Dates: 7/12/2024 - 7/13/2024
📍 Theatre: Florida Studio Theatre Florida Studio Theatre (FST) is Sarasota’s contemporary theatre. Founded in 1973, FST has grown to (read more...)
1241 N Palm Ave
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 9413669000
Taking place on July 12 and 13, the Sarasota Improv Festival is the premier festival of its kind in the Southeastern United States. The Sarasota Improv Festival brings together top improvisers from across the country and around the world for one whirlwind weekend of spontaneous comedy. The festival features more than 16 troupes, 80 artists, 26 performances, and 16 workshops.
Florida Studio Theatre will present a summer improv season in Sarasota featuring Orlando's FORGOTTEN BROADWAY and FST Improv's audience competition OUT OF BOUNDS, plus workshops, while the Sarasota Improv Festival takes a one-year hiatus.
Florida Studio Theatre announced a leadership evolution as it prepares for the McGillicuddy Arts Plaza expansion, with Richard Hopkins and Rebecca Hopkins assuming new executive roles while a national search begins for an Artistic Director and Managing Director.
Florida Studio Theatre has revealed its 2026 Summer Season in Sarasota, featuring three Mainstage productions, a Cabaret Series, and FST Improv performances. Subscriptions start at $59.
Florida Studio Theatre will host a summer improv lineup beginning April 24, featuring returning acts S@!#ZPROBE, FORGOTTEN BROADWAY, and DAD'S GARAGE, as the Sarasota Improv Festival takes a hiatus due to construction.
Florida Studio Theatre has unveiled the lineup for its 15th annual Sarasota Improv Festival, a high-energy celebration of spontaneous comedy featuring 16 top improv companies from across the U.S. and Canada. Learn more here!
Florida Studio Theatre has announced that Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Gulf Coast) has awarded the regional theatre a $65,000 Empowering Arts Grant Award, funded through the Mildred and Garrett Eelman Charitable Fund at Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
Florida Studio Theatre has announced the return of the annual Sarasota Improv Festival, the premier Festival of its kind in the Southeastern United States.
Florida Studio Theatre has announced that Gulf Coast Community Foundation (Gulf Coast) has awarded the regional theatre a $55,000 Arts Appreciation Grant, underwriting FST's current three-show Winter Cabaret Series, upcoming four-show Winter Mainstage Series, and 2024 Summer Mainstage Series.
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has announced that single tickets for the 13th Annual Sarasota Improv Festival are now on sale. The premier Festival of its kind in the southeastern United States, the Sarasota Improv Festival will feature over 20 of the top improv troupes from across the country and as far as Canada and the United Kingdom.
Florida Studio Theatre has announced the workshop lineup for the 13th Annual Sarasota Improv Festival (July 20-22, 2023).
Florida Studio Theatre has announced the long-awaited return of the annual Sarasota Improv Festival, the premier Festival of its kind in the Southeastern United States. Founded by Rebecca Hopkins in 2009, the Sarasota Improv Festival has become a destination event, drawing thousands of people from across the state of Florida and beyond.
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces the run of the audience favorite, FST Improv Presents: Life's A Beach, and the date for FST Improv Presents: When X Meets Y, a one-night-only performance for Valentine's Day.
Florida Studio Theatre (FST) has announced that Sarasota Improv Festival favorites, Available Cupholders, will return to the Gulf Coast the first weekend of June for a special residency. The Austin and Los Angeles-based improv comedy group is known for performing shows that combine Theater and Improvisation, frequently in formats that are challenging and ever-changing.
Florida Studio Theatre has announced that it will present an online improv festival the same weekend its annual Sarasota Improv Festival was slated to take place: Friday, July 10 through Sunday, July 12.
Florida Studio Theatre has announced that it has received a $60,000 grant from The Shubert Foundation. The grant will be used for general operating support for Sarasota's Contemporary Theatre through the end of May 2021. Due to COVID-19, FST had to cancel the remainder of its Winter Season, its 2020 Summer Season, and postpone its annual Sarasota Improv Festival until 2021. These cancellations are projected to cost the theatre over $1.5 million in lost revenue. The Shubert Foundation's financial support will help the nonprofit theatre offset these sizeable financial losses.
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24 Hour Musical Rise Above Performing Arts (1/02-1/02) |
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Black Bastard Urbanite Theatre (6/03-6/27) |
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Legacy: Motown & More! Florida Studio Theatre (8/04-10/24) |
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Deck the Halls Keating Theatre (11/28-12/24) |
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The Phil Collins Story Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall (11/05-11/05) |
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Guys and Dolls Manatee Performing Arts Center (4/22-5/02) |
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Sophisticated Ladies The Donelly Theatre at Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (10/14-11/22) |
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Carrie: The Musical Manatee Performing Arts Center (10/15-11/01) |
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ShaToby: Tributes to Shania Twain and Toby Keith Manatee Performing Arts Center (3/09-3/09) |
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Adagio for Strings Holley Hall (10/29-10/29) |
