
A Jew From Nebraska
An Actors Attempt At Stand-Up Comedy
Jeff Nathan(Author)
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published on 9. April 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
60 pages
978-3-659-87343-0 (ISBN)
Description
Stand-up comedy has been a major influence on American culture and has given the "Everyman" the ability to laugh at ourselves. Stand-up comedians have been performing in nightclubs, bars, clubs, and, most importantly, theatres for the past 60 years. Stand-up comedy can take many forms: a monologue of entertaining incidents that form a story, or a string of one- liners, or a succession of jokes. This performance project is an examination and an attempt at the art form that we call stand-up comedy. It will answer the question of what is the best approach to writing comedy for an actor finishing his graduate acting program. It will also challenge the idea of simple joke-telling versus storytelling and examine the following question: Can anyone be a standup comedian? A research of the history, an analysis of the practitioners, and training from graduate studio work will support the discovery of a practical approach to writing and performing a stand-up comedy routine.
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Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
107 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-659-87343-0 (9783659873430)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jeff Nathan was born and raised in Omaha, NE. Lives and breathes college football. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a BA in theatre, and has an MFA in acting from the University of Central Florida.