CLASS: CRASS 1 - Improv to Sketch

CRASS1: Improv to Sketch

About the Course:

CRASS (CReating Annoyance Style Shows) is a the next step in The Annoyance's process; using improv to create written material.

In CRASS 1, students will take all of the improv skills they've honed in AP1-5 and together with their director, create a written sketch revue. Students will be assigned additional roles outside of actor/writer and may be responsible for costumes, props, etc. These classes are more intensive than AP1-5 and will require additional work and rehearsal outside of class hours.

For over 30 years the Annoyance has specialized in using improv comedy to create full length plays and musicals. From Annoyance classics like Splatter Theater and Co-ed Prison Sluts, to more modern shows like Steamworks: The Musical and Live Laugh Blood, The Annoyance has enjoyed pushing the envelope of what plays and musicals can be.

With this class, students will start the journey of turning their improv into written works, refining, planning, and creating a full sketch revue.

• Using Annoyance style improvisation to build a sketch
• Theatre Roles
• Technical aspects of the theatre

Prerequisite: 

Students must have completed AP5 to enroll in this class

Schedule:

Classes meet once a week on the same day each week

Mondays Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 6:30-9:00pm

Saturdays and Sundays 1:00-3:30pm

Note: This class will meet for 9 weeks

CASS 1 classes features a two week run of shows after the class term. 

Important Dates:

Term 1 2026 1/5 - 3/8

NO CLASS 1/12 - 1/18

CRASS1 Techs:

TBD

(Will attempt to schedule same as regular class meeting time or Sat or Sun prior to show 1)

CRASS 1 Shows:

3/15

3/22

Registration is Non-Refundable:

Please be sure about your schedule before you register for class. Here’s why….

Your enrollment HOLDS A SPACE in a class that we are no longer able to offer someone else.

Class payments are NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-TRANSFERABLE, and can be applied only to the current term’s class for which you have signed up. This applies if you get cast in a show, get a new job, or other situation, or have other changes to your schedule. So please be sure about your schedule before you register.