New Performance Dates Set For FST Improv’s Winter Blunderland

Florida Studio Theatre announces new performance schedule for Winter Blunderland, a new holiday improv show beginning Tuesday, November 29. Performances will take place at 8:30pm in the Goldstein Cabaret at Florida Studio Theatre (1241 North Palm Avenue, Sarasota FL).

The new performance schedule is as follows (with new dates in red):

Tuesday, November 29th;

Tuesday, December 6th;

Monday, December 19th;

Monday, December 26th;

Tuesday, December 27th.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online at floridastudiotheatre.org or by calling the box office at (941) 366-9000.

(Please note, the shows formerly on Tuesday, December 13 and Tuesday December 20 have been canceled)

FST Improv is decking the halls, pouring the egg nog, and lighting the Menorah for a brand new Holiday comedy show! Winter Blunderland is a completely different and dynamic form of improvisation based on a ‘longform’ narrative style. Each performance, the cast will create a new play, completely unscripted, made up on the spot! Watch as the performers take you on a dramatic journey from first audition, to rehearsal, to opening night of the improvised play.

“Winter Blunderland is a celebration of all things holiday in the form of a play, spontaneously created right before the audience’s eyes,” said guest Improv teaching artist Jeremy Lamb. “What’s great about the show is its immediate appeal for the audience, because that play has never been created before and will never be repeated again. It’s just for them, the people in that audience in that moment, and then it’s gone, kind of like the holidays.”

The cast of 9 actors includes a mix of familiar and fresh faces. New to the FST Improv roster are FST Acting Apprentices, Victoria M. Fragnito and Andy McCain, and Vintage Whine performer, Nanci Rand. FST Improv veterans include Adam Ratner, Christine Alexander, Catey Brannan, Darryl Knapp, and Tim Beasley. Directing the troupe is guest Teaching Artist and Improv performer, Jeremy Lamb.

FST Improv is Sarasota’s resident Improv troupe at Florida Studio Theatre. Under the direction of Rebecca Hopkins, the Improv program has expanded from its humble beginnings in 2001 to a year-round performance schedule, the Sarasota Improv Festival, and Improv education classes.

About Florida Studio Theatre

Known as Sarasota’s Contemporary Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre was founded in 1973 by Jon Spelman. Starting out as a small touring company, FST traveled to places such as migrant camps and prisons. The company eventually settled down into a permanent home, acquiring the former Woman’s Club building – now renamed the Keating Theatre. In the years that followed, Florida Studio Theatre established itself as a major force in American Theatre, presenting Contemporary Theatre in its three theatre venues: the Keating Theatre, the Goldstein Cabaret and its newest space, the Gompertz Theatre.

Even with its growth, Florida Studio Theatre remains firmly committed to making the arts accessible and affordable to a broad-based audience. Under Richard Hopkins, Artistic Director and CEO, FST develops theatre that speaks to our living, evolving, and dynamically changing world. As FST grows and expands, it continues to provide audiences with challenging, contemporary drama and innovative programs.