Comic Forms
The Door That Arrives Before the Punchline
Farce entrances and exits turn a familiar doorway into a pressure point, helping writers and performers build…
The reading room
All pieces
Read across comic forms, performances, satire, adaptations and the works that continue to find new audiences.
Performance
A Deadpan Line or a Knowing Pause?
Deadpan line or knowing pause: learn how delivery directs comic attention, and use a week of focused listening to…
Satire
When Satire Borrowed the Shape of a Fable
See how satire uses fable’s compact pattern of character, action and consequence to make an argument indirectly—and…
Adaptation
The Stage Version That Changes the Joke’s Owner
A stage adaptation can shift who seems to own a joke. Learn how voice, timing, space and audience attention reshape…
Legacy
A Rewatch for the Joke That Changes Meaning
A rewatch for the joke that changes meaning helps you hear how a recurring gag shifts as a comic character’s history…
Our point of view
A laugh can travel further than its moment.
Comedy changes as audiences change. We look closely at what a work asks us to notice, while leaving space for different readings.