MY STORY

Patrick Connelly has always loved writing, and found it was the best way he could communicate as a child. As a teenager, his first big leap that led him to where he is today was attending Second City summer camps, where he learned to write sketches, stand-up material, and improvise. From there, Patrick enrolled at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in the Media and Cinema Studies major. It was there that he knew he was a writer, which led him to the immersive writing program at DePaul University. While at DePaul, Patrick created an immense portfolio of writing material, which is mostly but not limited to Comedy.

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My portfolio reflects how far I have come in the last few years. I didn’t know I wanted to be a writer until I was a freshman in college at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, so I really only began writing regularly then. It wasn’t until I transferred to DePaul University in 2019 that I began writing weekly, so the majority of my portfolio is material I have written for DePaul, or while I was in attendance at DePaul University in my free time. 

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I have a lot of sketches in my portfolio that show who I am and where I can go as a writer. My humor has become more thoughtful and deeper-in-meaning over the years, and this reflects what kind of material I want to be writing in the future as a creator.

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I continue to find my comedic storytelling voice the more that I write. There is nothing that I love more than making others laugh and smile with the material and stories that I create. To find out more or to discuss a potential project, please don’t hesitate to contact me.