A Live Zoom Panel
Sunday, January 30 @ 5pm EST
A one-hour panel with four outstanding FROM SCHTICK TO SCRIPT alumni on their experiences in the Canadian TV comedy writing trenches. Panelists include:
ZOE WHITTALL, a novelist and screenwriter with credits on DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION, THE BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW, CRAWFORD, SCHITT'S CREEK and more. Her latest book is The Spectacular.
Photo credit: Ali Eisner
KRIS SIDDIQI, an award winning comedian, actor and writer based in Toronto. Creator of the multi-award winning miniseries BIT PLAYAS, which won two Canadian Screen Awards for Best Writing and Best Series, and a Minnesota WebFest Award for Best Representation of Communities of Color, Kris is an alumni of world renowned The Second City Toronto (2008-2010) and a regular on CBC’s comedy news panel BECAUSE NEWS.
IAN MacINTYRE, who has written on the satirical news show THE BEAVERTON, DEGRASSI: NEXT CLASS (for which he won a WGC award), and numerous animated comedies including BYUTV’s upcoming SAVING ME. He’s developed original series for Nickelodeon, CBC, and recently co-wrote a stage adaptation of Chris Hadfield's THE DARKEST DARK for Toronto's Young People's Theatre.
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RICHARD YOUNG, an Indo-Caribbean screenwriter/actor who's written on OVERLORD AND THE UNDERWOODS (CBC/Nickelodeon), DINO RANCH (CBC/Disney+) and 16 HUDSON (TVO). He’s also a Just For Laughs ComedyPRO Pitch Finalist and ScreenCraft Sci-Fi and Fantasy Screenwriting Competition Finalist.
Instagram/Twitter: @RichardYoungRY
The event will be moderated by DANIELA SAIONI, story editor, punch-up artist, and creator of the From Schtick to Script training program. As a screenwriter, she has won 12 awards and honours including Grand Prize at WE Screenplay Diverse Voices (Spring 2021) and Best Screenplay & Best Fresh Voice at the Toronto Female Eye Film Festival (2019).