Impy Awards-2005 Winners Announced

The Impy's Announce Winners of the

2005 Improv Miami Prizes or 'Impys'

ImprovMiami.com, a guide for South Florida improvisational theatre,

announced the winners of the Second Annual Impy Awards.

Nominees for recognition included the categories of for improv troupes
in each of South Florida's counties as well as Best Improvised TV Show,
Best Improvised Film, Best Sketch TV Show, and Best Stand-up Venue and were
voted on by the directors of many of the troupes in South Florida. These
peer-rated awards are given to recognize the unique talents of the
troupes in South Florida and excellence in the improvisational artform.

Designed to promote improvisation as an art form in South Florida, the
Impys are positioned to become an annual event that will always please and
contain the best improv has to offer.

South Florida's top improv troupes were honored in the event featuring
winners for categories in each county. Addional recognition was given
for Best Stand-up Venue, Best Improvised TV Show, Best Sketch Comedy TV
Show and Best Improvised Film.

The winners of the Impys were:

Miami-Dade County:
Best Short Form Improv Troupe 2005 - Laughing Gas
Best Sketch Comedy Troupe 2005 - Impromedy

Broward County:
Best Short Form Improv Troupe 2005 - THEY improv
Best Sketch Comedy Troupe 2005 - Laffing Matterz

Palm Beach County:
Best Long Form Improv Troupe 2005 - Mod27
Best Sketch Comedy Troupe 2005 - Gated Community

In addition to these Impys, ImprovMiami.com had competition in
additional categories to receive recognition for excellence and contribution to
improvisation as an art form.

Those receiving recognition in these additional categories were:

Best Stand-Up Venue 2005 - The Seminole Paradise Improv
Best Improv TV Show 2005 - A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T. Improv from BravoTV
Best Improv Film 2005 - Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story by Brant
Sersen
Best Sketch Comedy TV Show 2005 - Saturday Night Live

All awards and recognition were selected by the improv troupes in South
Florida with each troupe having one vote. To have a vote, the troupe
must have had at least 5 professional performances in South Florida during
2005.

The event is seen as a way to help promote excellence in craft and to
celebrate the different approaches and uniqueness of the different
troupes in South Florida.

ABOUT IMPROVMIAMI.COM
ImprovMiami.com, a guide for South Florida improvisational theatre, is
a website dedicated to the promotion of the improvisational art form in
South Florida and recognizing excellence both on and off stage. The site is a
guide to performances from various troupes and has information designed
to educate audiences about improv and to legitimize the art form to the
arts community of South Florida and is the home of the ImprovMiami Prizes.
More information is available at www.improvmiami.com.

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