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{{Infobox Troupe
|Name	=		The Laff Staff
|Picture	=	The Laff Staff.jpg
|Cast	=	{{Unbulleted list | [[Andy Weisberg]] | [[Angela Davis]] | [[Chris Bonno]] | [[De Lewellen]] | [[Ed Toutant]] | [[Joe Coleman]] (pianist) | [[Mike Emody]] | [[Robert Faires]] }}
|Director =	[[Rodney Rincon]]
|Years	=		1987-1993
}}

'''The Laff Staff''' was an improv troupe that had a run at [[Cap City Comedy Club]] in the late 80s and early 90s.

== Summary ==
The troupe specialized in short-form games, though they did try out longform (Harolds) in rehearsal.

== History ==
After the [[Austin Comedy Workshop]] closed its doors, most of the performers from [[Esther's Follies]] drifted away from improv.  But a few performers moved on to [[The Laff Stop]].  Actor [[Rodney Rincon]] ran a series of improv workshops there in late 1986, after which [[Chris Bonno]] and [[Angela Davis]] founded the troupe, which debuted in 1987.  They were given a were 45-minute pre-show slot in the Lounge at [[Cap City]] (on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays) until 1993.

They headlined the Comedy Workshop in Houston for a week, which may have been the first professional gig for an Austin improv troupe outside of their home city.

[[Category:Troupes|Laff Staff]]