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25 North Coast Bkg

North Coast

2025 Sarasota Improv Festival
Saturday, July 19, 2025 | 6PM Bowne's Lab

North Coast

Saturday, July 19, 2025 | 6PM Bowne's Lab

North Coast

2025 Sarasota Improv Festival
Saturday, July 19, 2025 | 6PM Bowne's Lab

NORTH COAST IMPROV (New York City, NY) is New York City’s premier hip hop improv comedy team. With a cast of improv comedy veterans, North Coast’s explosive performances have been packing comedy venues, universities, and festivals nationwide since 2009. Built around a single suggestion from an audience member, the show’s improvised scenes escalate into full-blown hip-hop songs, facilitated by resident beatboxer, Doctor Brick. With their seamless melding of comedic timing and freestyle rapping abilities, North Coast frequently blurs the line between comedy show and concert, drawing audiences from the comedy, hip-hop, and theater communities for an experience that has been hailed as “mind-blowing” and “next level” by critics and audiences alike.

Running Time

45 minutes

A lot of shows proclaim, ‘You’ve never seen anything quite like it.’ In North Coast’s case, that is actually true.

-The Village Voice

North Coast Cast

Mel Rubin

Billy Soco

Raquel Palmas

Michael Crisol

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Festival Workshops

Our offerings allow you to learn from the experts with intimate trainings led by Festival artists from across the country and around the world. Featuring workshops in a wide range of improvisational styles and techniques, there is something for improvisers of all experience levels at the 2025 Sarasota Improv Festival. All workshops take place Saturday, July 19.