improv & Improvisation Classes
Your child can reach their full potential at PTW-with lots of learning and lots of fun!
Our expert faculty will engage & teach your child with knowledge, care and passion.
PTW Founders and Faculty Have Graduated from Colleges and Universities Such As:
Comedy Improv & Improvisation Classes
Your child can reach their full potential at PTW-with lots of learning and lots of fun!
Our expert faculty will engage & teach your child with knowledge, care and passion.
PTW Students Have Appeared in TV Shows & Films Such As:
Comedy Improv & Improvisation Classes
Your child can reach their full potential at PTW-with lots of learning and lots of fun!
Our expert faculty will engage & teach your child with knowledge, care and passion.
PTW students have graduated from Colleges and Universities such as:
Comedy Improv & Improvisation Classes
Your child can reach their full potential at PTW-with lots of learning and lots of fun!
Our expert faculty will engage & teach your child with knowledge, care and passion.
PTW Teachers Have Performed in TV Shows and Films Such As:
As part of our 2020-responsive approach to elite performing arts education, PTW is thrilled to unveil the newest addition to our professional faculty roster: Upright Citizens Brigade, Broadway performer and star of acclaimed web series “Outcast,” Daisy Hobbs.
How to HilariousA seriously funny, slightly ridiculous approach to writing and character development
A rising force in digital content, Daisy created and currently stars in “Outcast,” a fresh and fun musical web series, and her signature music video parodies have gone viral, garnering critical acclaim across multiple online platforms. Beyond talent and hard work, the secret to Daisy’s success is mining personal experiences and daily interactions for truthful character creation and development. This semester, she’ll share pearls of comedic wisdom with PTW students, transporting them from their living rooms into the hearts and minds of their zaniest characters. Along the way, she’ll offer individualized instruction and feedback, helping each student create truthful, specific, 3-dimensional characters, monologues and original sketches.
Course at a glance
How To Hilarious approaches comedic breakthroughs from the performer’s perspective as well as the writer’s. The first half of Daisy’s 10-week course invites students to explore character development and monologue writing, while the second half focuses on sketch-writing — an invaluable skill for the streaming era. Investigating as a class and one-on-one with Daisy, students will identify and uncover latent characters, create new ones and refine their approach to inhabiting each character in a fun yet truthful way. They’ll adopt skills for writing multiple characters into a single scene, invoking laughter naturally — through their writing as well as their performance.
Meet Daisy
Daisy Hobbs is a New York-based writer, performer, comedian and award-winning content creator. She is the creator and star of the popular musical web series “Outcast” and is the first African-America woman to write, direct, produce, compose and star in a musical digital series. As a comic performer, Daisy appears regularly at the world-famous Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, the comedy outlet made famous by, among others, Amy Poehler (of “Saturday Night Live” and “Parks and Recreation” fame), Nick Kroll, Donald Glover, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. Daisy also specializes in music video parody writing, comedy songwriting and topical jokes. She is a classically-trained actor who enjoys writing and playing a wide range of characters.
As a voiceover artist, Daisy has booked numerous, currently running national commercials. She currently appears in the new SyFy channel animated series “Magical Girl Friendship Squad” starring Christine Baranski. Her theatre credits include prominent roles in the original cast of Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway and the first national tour of Memphis, among many other professional and regional productions.
Participant Information
Course tuition: $485 for (10) 45-minute sessions,
Saturdays 12:30-1:15pm on Zoom.
Register Here
Forget Your Troubles, Come on Get Whacky!
If your dream is to be on Saturday Night Live, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Whose Line Is It Anyway, or simply to make your friends laugh, this class is for you! Students will explore the process of developing various forms of character, situational, vocal and physical comedy through improvisational exercises. Students will also learn to build and pace comedic scenes, and “listen for the funny.”
Students are carefully placed in a class appropriate to their age, level and experience. Private acting and drama lessons are also available:
“The talent of the teachers here is amazing. It’s an honor to work with them. They give such individual attention, it’s great.”
-Jennifer K., South Orange, NJ
12-year-old PTW Student
We would love to welcome your child into the PTW theatre family and help them on their own creative journey.
-Jennifer K., South Orange, NJ
12-year-old PTW Student
Welcome to Performers Theatre Workshop
New Jersey’s Premier Performing Arts School For Young People
Where children learn to act, dance, sing and
play music — and reach their full potential!
– Study with stars of Broadway, Film and TV
– Act, dance, sing and play music ‘under one roof’
– Attend for fun or for a career on stage
– Make meaningful connections and friends for life
At PTW, expert faculty train the total performer
in a non-competitive, caring environment.
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