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.

Students must have completed AP5 to enroll in this class

Tech:
Tech rehearsal for the shows is 3/14 12-3pm

Shows:
This show will culminate in two (2) showcases - Sundays 3/14, 3/21 6pm

Term 1 (Winter) 2027 runs 1/4 - 3/7/2027
NO CLASS: 1/10 - 1/16

Classes meet once a week on the same day each week:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday classes meet 6:30-9pm
Saturday and Sunday classes meet 1-3:30pm

Class Showcases for AP1-AP5 and MI1-MI3 occur on the final Sunday of the term.
AP5 and MI3 feature a run of shows concurrent with the final four weeks of class.
CRASS1 and CRASS2 feature a run of two and four shows following the last Sunday of the term.
Solo Characters, Variety & Alternative Comedy, Standup, and other elective class showcases vary by term.
-See class description for additional details on class showcase schedules-

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.

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