Atelier Courses

Atelier Courses

Baby Wants Candy: Creating Comedy for Television

ATL 494 · Fall 2024

C01 · Thursdays, 1:30-4:20 PM

Instructors: Al Samuels

This course will explore the creation of a television comedy lead by Al Samuels (Sports Action Team) and Michael Koman (SNL, Nathan for You). Throughout the semester, the creative team will complete a detailed show pitch and initial draft of part pilot script to be shopped post course. We will also feature frequent industry guests. Atelier students will observe the creative team's process and make contributions to it. Each student will also develop an original TV comedy concept.

How to Write an Epistolary Novel

ATL 495 · Fall 2024

C01 - Patricia Marx + Alan Zweibel · Thursdays, 1:30-4:20 PM

Instructors: Staff

Patty Marx (The New Yorker) and Alan Zweibel (Saturday Night Live, Laugh Lines) lead a workshop on how to write a novel based on correspondence — written in the form of letters or other documents.

Custom of the Coast: Creating a Small-Scale Opera

ATL 497 · Fall 2024

C01 · Mondays, 1:30-4:20 PM

Instructors: Paul Muldoon

Join Paul Muldoon and Kamala Sankaram as they develop Custom of the Coast, a new opera intercutting the life stories of an 18th century Irish pirate sentenced to death, and an Indian-born, Irish-based dentist who died in 2012 having been denied an abortion. In addition to seeing their developmental process, you will create your own work of musical storytelling, answering fundamental theatrical questions like how to make a treatment, how to collaborate, and how to use musical dramaturgy.

How to Write a Musical

ATL 498 · Fall 2024

C01 · Wednesdays, 1:30-4:20 PM

Instructors: Greg Kotis · Mark Hollmann

Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, the Tony Award-winning writers of "Urinetown The Musical," will lead a workshop in which students work in teams to write original 10-minute musicals. No experience necessary! However, each student will be expected to try their hand at writing book and lyrics and composing music AND performing in the ten-minute musicals.