Tina Fey Bachelor’s In Drama, Tina Fey — Bachelor’s degree in drama from the University of Virginia
Showrunner and creator,Tina Fey was born in Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia. She is the younger of two children from a middle-class family. She was exposed to comedy from an early age, and recalls her parents sneaking her into showings of films like Young Frankenstein and letting her watch TV shows like Saturday Night Live, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and seminal 1980’s comedy program Second City Television. Fey got her start as a comedy writer early, writing an anonymous satirical column in her high school newspaper. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama.
Showrunner and creator,Tina Fey was born in Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia. She is the younger of two children from a middle-class family. She was exposed to comedy from an early age, and recalls her parents sneaking her into showings of films like Young Frankenstein and letting her watch TV shows like Saturday Night Live, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and seminal 1980’s comedy program Second City Television. Fey got her start as a comedy writer early, writing an anonymous satirical column in her high school newspaper. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama.
Fey moved to Chicago after college to take evening classes with nationally-regarded improv comedy troupe, Second City. Second City represents a prestigious name in comedy, as the group counts among its alumni comedian Stephen Colbert, Parks and Recreation star Amy Poehler, actor Jason Sudeikis, 30 Rock supporting actors Jack McBrayer and Scott Adsit, improv legend Del Close, George Carlin’s early comedy-duo partner Jack Burns, Simpsons star Dan Castellaneta, The Office star Steve Carell, character actor Eugene Levy, and early SNL pioneers John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray.
Another alumnus of Second City, Adam McKay, was the head writer of SNL in the mid 1990s, and saw Fey performing with the troupe. At McKay’s behest, Fey submitted several audition scripts and was asked to join the SNL writing staff in New York City. Two years later, she was the head writer on the show. She gained early recognition for films like Mean Girls before rocketing to prominence with 30 Rock in the mid-2000s.
Fey is married to composer Jeff Richmond, who writes music for 30 Rock and other Fey projects like the film Baby Mama. The couple has two daughters and live in New York City.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Tina Fey Bachelor’s In Drama
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