Thursday 10/12 – Thursday 11/16

18+

$299+Fees

$299+Fees*

In Late Night TV-Style Writing Level 1, students will dive into how their favorite talk shows work and learn how to brainstorm, write, pitch, and edit writing forms that are fundamental to any late night style talk show such as monologue jokes, desk bits, field pieces, character sketches, and more. Students will have weekly homework assignments that will help them leave the class with all the pieces they need to compile their own late-night TV packet!

This class is perfect writers of all experience with a desire to begin their late-night journey in a supportive, collaborative writers room under the guidance of a PIT Instructor!

*****Please note that the FIRST class will be held on ZOOM*****

* As of 7/1/2023, we are instituting a strict no refund policy. Please note, class start dates are subject to be postponed up to 4 weeks from original posted date

Calendar for Level 1 Late Night TV-Style Writing

  • 6:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 6:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 6:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 6:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

  • 6:30pm

    Global Comedy Studios

    New York, NY

Instructor

Mike Brian Fogarty is a comedy writer, director, performer, and producer based in New York City.  He is the founding member and executive producer of the sketch comedy show Backdoor Barbecue, one of the PIT’s longest running sketch comedy shows, where he also hosts and writes the show’s recurring comedy news segment News in Review.

Since beginning his comedy career in 2014, Mike has been a writer, performer, and director on Old School Sketch Show, a member of the PIT Sketch House team RunDMV, the co-host/head writer of the late-night style talk show At the Moment, and has had his shows and writing featured on The Second City Network, NYC Sketchfest, and more!

Mike has studied sketch comedy, late-night and sitcom TV writing, satire, and comedy performance at The Second City as well as sketch comedy and long-form improvisation at the Peoples Improv Theater and the Upright Citizens Brigade.

He loves writing comedy that is collaborative, fast and fun, knows how to make an exceptionally passable french onion soup, and is a CPA who absolutely cannot do your taxes (trust me – neither of us want that)!