WORKSHOP| FREE | Drop In Comedy Writing

2357 Caniff Street,Hamtramck MI 48212

20 May, 2023

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CLASS: GET A TASTE OF IMPROV PREREQUISITE: No Experience Required PRICE: FREE DATE/TIME: Every 3rd Saturday | 1-3 pm | Single Session LOCATION: Black Box | 2nd floor | Back Entrance INSTRUCTOR: Varied DESCRIPTION: Join us for our monthly FREE writing workshop. Every 3rd Saturday join us as we read your work, and discuss the good and bad in popular sketch comedy, All are welcome for free! Taught by a rotating roster of instructors from Planet Ant and beyond. Since the nineties, Planet Ant has been home to original comedy. Since then we've grown to be a hotbed of original comedy writing of all kinds. Our award-winning one-act comedies, or training center-led sketch program, and our home team originals have all contributed to a diverse community of comedy writers. FREE IMPROV WORKSHOP Get instructor notes on your short writing Facilitator-led discussions Break downs of popular sketches Live feedback based on what works Writing exercises Group brainstorming and more! Every 3rd Saturday Saturday, April 15th, 2023 (4/15/23) Saturday, May 20th, 2023 (5/20/23) Saturday, June 17th, 2023 (6/17/23) Saturday, July 15th, 2023 (7/15/23) Saturday, August 19th, 2023 (8/19/23) Saturday, September 16th, 2023 (9/16/23) Saturday, October 21st, 2023 (10/21/23) Saturday, November 18th, 2023 (11/18/23) Planet Ant Theatre, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Donations in support of our mission to provide vital resources to artists are always accepted. Click below to put some money in the pocket of an artist. DONATE The Planet Ant is located inside the beautiful city of Hamtramck, which is itself inside the city of Detroit. Once home to one of the largest Polish immigrant populations in the US, it is now home to one of the most diverse 2 square miles in the world. PLANET ANT - HAMTRAMCK Locations ANT MAIN 2320 Caniff - Ghost Light/Independent Comedy Club/Main Stage BLACK BOX 2357 Caniff - including 1st and 2nd floor STUDIO 11831 Jos Campau - including multiple class spaces The Planet Ant Training Center also offers applied improv and theatrical corporate instruction/performance at your place of business. Click here to learn more about our exciting offerings for your business, group, or professional team. Our classes at PLANET ANT TRAINING CENTER are always enrolling We offer continuing professional arts education taught by qualified experts from the local and national stage. Do you have an idea? We love those. Send yours to our training center director at [email protected] Workshops Professionals from all over the world as well as local experts come to the Ant to teach and share their expertise in these single one-off sessions. Bootcamps These intensives are tailored to give you a deep dive into a particular subject and run for multiple weeks. They are not part of our regular class rotation. Classes Get into our full-run classes with multiple levels and end-of-class goals. At Planet Ant, we believe that you should do what you learn. Every class is designed with a goal in mind that culminates in doing the thing you're learning. Our semesters run approximately every two months. Most of our classes run 6 weeks and have a 2-week break before starting again. Semesters with approximate start dates Winter - January start Early Spring - March start Late Spring - May start Summer - Late June/July start - NO CLASS - Late August Break Fall - September start Year End - Late October/November start A short note from your Training Center Director I used to find it absolutely terrifying to stand in front of a crowd and talk. In high school, I auditioned for my first play, shaking so severely that my voice couldn’t even read the words on the page. I used to avoid eye contact with people so that I wouldn’t have to have a conversation. I was severely shy. Despite my fear, I always loved the idea of being an actor and doing comedy. My dad used to rent a reel-to-reel projector and show us Laurel and Hardy on the living room wall. We’d scan the TV to see if we could determine if a commercial was actually a deft SCTV satirical parody or just the Canadian broadcasting reality. Watching SNL, I made gods in my head of Phil Hartman and Tim Meadows. Hanging out with my friends in my early 20s, I felt relaxed. Those moments of laughing, doing characters, and bits filled me with longing at the thought of creating the type of comedy that Mr. Show or Kids in the Hall did. Unfortunately, what seemed amazing in my head the night before was reshaped as I let my own fear and anxiety stop me before I even started. Here are a couple of things I really want you to know: I want you to know that we provide a safe space for a diverse community of artists. People from all backgrounds, types, sizes, and identities are not only safe but celebrated here. I want you to have excellent teachers, community, tools, know-how, confidence, and everything that it takes to create professional-level art on a stage or video and make it something an audience not only understands, but genuinely enjoys. As the director of our training center, I want you to know how amazing it feels to create something new with your own voice, even if you're NOT painfully shy. Mike McGettigan Training Center Director, Planet Ant Theatre Bio For over 25 years, Mike McGettigan has worked in improv, theatre, sketch comedy, video, and as a playwright. He has won numerous awards for his outstanding work in multiple fields and has been lucky enough to have learned from some of the all-time greats of the international improv community. After numerous shows at Planet Ant, he became a member of the Planet Ant Board in 2006. After the purchase of the Ant’s expanded location, McGettigan was overjoyed to be offered the position of Training Center Director in 2017. McGettigan feels that his personal journey has informed him of how difficult it is for people to allow themselves creative expression and how important the skills contained within the arts are. Empathy, creativity, and compassion are not only vital to the arts, but are also vital to being a good human being. His unique arts-centric viewpoint and his passion for creativity and mentorship have him working every day towards letting the world know that Detroit arts are world-class. Contact Issues with any of Planet Ant’s classes, workshops, or any of our student offerings can be directed to the Training Center Director, Mike McGettigan, at [email protected]