Countdown Improv Festival

Friday, Aug 8, 2025 at 10:00am

Various Venues in Tampa

Schedule:

10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m: Improv workshops at HCC Ybor, 1411 E. 11th Ave.
11:00 a.m: Historical tour of Ybor City led by Joe King Carter
12:00 p.m - 1:30 p.m: Festival lunch outing
12:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m: Improv summit at The Commodore, 811 E. 7th Ave.
4:00 p.m - 4:45 p.m: Pre-show reception at The Commodore, 811 E. 7th Ave.
5:00 p.m - 5:45 p.m: Improv jam at HCC Ybor, 1411 E. 11th Ave.

6:00 p.m

HCC Studio Theatre, 1411 E. 11th Ave
Milk Sarton
The Most Illegal Show at Countdown
Whorizontal Style
Improv, but recumbent
Late Bloomers
Joy, authenticity, and humor

Solovela Sat. at Six Stage, 1411 E. 11th Ave
One Mann Show
Long-form solo show based on short-form games
Hannah Live: A One-Han Show
Fearless characters from Baltimore’s Hannah Alden Jeffrey

The Commodore, 811 E. 7th Ave.
Improv jam 6:00-6:45

7:15 p.m

HCC Mainstage, 1411 E. 11th Ave
The A Team
Infectious South Florida longform
Once Upon a Rhyme
Improvised hip-hop tracks
Ondrick and Pai
They’ll do a bit
Bingewatch
Improv based on what you’re binge-watching
Four First Names
Exuberant musical improv

HCC Studio Theatre
Chemis Three
Character monologue decons
NC-17: Nick and Conor
Nick and Conor improvise a movie they haven’t seen
Playtime with Patrick and Preston and Ali
Longtime festival favorites
Camera
Uninhibited monologue deconstructions

Solovela Sat at Six Stage
That’s What She Said Improv
Two people too funny to miss
Our Daughters’ Friend
Musical improv
Johnny Toothpick: Bumbling Improv Gumshoe
Character work from Greg Philippi
Mama’s Favorites
Exuberant long-short-form hybrid

The Commodore
Mixed Emojis
Patient longform & Josh
Improv with an audience member
Salud and Happy Days, ft. an all-star festival cast
The Commodore’s signature show: Improv inspired by true stories about Tampa

9:00 p.m

HCC Mainstage
Loops and Lols
Improvised songs using a loop machine
Daddy’s Little Nest Egg
Probably Justin’s favorite group
¡Punctuation. Marks
Longtime festival favorites
Ready Set No
Improvised middle-school assembly

HCC Studio Theatre
Is This Seat Taken
Movie-influenced narrative
DuBois
High-energy weirdness
On Eagles’ Wings
Probably even higher energy
Swept Away A Soap Opera
Improvised soap opera where the love interest is a broom

Solovela Sat at Six Stage
CatBomb
Inventive narrative from Chicago
He Said She Said
Sharp silent work from Richmond
Love Hammer
A Countdown supergroup
Bets’ Friends: One Night Only
Improvised cabaret w/ Betse Green

The Commodore
Open stage for intra-festival collaborations

10:40 p.m

HCC Mainstage Theatre
Sloogle
A weirdo talks to Google for 20 minutes
Touch Baseball
High-quality St. Louis improv
LimboLand
Well-traveled one-man improvised musical

Solovela Sat.at Six Stage
The Shamrock Shake Straight ******** Hour
Three of the weirdest people you know attempt to fill an hour while two of them are also technically hosting shows on the mainstage

Secret Stage I
Ask Michael J. Astrauskas

11:30 pm-2:30 am: Festival after-party at BarrieHaus Beer Co., 1403 E. 5th Ave.
3:00 am: Late night meltdown jam at The Commodore, 811 E. 7th Ave.

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