This workshop consists of one two-hour session. There are 5 spots available in each session to non-members of GOLD. Reserve yours now!
About this Event

Want to break into late-night TV comedy?

What IS a packet, anyway?

Award-winning writer Nick Pappas reveals all in this two-hour workshop packed with inside info, writing practice and feedback, and a bonus Q&A with quadruple-Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight writer Mark Kramer.

BONUS: You will leave with access to updates on available packets and other opportunities, from Nick and from the supportive, collaborative, bro-vibe-free place that is GOLD Comedy!

Whether you're passionate about crafting razor-sharp monologue jokes that hit hard, developing engaging desk bits that keep audiences hooked, or mastering the art of longer-form satire for shows like Last Week Tonight, this class is your ultimate guide.

Led by NBC Late Night Writers’ Workshop alum Nick Jack Pappas, this class will help you:

learn techniques that blend current events with humor
understand how to navigate the fast-paced world of late-night comedy, and
hone your skills in creating content that resonates.

Join us and turn your wit into a powerful tool for entertainment and social commentary!

This workshop consists of one two-hour session. To give you the best experience, there are only 5 spots available (with 5 going to members of GOLD Comedy). We'll continue to add more as needed, too!

You will learn:

- How to craft up-to-the-minute monologue jokes
- How to dream up and describe desk bits
- How to generate jokes on your own and sharpen them based on feedback
- What's involved in preparing a packet and how packets vary from show to show

You will leave with:

- An understanding of this whole writing for late night thing works
- The tools and skills to prep or perfect your first or next packet
- Access to updates on available packets and other opportunities
- The chance to be part of GOLD Comedy: a powerful, supportive network of funny women and other "others"

This class is for:

- New OR experienced comics and creatives who want to crack the mysteries of late-night
- New OR experienced comics and creatives who want their good packets to be GREAT
- Standup, sketch, or improv folks who want to try their hand at late-night

Meet your instructor:

Nick Jack Pappas is a TV and screenplay writer currently working at Apple TV+.
Chosen for the NBC Late Night Writers’ Workshop, he has also crafted one-liners for celebrities, awards shows, and presidential hopefuls (who all lost!).
His pilot "Party Mansion” was a quarterfinalist in The Script Lab's Free Screenplay Contest 2022 and a second-rounder in Launch Pad's Pilot Competition 2022. His interstellar dark
comedy, "Space Bar,” was a semifinalist in the Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition, made the quarterfinals of the Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards, and landed
in the quarterfinals of the Big Break Screenwriting Contest.
Nick's work has been published in The Washington Post, Vulture, Buzzfeed, and Teen Vogue. As the humor columnist for Toastmasters, he taught public speakers the fine art of
turning their speeches into something memorable.
As part of the sketch team "Yes, Chef," Nick wrote on UCB's Maude for two years and performed at the Montreal Sketchfest in May 2022. He was also part of an all-POC writers' room for the pilot "Passport Control with Mehdi Barakchian.”