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2025 Sarasota Improv Festival
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2025 Sarasota Improv FestivalUnauthorized is team of teachers from The Second City New York. They do it all--short form high energy games with lots of laughs and long form scenes that explore wild zany characters!
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AARON LAROCHE
YAZMIN RAMOS
KIHRESHA REDMOND
JONALD REYES
BILLY SOCO
Aaron LaRoche is a comedian based in NY city. A graduate of the david lynch MFA program he loves the uncanny and strange. He is excited to perform with his fellow second city ny faculty and wants to shout out his indie teams branded silk and my mommas biscuits.
Yazmin is a comedian/actor/writer and is a part or the inaugural Second City New York Mainstage ensemble! Previous credits include: The Second City Touring Company, John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Annoyance Theatre (Chicago), iO Chicago, and more. She was a television writer and on screen talent for MeTV's Toon in with Me (morning sketch and cartoon show). She's been teaching improvisation for nearly a decade!
Kihresha is New York based actor and improviser. She has been performed and taught at The Peoples Improv Theatre and is currently a faculty member at The Second City New York. She is a regular performer and Stakeholder with Backroom Shakespeare NYC. Being an alumni of the FST Acting Apprentice Program she is thrilled to be back in Sarasota! www.kihresha.com
JONALD REYES is the Artistic Director of the Training Center at The Second City New York. He has taught & Directed sketch/improv for over 12 years. As a performer, Jonald has participated in various festivals including Austin's Out of Bounds, Detroit Improv Festival, and Chicago Improv Festival. He loves breakfast and hates that our bodies need sleep.
BILLY SOCO is a first-generation actor, voice artist, and improv teacher of Chilean and Filipino descent based in NYC. He has trained and performed with The Second City, UCB, Magnet Theater, ComedySportz, Freestyle+, Baby Wants Candy, Shamilton, and The Story Pirates. Billy performs regularly with North Coast, Big Whoop and Kittyhawk bringing his talents to stages and classrooms worldwide like the Vancouver Improv festival, Birmingham Improv Festival (UK), and Teatro Lospleimovil (Chile) to name a few. He currently teaches and serves as Artistic Director for Megawatt at Magnet Theater. He also teaches on faculty with The Second City. Learn more at billysoco.com
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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.