SF Sketchfest 2025

Oftentimes we enter with such strong ideas that we forget about the most important thing in the room - the audience. We either go too fast without letting them join in or we do too much and scare them off. If you let them, the audience will guide your creative process and tell you exactly what to do.

In this workshop we focus on reading the room by slowing down, unpacking every moment, and listening for the laughs to tell us where to go. Through a series of playful exercises, games and improvised scenes, you’ll be encouraged to take risks, be impulsive, leave your bad ideas at the door, and organically build towards creating a repeatable routine onstage.

This class is for total beginners and experienced performers - you just gotta be cool with looking stupid.

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Zach Zucker is an award-winning performer and producer who's been touring the international comedy circuit for the past decade. He is the creator of Stamptown, the alter-ego of New York's greatest comedian Jack Tucker, and one half of Norwegian-American clown duo, Zach & Viggo.

Zach has sold out shows at "Netflix Is A Joke", "Just For Laughs", "Glastonbury", "SummerStage Festival", "Soho Theatre", "Edinburgh Fringe", "O2 Arena", "Comedy Central", "Melbourne International Comedy Festival", and Off-Broadway in New York City. He appeared alongside Kiernan Shipka in the Max feature film "Sweethearts", across Lily James in the Disney/Hulu feature "Swiped", opposite Delaney Rowe in the indie feature "Subscriber", and most recently in "Love Language" with Chloë Grace Moretz, Lukas Gage and Anthony Ramos.

As a producer he's received 4 Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Awards Nominations, working with acts such as Riki Lindhome, Randy Feltface, BriTANicK, Courtney Pauroso, Martin Urbano, Michelle Brasier, Garry Starr, Ike Ufomadu, Jordan Gray, Josh Glanc, and many more.

He is a graduate of École Philippe Gaulier in France, worked for Sacha Baron Cohen's production company Four By Two Films, frequently collaborates with LA-based, funk-punk band Thumpasaurus, and has toured across the US and UK with David Cross.