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SARASOTA (SNN TV) – The Sarasota Improv Festival returns after four years.

Florida Studio Theatre will welcome the community to the 13th festival. It hasn’t been held in-person since 2019, though there was a virtual version in 2020.

The headliner is British comedy performer MC Hammersmith. More than 80 artists and 20 troupes will perform, including the return of locals such as BUSTED! and Early Bird special, and festival debuts for local troupes Impromptu and Treble in Paradise.

It’ll take place July 20-22. The prices are as follows:

  • 3-Day festival pass: $79
  • 2-Day festival pass: $69
  • Saturday pass: $59 (on sale the week of 6/19)
  • Friday pass: $49 (on sale the week of 6/19)
  • Thursday pass: $29 (on sale the week of 6/19)

For more information, go to Florida Studio Theatre’s website here.