Event

Political Satire Writing Workshop with Daily Show Co-Creator Lizz Winstead

Throughout history comedians, writers, performers and activists have used satire as a powerful tool to question those who abuse authority, call out hypocrites, and ignite movements. As Co-creator and head writer of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Lizz Winstead's humor helped change the way people get their news and react to politics forever.

During this limited enrollment workshop, Lizz will answer your questions, share her techniques,and offers her skills on how to help you better craft an effective joke that best responds to current events not only hilariously, but with relevance. You will also have the opportunity to write with some personal guidance from Lizz, as you craft material during the workshop. She will also talk a lot about how you can promote yourself and up your social media game to get as many eyeballs as you can reading and seeing your material.

ABOUT LIZZ WINSTEAD:

As co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show and Air America Radio co-founder, Lizz Winstead is one of the top political satirists in America. As a performer, Lizz brought her political wit to The Daily Show as a correspondent and later to the radio waves co-hosting Unfiltered, Air America Radio's mid-morning show, where she brought on board Hip Hop legend, Chuck D and political big brain Rachel Maddow.
Lizz's talents as a comedian and media visionary have been recognized by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly's 100 most Creative People issue and has brought numerous television appearances, including Comedy Central Presents, weekly segments on The Ed Show on MSNBC and The Joy Behar Show on Headline News and is blogging regularly at The Huffington Post.

Currently Lizz is developing shows for television, touring the country with her stand up and writing a book of personal essays for Riverhead Press due out in late 2011.