In a culture that prizes stoicism, men often carry an unspoken burden - the fear that showing emotion is a weakness. According to a 2021 survey from the Survey Center for American Life, only 21% of men reported receiving emotional support from a friend in the past week—half the rate of women. Beneath the data lies a deeper truth: the friendships and connections that sustain us are often left unrealized, locked behind walls built from expectation, tradition, and fear.

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The Cut of a Man

Bowne's Lab

Two teams of improvisers go head-to-head in this no-holds-barred comedy showdown.

Out of Bounds

A Comedic Whodunit with a New Culprit Every Night! FST Improv’s popular murder mystery returns—this time with a fun, film-noir spin. 

With a cast of quirky characters, To Die For features all the suspense and twists and turns of your favorite mystery thriller with a heaping dose of criminal comedy. Using audience suggestions, our plucky detective will go to extreme lengths to crack the case. Can you figure out whodunit.?

To Die For

They’ve made you laugh. They’ve made you cry. You’ve fallen in love with their characters, and you’ve mourned following their season finales. This summer, join FST Improv for a fully improvised original sitcom! Complete with a never-before-heard theme song and commercials, As Seen on TV airs every Saturday night at 7:30PM in Bowne’s Lab.

As Seen On TV

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ_ZQW5C2pw&amp;t=2s

The Artelize Podcast Presenting Will Shutes: 'Bring it down out of the clouds to human being level'

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFe6mW6x9pc

The Artelize Podcast: 'Amplifying What Makes Us Human'. A conversation with Zuly E. Inirio

Podcast link: https://youtu.be/4hagYvrYbuM

The Artelize Podcast and Kasper Holten - Pedefining Opera for the modern world

Podcast link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d36M5Hi6O80

The Artelize Podcast - A legacy of innovation in Opera: Celebrating Marc A. Scorca

Disaster has struck our planet and the future of humanity is at stake. No one could have foreseen the serious of calamitous events that have brought us to this dire day. Now, the world’s only hope is that FST Improv can record a movie telling the true story of the end of the world, leaving their film behind as a warning to any future civilization looking to make a go of it here on Earth. Hug your children. Kiss your wives. This is the end of the world (with a 15-minute intermission). Or is it?

The End of The World

University Professor Paola Aguilar desperately needs money for...well, she’ll tell you. So when THE Political Party offers her a substantial paycheck to help them understand the Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote, she reluctantly takes the job. Can she help these political strategists understand all of the complexities of the Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine vote in time to save the election? Or will her own journey ultimately be more important than who controls the White House?

The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latine Vote

Florida Studio Theatre

One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong? It’s 1930s Paris and the stage is set for the concert of the century…as long as producer Henry Saunders can keep Italian superstar Tito Merelli and his hot-blooded wife from causing utter chaos. Prepare for an uproarious ride full of mistaken identities, blissful romance, and madcap delight.

A Comedy of Tenors

Gompertz Theatre

Medicine, Money, and Morality clash when the Heart Transplant Selection Committee of St. Patrick’s Hospital has only minutes to decide which of three patients will receive a heart that has suddenly become available. A cross between Twelve Angry Men and ER, The God Committee takes us into the inner workings of a transplant program and a decision, for both their candidates and their program, that is a matter of life and death.

The God Committee

FST Improv is heading back to school! Inspired by ‘80s high school classics like “The Breakfast Club,” “Risky Business,” and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” our cast of funny people will weave an all-new story, celebrating the abundant awkwardness, hormones, and dreams of American teenage life. Featuring all the characters you know and love – from the jock and the prep to the goth, the nerd, and the weirdo, Fast Times at John Hughes High will help you relive your school years, serving up laughter along the way.

Fast Times at John Hughes High

Abby Green tries to prepare her family and herself for her journey into Alzheimer’s by planting trees at the locations of her biggest memories. When her daughter dies and her grandchildren turn against her, Abby struggles with knowing that even her most painful memories are becoming difficult to hold onto. With her husband of 60 years by her side, she is filled with questions in her own personal race against time. Though she’s survived her daughter, can she survive her grandsons? Is blood thicker than spite? What’s worse – losing your family or losing the memories of what has become of them? And can love live beyond memory the way trees never forget to regenerate their leaves?

The Secret Wisdom of Trees

In 1935 Depression-era Texas, two women from very different backgrounds discover the other holds the key to everything they’ve each been searching for. Susannah is an ambitious Library of Congress musicologist, determined to record undocumented slave songs. Pearl is an African American woman with a soulful voice, a steely spirit, and a sentence in a high-security female prison.

Black Pearl Sings

There’s been a murder in a local hair salon, and it’s up to the audience to solve the crime! Everyone’s a suspect when the old lady living above Shear Madness salon is mysteriously “offed.” Join two police officers to piece together the clues behind this strange, scissor-stabbing homicide. Chock full of up-to-the minute spontaneous humor, Shear Madness has slayed the hearts of audiences around the world.

Shear Madness

FST Improv’s Comedy Roulette is a show about chance, skill, and high stakes. Join our team of four experienced improvisers as they bet the house (the house being you, the audience) that they can deliver a fast-paced show like you’ve never seen before. Featuring a mashup of short form, long form, and musical improv, audiences get the best of the artform when styles and techniques collide. No matter which way our wheel spins, odds are, you’re in for a great time at FST Improv’s Comedy Roulette.

Comedy Roulette

Anchorman Howard Beale isn’t pulling in the viewers. In his final broadcast after announcing he’s been let go, he unravels live on air. But when his ratings soar, the network seizes on its newfound populist prophet, and Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV. 

Network

Tourism has declined, and it doesn’t look like there is any hope on the horizon. However, when a passionate resident joins forces with the bewildered city council, they devise a plan to rename the town to honor a dead, Native American war hero who never even visited the town during his lifetime. It’s a plan so wild – so insane – it just might work! 

Visit Joe Whitefeather (and bring the family!)

WORLD PREMIERE. Leigh and Lee are two strangers who have little in common besides their names—she is a Type A statistician and he is an aggressive former athlete. But the discovery of a mysterious suicide note in a hotel bathroom sets their lives on unexpected paths that go anywhere but according to plan. "Paralyzed" tells a striking story of guilt, personal responsibility, and the power of forgiveness.

Paralyzed

Come see this one-day, knockdown, drag-out comedy battle royale, where the winner takes all! Twelve FST Improv ensemble members will compete in a series of improv scenes, songs, and games to win your laughter, your applause, and the coveted title of Champion of the Fools! After each round, you vote on who stays and who goes. In the end there can only be one comedian left standing.

Tournament of Fools

Journey into the minds of these two extraordinary players as they consider the shots they didn't take, the sacrifices they made for success, and the legacy they may leave behind. By match-point, much more has been won and lost than a game of tennis.

The Last Match

Called “The best and most important new play of the season” by The New York Times, What the Constitution Means to Me breathes new life into our country’s founding document.

What the Constitution Means to Me

Drawing inspiration from audience suggestions, the cast of FST Improv weaves sketches, musical numbers, and classic improv games that pay special tribute to this beautiful spot in paradise we hold dear. From the epic, annual snowbird migration and abundant roundabout confusion to dogs in strollers and seemingly never-ending construction, nothing is safe from a good-spirited tease in this audience-favorite FST Improv show.

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The Cut of a Man

Florida Studio Theatre

Out of Bounds

Florida Studio Theatre

To Die For

Florida Studio Theatre

As Seen On TV

Florida Studio Theatre

The Artelize Podcast Pres...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast: 'Am...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast and ...

Artelize

The Artelize Podcast - A ...

Artelize

The End of The World

Florida Studio Theatre

The Hispanic/Latino/Latin...

Florida Studio Theatre

A Comedy of Tenors

Florida Studio Theatre

The God Committee

Florida Studio Theatre

Fast Times at John Hughes...

Florida Studio Theatre

The Secret Wisdom of Tree...

Florida Studio Theatre

Black Pearl Sings

Florida Studio Theatre

Shear Madness

Florida Studio Theatre

Comedy Roulette

Florida Studio Theatre

Network

Florida Studio Theatre

Visit Joe Whitefeather (a...

Florida Studio Theatre

Paralyzed

Florida Studio Theatre

Tournament of Fools

Florida Studio Theatre

The Last Match

Florida Studio Theatre

What the Constitution Mea...

Florida Studio Theatre

When X Meets Y

Florida Studio Theatre