In this multi-week television writing course taught by award-winning TV writer Rocheé Jeffrey, students will plan and outline their comedy pilot.
From initial concept to polished outline, participants will delve into the intricacies of comedy writing, honing their skills and unleashing their creativity while developing their unique comedic voice.
Students will explore various comedic techniques and brainstorm ideas for their pilot. They will develop compelling characters and unique comedic premises through exercises and discussions.
Upon completing the course, students will walk away with a detailed outline for their comedy pilot, ready to be fleshed out into a full script. They will have honed their comedy writing skills and gained valuable insights into the craft of television writing.
Rochée Jeffrey is a multi-hyphenate who’s been winning awards for screenwriting and directing since she was a student at Howard University.
Once she discovered her superpower for using comedy to make people laugh, think, and connect, she never looked back!
Rochée is a graduate of the 2022 WGA Showrunner Training Program. As a TV writer, her credits include Golden Globe-nominated comedy series SMILF (Showtime), WOKE (Hulu), and Co-EP of grown-ish (Freeform). On the film side, she has had projects screened at several festivals worldwide, including Austin Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, and the American Black Film Festival. Her feature, NOT YOUR AVERAGE QUEEN, was selected for the 2021 WIF/Sundance Financing Intensive and is executive produced by feminist icon, Roxane Gay, Christine Vachon and Valerie Steinberg. As a Film Independent Project Involve Fellow, she wrote the Oscar-qualifying short film Suitable, which premiered on HBO. A skilled storyteller across platforms, she also co-created, co-wrote, and directed YES WE CANNABIS, the newly released narrative podcast series for Audible starring Sam Richardson, Method Man, and Richard Kind.
Rochée hails from Jamaica and lives in Los Angeles. As a performer, you can find her on stand-up comedy stages around town and in short films like BALDWIN BEAUTY, which premiered at Sundance in 2020.
