Annoyance Improviser Jailed After Saying, “Yes And” To Real Life Heist

By Stuart Allard

CHICAGO, IL - Andrew McHenry, a self-admitted “improv dork,” was sentenced to five to seven years for participating in a heist that he thought was part of an improvised scene. McHenry, a graduate of The Annoyance training center, thought his collaborators Tim Faulkner and Chris Hazelwood were doing the “gift car” form when they walked into the Chase Bank in Lakeview and forced a bank teller to give them over $35,000 at gunpoint.

McHenry, whose independent team “Middle Wacker” played the Rockford Improv Festival in 2017, was seen on video cameras wearing a ski mask, an untucked plaid shirt, and chinos. Where his accomplices were carrying a .45 Magnum, McHenry chose to do object work. The alarms went off when McHenry simulated firing a gun, saying, “blam blam!”

McHenry, Faulkner and Hazelwood then reportedly ran out of the bank into a getaway car. They were pretending to be brothers driving to the circus when they were caught by authorities.

Faulkner and Hazelwood both pled not guilty, citing that they are entitled narcissists who won’t admit to their own faults. Both of their trials are still pending.

In a statement from McHenry’s attorneys, the accused said, “It was a mistake to trust anyone who’s not really from Chicago.”