OUR CLASSES
All Classes include an additional session — a Graduation show before a live audience!!
GRADUATION SHOWS
Join us for our soon-to-be graduation shows of Crazies first-time students. Friday evening, April 26 – Standup comedy students: Nick Krueter, Dave Lack, Brian Villacorta, and Tim Driskell. Hosted by Darrell Wagstaff. Tickets are $20
Stand Up Comedy Grad Show
Friday, April 26 at 7:30
$20.00
Then, come back on Sunday afternoon, April 28 at 2 p.m to laugh hard again with our Beginner Improv students: Darrell Wagstaff, Brandon Ristoff, John Grayson, Mel Tuble, and Chad Gordon. Tickets are $20.
Improv Grad Show
Sunday, April 28 at 2:00
$20.00
IMPROV INTERMEDIATE COMEDY CLASS
Intermediate Improv: 6 sessions – Thursdays @ 5:30 – 7:30 pm, May 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20, 27
Graduation Show 7th session on a Weekend Night
If you’ve had some improv training or a lot, this class is for you. We do drills and exercises, yes, but the main emphasis is on improv scenes. Must have some prior training to quality for enrollment. Student enrollment is kept to minimum so each participant gets lots of “stage time.”
Stand Up Comedy Grad Show
Friday, April 26 at 7:30
$20.00
Teen/TWEEN Crazies bootcamp Workshop
Our teen/tween Crazies workshop is a crazie experience for youngsters who just want to hone their skills and/or find a high-charged creativity experience to release all that energy! We will work on improv drills, scenes, and some characters. Join Now!
Class is held Monday through Friday – July 8 – 12 from 9 a.m. to noon.
+ A Showcase performance to Follow – Tuition is $525
Stand Up Comedy Grad Show
Friday, April 26 at 7:30
$20.00
intermediate standup Comedy Class
Class size limited to 4 Students
Beginner Course: 6 Sessions – Mondays @5-7pm starting May 13 – June 24
Followed by Graduation Show (class chooses weekend date)
Take your standup routine to the next level with this Crazie class! Learn to punch up your set–both content and delivery, though emphasis is in pushing your brand and unique style and making sure every line you deliver packs a punch!! Thia Crazies course will challenge your creativity, generating new ideas to smooth out what you’ve already written or help you “stretch” and expand on what you already have. The class will also put heavy emphasis on your delivery, giving you techniques for a more sophisticated and hard-hitting delivery style.Lots of fun in this class while we also study the work of well-known comics.
Tuition – $525
Stand Up Comedy Grad Show
Friday, April 26 at 7:30
$20.00
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The Orange County Crazies offers classes in Improv, Stand-up, Sketch Comedy, and Workshops on how to develop Original Characters as well as workshop on filmmaking. The Orange County Crazies also offer Tween and Teen classes, as well as comedy writing classes. Courses range from weekly sessions to one-day weekend classes, and one-week classes. Graduation performances follow each class series. The OC Crazies conduct all classes and shows on-site at The De Pietro Performance Center in Santa Ana in its 78-seat, black-box theater.
Over the past 34 years, the Orange County Crazies has become an enviable institution as it remains the longest-running and most prominent organization of its kind in the County of Orange. Based in Santa Ana, California, the O.C. Crazies school and the quality of its classes are unmatched, and the student performances are crowd-pleasing. The organization was founded by Cherie Kerr, a founding member of the famed L.A. Groundlings, who has served as the organization’s Artistic Director since the non-profit comedy organization’s inception. Since its inception, the Crazies has garnered stellar reviews and numerous awards for its original and creative works, as well as for its unparalleled school of comedy.
Left to right. Ashlyn Yarbrough, brother Logan Yarbrough, with brothers Kai and Jasper Kim. 
Improv Beginner Graduating class of May 6: left to right: Dustin Saiidi, Tommy Pedersen, Ash Pedersen. Artistic Director, Cherie Kerr, Olivia (Liv) Budd, Don Wilen, Ray Jafari and Rusty Felbob (Main Co. 
Standup Show April 15th, 2023. 
Saturday, August 27 2022 standup comedy graduation show that rock the house at the Crazies. From left to right: Emcee Rusty Felbob, teacher Cherie Kerr, comics: Bobby Mascio, Erin Aleljandrino, Tommy Pederson and Garret Anthony. Each did a killer set–their first time as standup comics!! 
Standup Show December 9th, 2022 
Left to right: Emcee, John Weyhgandt, Rusty Felbob, Erica Park, Dr. Prakash Joshi and Robbie Nelson. They performed Saturday night August 20 before a receptive audience who laughed and cheered! 
Guy Nelson and Kai Kim perform their original “People’s Stupid Podcast” semi-improvised skit for friends and family winding up their week-long ‘Lil Crazies Improv Comedy Workshop. 
Guy Nelson, Lily Nelson and Kai Kim take a bow and pose for the camera after their showcase performance. 
Ashlyn Yarbrough Logan Yarbrough, Jasper Kim, Kai Kim, Kellan Bold, and Tayeah Fiore. During Performance after one week improv boot camp students in costumes to play original characters in a book panel scene. 
Robbie Nelson, Rusty Felbob, Michelle Voorhees, Lindsay Babout, Erica Park, Prakash Joshi after a Standup Show 
‘Lil Crazies Show 
Brent White plays President Clinton while Matt Morrison plays Trump and Rusty Felbob plays a shirtless Putin as they debate over questions from the audience on the topic of attending the queens funeral. 
Cherie with fellow L.A. Groundling Karen Maruyama after an interview with David Glass, celeb divorce attorney and host of TheHourGLASSpodcast.com. Karen shared some great insights and humor during the segment. 
September 9th Improv Show was a success! 
Charlie Twichel, David Begun, Cassidy McDonnell, Robbie Nelson and Chris Keirnen. 
‘Lil Crazies Show 
11/25/23 Tara Kimmons, Ash Pedersen,Pete Belinksy, Cherie Kerr, Rusty Felbob and Darrell Wagstaff.. 
In the Green Room: Cherie Kerr, Crazies artistic director, reunites with comic pal, Maz Jobrani at the Irvine Improv shortly before his hilarious show Sunday, October. 9, 2022. Jobrani was a performer and comedy judge at the Crazies in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. He has since gone on to an illustrious career. 
Outside of writing/teaching/directing at the Crazies, Cherie Kerr also produces a weekly podcast, for P.R. client David Glass. Guesting on the video show’s holiday episode, due to run in November, Kerr poses for a photo with podcast guest, actress Mindy Sterling and her son Max. Kerr an Sterling have been L.A Groundling pals for the past 30-plus years. 
On Oct. 26th, Cherie conducted an improv comedy workshop with the Regent Point Seniors!
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OC Crazies
The Orange County Crazies offers classes in Improv, Stand-up, Sketch Comedy, and workshops for how to develop Original Characters, Tween, and Teen classes, as well as writing classes.
Get in Touch
De Pietro Performance Center 809 N. Main St. Santa Ana, CA 92701
(714)-550-9890
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