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Steve Kaplan Comedy Seminar Tour
Presented by Epiphany International Artists
Melbourne August 18-20 2007
Sydney August 25-26 2007

Epiphany International Artists were proud to present Steve Kaplan, U.S. Comedy Writing and Performance expert, in Australia during August 2007 for the first time to teach his Comedy Intensive and Performers Comedy Workshop in Melbourne and the Intensive in Sydney at The Comedy Store. Steve arrived in Sydney on the Monday before the first Intensive, in Melbourne on the 18th, to do a series of live and taped interviews for shows such as Sunday Arts on the ABC and 9AM with David and Kim and major radio network shows including The Cage and Merrick and Rosso.

"I wanted to tell you how great Steve Kaplan was and thank you very much for facilitating that."
Anna Bateman, Executive Producer Arts, Entertainmant and Comedy ABC

"We were delighted to provide several creative teams with an opportunity to attend Steve's Comedy Seminar and a 'screenplay consultation' during his recent trip to Australia. The feedback received from all involved indicated they found great value in attending and felt better equipped to face a new draft with clarity and inspiration."
Eleanor Philpotts, Film Victoria

Triple R radio ad [MP3553kb]

Article re-printed from artshub.com.au

Steve Kaplan Profile by Michael Idato - The Sydney Morning Herald

'Show Me The Funny' by Greg Burchall - The Age


Epiphany would like to thank everyone who contributed to the making of this special event, including Debbie McInnes and her dedicated team of publicists, Janna and Jason at Argo Lawyers, Film Victoria, the Australian Writer's Guild, NSW FTO and Inside Film, Michael and Simian at The Comedy Store and most of all - to those who attended.

Epiphany International Artists are proud to present Steve Kaplan, U.S. Comedy Writing and Performance expert, in Australia for the first time this August to teach his Comedy Intensive and Performers Comedy Workshop.

For the past 15 years, Steve Kaplan has coached and developed the best writers of American television - Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Big Love, Ugly Betty, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Larry Sanders Show - and the industry's top stars such as Jack Black, Nathan Lane and Nia Vardalos.

He regularly serves as a consultant and script doctor to such companies as Dreamworks, HBO, Disney, ABC, NBC, Paramount, Touchstone Television and others.

He created the HBO Workspace and the HBO New Writers Project, discovering HBO Pictures screenwriter Will Scheffer (Big Love) and introducing and developing performers such as Kathy Griffin (Ugly Betty), Bob Odenkirk (Mr Show, Saturday Night Live), David Cross (Arrested Development) and Josh Malina (The West Wing). Kaplan was Executive Producer for the critically acclaimed HBO Original Programming documentary Drop Dead Gorgeous and developed and directed one woman shows in regional theatres and Off-Broadway with Nora Dunn (Saturday Night Live), Lauren Tom (Grey's Anatomy) and Sandra Tsing Loh (Aliens in America), amongst many others.

In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and other top universities, Steve was co-founder and Artistic Director of New York's Manhattan Punch Line Theatre, where from between 1979 to 1992 he developed writers such as Mark O'Donnell (Hairspray), Peter Tolan (Analyze This), David Crane (Friends), Tracy Poust (Ugly Betty, Will & Grace), Michael Patrick King (Sex in the City), David Ives (All In The Timing), Kenneth Lonegan (You Can Count On Me), and coached such performers as Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King), Oliver Platt (The West Wing), Veanne Cox (Erin Brokovich), Sam McMurray (Raising Arizona), Vickie Lewis (Finding Nemo) and Illeana Douglas (Rockett, Six Feet Under).  

His famed Comedy Intensive is a two day weekend course which offers proven, practical methods that help you reveal and understand comedy structure, character and story from the inside out: How do you write funny? How do you act funny? How do you direct funny? How do you be funny? Whether you're writing a comedy screenplay, working on a sitcom script, writing a spec script, or acting in, directing or producing a comedy, Steve Kaplan's Comedy Seminars are a must.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Seminar & Workshop Dates

Melbourne Comedy Intensive
August 18 & 19 (Sat/Sun), 9.30am - 5.30pm
The Comics Lounge, 26 Errol Street, North Melbourne.
Melbourne Performers Workshop
August 20 (Mon), 10.30am - 6.30pm
The Comics Lounge, 26 Errol Street, North Melbourne.
Sydney Comedy Intensive
August 25 & 26 (Sat/Sun), 9.30am - 5.30pm
Sydney Comedy Store, The Entertainment Quarter,
207/122 Lang Road, Moore Park.

Seminar Tickets: $495.00
Workshop Tickets: $275.00
Workshop limited to 35 places so book early

Bookings and Information 02 9572 7222 | email

Cancellation Policy: $100.00 cancellation fee before August 1, 2007, otherwise all tickets are transferable but not refundable.

Steve Kaplan's website

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