RELEASE THE BEAST

RELEASE THE BEAST (6 weeks)
an improv course for Women and Femmes
Session 6, 2026 on Wednesday 6:30PM – 9:30PM
If you ever feel like you are holding yourself back when improvising, this class is for you. This brand-new advanced improv course for women and femmes will help you claim the stage with big, bold initiations by taking you out of your head and connecting fearlessly with your body. Learn to get comfortable taking up space with absurd and even shocking choices and be unapologetic with your time on stage. This six-week course will be a judgement-free environment exclusively for women and femmes to make weird, gross, and wonderfully ungrounded choices and culminates in a class show hosted by Arcade Academy Instructor Alyssa Tomasella.
First Class: Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
*there is no class held on Wednesday, November 25th
Class Show: Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026 at 8:00pm
Instructor: Alyssa Tomasella
Registration: $225 (Early Bird Registration: $200)
Prerequisites: IMPROV 101 and 102, or equivalent experience
This class is exclusively for women and femme-presenting persons.

Arcade Comedy Theater classes are open to students 18 yrs or older.
Arcade is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all of our patrons, students, and performing artists. Our facilities at 943 Liberty Avenue are designed for wheelchair access both in our audience and on our stages. We also offer all-gender bathrooms and elevator access to all floors. If you have any accessibility requirements or questions about classes, registration, or prerequisites please contact us at: [email protected]
To apply for a full internship or half internship, please fill out the application HERE and our Operations Managers will be in contact. Once your application is accepted, you will receive a promo code to register for your class. For any other questions about internships, please email [email protected].