Planet Ant
About Our Training Program
The Planet Ant Training Center offers a full line-up of six-week classes for beginning and experienced students looking to learn the ins and outs of long-form improv comedy and comedy writing.
Sign up for classes and Planet Ant and you'll learn from some of the area’s best and most seasoned instructors – the same people you see performing with the Home Team each week. We pride ourselves on creating a safe and nurturing environment while providing frank, constructive feedback that will push students creatively to become better actors, better writers, and better improvisers.
In its nearly 20-year history, our esteemed Planet Ant Improv Colony has created well over twenty original comedy plays while providing countless hours of laughs every Monday night with the area’s longest running improv comedy show. Now it's your turn to join in on all the fun by enrolling in the Planet Ant Training Center.
No matter what your skill level, our unique program offers something for you!
Course Catalogue
INTRO TO IMPROV 1-3
New to improv classes at Planet Ant Training Center? Then this is where you'll start. This series of classes will provide an introduction to Planet Ant's unique style of scenic improv comedy. We do not teach short form improv, instead our program is geared towards scenic improv and acting technique right from the start.
Each six-week session will build on the last, as you learn tons of improv concepts and techniques through all sorts of fun and exciting games and exercises, all the while meeting new friends and sharing laughs along the way.
Students will perform in their first Planet Ant class show at the end of Intro To Improv 3.
INTERMEDIATE IMPROV 1-3
This series of classes is for the experienced improviser looking to push their skills to the next level. Here you'll learn more advanced techniques and concepts as you focus on honing your scene work into complete long-form shows. Each level of the intermediate program also features exercises designed to help push your acting chops to the next level.
At the end of each six-week session, you and your class troupe will get a chance to test what you've been learning in a class show.
ADVANCED IMPROV 1-3
Our Advanced program focuses on pushing your class ensemble to the next level while addressing the individual problem spots of each performer. More focus will be put on polish your live shows through extra performances. Students who have completed Intermediate 3 must audition into our Advanced program.
Advanced classes perform twice per term with a midterm show and as well as final class show performance.
SKETCH WRITING 1-5
Writing original comedy has always been a huge part of what we do at Planet Ant. Over more than two decades, we have created many award-winning plays, short films, and even a few feature length movies. Now, we want to teach you how to translate the ideas in your head to the written page.
Our Sketch Writing program consists of five six-week sessions. You'll start with the basics of comedy writing and slowly hone your skills through many in-class exercises and required homework assignments. Each class builds on the information learned in the previous one, and by the end of Sketch Writing 4, each student will have amassed a writing portfolio with a minimum of 20 sketches and 3 comedic monologues. Sketch 5 will see the students working with a director to put together a complete sketch show based on their work so far.
Students are required to bring an internet capable device (phones are okay), paper and writing implements. Students must also have simple writing assignments completed as a requirement for the beginning of each class level, as noted below. Performance experience is not required.
