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Tropical Punchlines
2025 Sarasota Improv Festival
Tropical Punchlines
Tropical Punchlines
2025 Sarasota Improv FestivalTROPICAL PUNCHLINES features two improv groups from Florida's Suncoast, giving audiences the chance to experience a range of improv styles, approaches, and humor—all in one show.
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IVORIES GUYS (Naples, FL) With over two decades of improvisational mastery, Ralph Krumins as Ivories Guy delivers an emotionally charged, one-of-a-kind solo performance that leaves audiences spellbound. Through intimate, spontaneous conversations with the crowd, Ralph masterfully channels each character’s dreams, joys, and fears into heartfelt, original songs created spontaneously. This one-man band receives rave reviews and standing ovations from festivals nationwide; Ivories Guy will have you sharing a laugh, shedding a tear, and leaving the theatre with an unforgettable, transformative experience.
COMMODORE (Tampa, FL) Inspired by one location and three random notes on the keyboard, the cast of Treble in Paradise creates a fully improvised musical right before your very eyes. With no scripts, no musical score, and absolutely no idea what will happen next, our ensemble of improvisers delivers full-blown musical numbers, drama, and spontaneous choreography in this musical improv show.
Ivories Guy Cast
RALPH KRUMINS
RALPH KRUMINS is a long-time improviser who fled the plains of Kansas and now lives in the semi-tropical entropy of Southwest Florida. He’s been teaching and performing improv for over two decades, crafting scenes, minds, and occasionally set pieces. Ivories Guy is his solo musical improv experiment—equal parts melody, madness, and moments that shouldn’t work but somehow do. Expect chaos. Expect joy. Expect key changes.
The Commodore Cast
KELLY BUTTERMORE
KELLY BUTTERMORE has been performing improv and sketch comedy since 2003. She spent a decade performing on various house improv teams at the Magnet Theater, where she also taught improv classes. She currently performs and teaches around the country with her comedy partner Justin Peters as the prolific touring improv duo From Justin to Kelly. With Peters, she is the co-founder of the Countdown Improv Festival and The Commodore comedy theater, both located in Tampa.
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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.