How Do You Transform Improv Comedy Into Sketch Comedy?
When it comes to improv comedy, there are two schools of thought. Some believe improv is an art form unto itself. Others think it’s a means to an end. What is undeniable is that some of the best sketch comedy comes from improv. Learn how to take improv sets and turn them into sketches. Get your improv group together and hold a rehearsal. Make sure to have pen and paper close by. Write ideas down immediately as you go through scene work. You don’t want to forget them. Take your notes and enter them into your computer after rehearsal. This way you have a saved log of your ideas. Begin fleshing out the ideas that speak to you the most. If there was a good line in the improvised scene, steal it and insert it into a skeletal script. If it was a character that you took away from an improv scene, begin fleshing out that character. You can do one of two things once you’ve added details to your idea. The first is you can continue to flesh it out on your own. To do this, keep adding plot, charac
