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Full Day Workshop: From Improv to Script

with comedy writer and teacher Duncan McKenzie

Full day workshop: From Improv to Script - a free Yukon Writers' Festival 2026 Live Words event

Full day workshop - Sunday, May 3, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm.

From Improv to Script: REGISTRATION REQUIRED, space limited to 15 people (registration only for ADULTS aged 19 and up). Free.

If you register successfully but need to cancel your space at any time please contact [email protected]. 

Workshop description: Improvisation is usually associated with short scenes, but it can also be used to create longer productions. Improv was used to create award-winning films like This is Spinal Tap, Secrets and Lies, and TV shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm. In this two-part, full day workshop, we’ll look at a few of the methods involved. 

Part 1: "Funny Ideas" (10:30 am to 1 pm) is about freeing our minds to come up with comic ideas and putting those ideas into a story structure. 

Break 1 to 2 pm (lunch not provided)

Part 2: "Funny Scenes" (from 2 to 4:30 pm) will explore how comedy plays out in scenes, and how serious-sounding ideas like character goals, emotions, and dramatic tension can make our comedy funnier.

Parts 1 and 2 together make up this FULL DAY workshop.

Location: Whitehorse Public Library meeting room.

Snacks and refreshments provided. Book sales available (Mac's Fireweed Books).

Bio: Yukon Public Libraries guest author Duncan McKenzie has a special interest in odd and funny events from the real world. He has written two books of quirky true-crime stories for HarperCollins: The World's Even Dumber Criminals, The World's Wildest Cons, and a book of true-life stories about strange inventions, What Could Possibly Go Wrong (available at Yukon Public Libraries).

McKenzie has worked as a writer and producer of TV comedy shows, including such award-winning series as History Bites, Baroness Von Sketch Show, and the youth sketch comedy series That's So Weird. He was showrunner for the comedy-drama series Train 48. He lives in Oakville, Ontario, where he is active in improv comedy and was one of the founders of the Oakville Improv Theatre Company.

Produced by Yukon Public Libraries in partnership with the Canada Council for the Arts and Pivot Theatre.

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