Have you ever dreamed of joining the writing team of NBC? How about producing your own Saturday Night Live Sketch?
NBCUniversal is holding their annual ‘Late Night Writers Workshop’ and they are looking the best comedic writers across the country to get an inside look at the late night writers’ room, as well as learning about how NBCUniversal produces their late night comedy projects.
The NBCUniversal Late Night Writers Workshop is a program that focuses on finding talented sketch, joke, and comedy writers. At the end of the NBCUniversal ‘Late Night Writers Workshop’ all writers will be prepared for a staff writer position. They are looking for writers who are “almost there” but need a little bit more experience, preparation and exposure to key industry individuals. They are also encouraging female writers with diverse backgrounds to apply.
The NYC-based workshop will consist of improv classes, as well as keynote speakers. The selected writers will create new sketch material and gain insight into the dynamics of a late night writers’ room, as well as learn about NBCUniversal’s late-night & alternative lineup. Participants are given the chance to interact with key writers and producers from across NBCUniversal’s late-night shows, as well as receive feedback on their material. Successful participants’ material will be submitted to NBCU’s late-night & alternative executives, but writing assignments are not a guarantee.
Those talented writers selected have the chance to have their material submitted to the late-night executives and future possible writing assignments.
Here is what you need to do to apply:
1. Applicants must submit ALL of the following pieces in one properly formatted packet:
- 1-2 pages of topical monologue jokes. If you think it helps us, please indicate which host’s voice you have in mind (can be but does not have to be NBC host). Topical news jokes and pop culture jokes should make up the bulk of your material.
- 1-2 pages of original ideas for refillable late night “desk bits”. These can be ideas for elements like Jimmy Fallon’s “Thank You Notes”, pre-taped correspondent bits like “Jaywalking” or multimedia bits. For this portion, please provide descriptions of the bits and not scripts.
- 2 SNL-style sketches (no more than 5 pages EACH). One sketch should introduce an original character and one should be topical (something newsworthy or pop culture-based).
For more details and how to submit visit: NBCUniversal Late Night Writers Workshop
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