Sarasota Improv Festival
Florida Studio Theatre
It’s that time of year again when laughter takes over the entire Florida Studio Theatre campus. 23 of the top improv groups from all over come to Sarasota to take risks, get raw, and get real on stage in a variety of improv formats. The 9th Annual Improv Festival will be held on July 13, 14, and 15. Passes are now on sale; 3 day passes are $75, 2 day passes are $65, Friday or Saturday passes are $49, and Thursday passes are $20. All festival passes are now on sale and may be purchased by calling the Box Office at 941-366-9000, or by going online at floridastudiotheatre.org.
The Sarasota Improv Festival brings together the most creative and inventive improv groups from all across the country and the world. “This is such an energizing and exciting event,” said Festival Producer and FST Managing Director, Rebecca Hopkins. “For three days, attendees get the chance to see a wide range of improvisation performance styles from long form, short form, hip hop improv, musical, genre-based, and more. It’s a full weekend of creative chaos that takes a lot of planning to run smoothly. It’s a jam packed weekend of comic shenanigans… and every year, it’s even more jam packed. I have to make myself breathe just thinking about it.”
PRICING:
Three Day Pass - Thursday, Friday, AND Saturday - $75
Two Day Pass - Friday AND Saturday - $65
Single Day Pass - Saturday - $49
Single Day Pass - Friday - $49
Thursday Night Pass - $20
Single tickets - $10
Single tickets for Headliner - $25
Single tickets for Just For Laughs - $6
Workshops - $35 each or BUY THREE for $90
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Thursday, July 13
7:00pm – FST Improv, Dear Aunt Gertrude, Equanimity, Just The Funny
8:30pm – When X Meets Y, Sick Puppies Comedy, The Third Thought, Square One Improv
10:00pm – FAST Florida All Star King of the Hill Competition
Friday, July 14
6:00pm – FST Improv
7:00pm – Brouhaha
7:00pm – ImprovBoston
7:00pm – Villain Theater
8:00pm – Dad’s Garage
8:00pm – Available Cupholders
8:00pm – BLANK! The Musical
8:00pm – Complot Escena (Spanish Show)*
9:00pm – STACKED
9:00pm – Joe Bill & Friends
9:00pm – Parallelogramophonograph
10:00pm – North Coast Improv
Saturday, July 15
11:00am - Just For Laughs
5:00pm – Complot Escena
5:00pm – Hawk and Wayne
6:00pm – Available Cupholders
6:00pm – Big Bang Improv
6:00pm – STACKED
7:00pm – North Coast Improv
7:00pm – Parallelogramophonograph
7:00pm – Joe Bill & Friends
8:00pm – ImprovBoston
8:00pm – Dad’s Garage
8:00pm – SAK Comedy Lab
9:00pm – BLANK! The Musical
10:30pm – All Play
For full Group Information, please visit https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/2017-improv-festival.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE – Saturday July 15
9:00- 11:00am
Fresh Squeezed-Characters Not From Concentrate.
Stories that matter!
Improvised Stand Comedy or The Comedic timing in Improvised Monologues
Red Light District
The Scene-Style Cheat Sheet
Lucid narrative: Conscience of all the basic elements of improvised stage writing
Playing with Emotion
11:30 – 1:30pm
Intro to Musical Improv
Power Improv Toolkit
Intro to Hip Hop Improv
Everything is Relevant. Nothing Matters.
Villainy: Being Bad Onstage
Committing To The First Moment Or Real Life
2:00 – 4:00pm
Reinventing ShortForm
The First 30 Seconds
Advanced Hip Hop Improv
The Devil is in the Details