Annoyance Theatre

The Annoyance Theatre is a theater and associated ensemble based in Chicago that deals mainly in absurd and outrageous humor. Its plays have titles such as Coed Prison Sluts and That Darned Antichrist. It was founded as Metraform in 1987 and changed its name to the Annoyance after moving into a new building in 1989. The Annoyance moved again in 1994 to a theater that was demolished in 2000 to make room for a parking lot for nearby Wrigley Field. At the time of its closing, Coed Prison Sluts, a musical comedy with a frequently rotating cast, was the longest-running show in Chicago, having played for 11 years. The Annoyance moved into a new building in 2002, and again in 2004.

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Theater - Chicago - Humor - 1987 - 1989 - 1994 - 2000 - Wrigley Field - 2002 - 2004

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In 1992 the Annoyance opened a show called The Real Live Brady Bunch, in which a troupe of performers, with an eye toward irony, acted out entire episodes of the 1960s and '70s family sitcom The Brady Bunch. The show was hugely successful and helped to launch the trend of kitsch nostalgia that came in part to define the 1990s and continues to this day.

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1992 - Sitcom - The Brady Bunch - Kitsch - Nostalgia

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Among the Annoyance's more successful alumni are Amy Sedaris and Andy Richter.

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Amy Sedaris - Andy Richter

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